Mechanotherapist

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process. · Updated August 2026

NUCC 172M00000X

2,061 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 51 states · 196th of 690 specialties by headcount.

2,061

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

Washington

Top state

434 providers

0.03%

National share

of all NPIs

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Mechanotherapist ranks 196th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.03% of all registered NPIs), densest in Washington; per resident Oregon leads.

2,061
NPPES providers in specialty: 196th
of 690 specialties: 835
state-share HHI: 0.1%
Part D prescriber share

Oregon is densest per capita (9.5× the national rate; Washington 9.1×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Mechanotherapist (NUCC 172M00000X; 0.1% Part D prescribers (2 of 2,061); avg 65 Part D claims/prescriber (525th of 572); state-share HHI 835; next-larger headcount neighbor Other Specialist/Technologist (+2); next-smaller Neuroradiology Physician (-42)).

Next larger: Other Specialist/Technologist (2,063) Next smaller: Neuroradiology Physician (2,019)

Population-adjusted state index

Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.

Over-indexed vs national rate

Oregon 9.5× · 5.8/100k
Washington 9.1× · 5.6/100k
Alaska 4.7× · 2.9/100k
New Mexico 4.4× · 2.7/100k
Maine 2.8× · 1.7/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

Alabama 0.16× · 0.1/100k
Virginia 0.19× · 0.1/100k
Oklahoma 0.20× · 0.1/100k
Maryland 0.21× · 0.1/100k
Indiana 0.22× · 0.1/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	Washington	434	21.1%
2	Oregon	244	11.8%
3	Florida	215	10.4%
4	Ohio	109	5.3%
5	New York	99	4.8%
6	California	95	4.6%
7	Colorado	82	4.0%
8	Texas	59	2.9%
9	New Mexico	57	2.8%
10	Michigan	55	2.7%
11	Arizona	43	2.1%
12	Massachusetts	41	2.0%
13	Illinois	36	1.7%
14	Pennsylvania	31	1.5%
15	Louisiana	25	1.2%

Top Cities for Mechanotherapist

#	City	Providers
1	SeattleWashington	109
2	PortlandOregon	86
3	VancouverWashington	34
4	AlbuquerqueNew Mexico	28
5	EugeneOregon	24
6	ColumbusOhio	22
7	MiamiFlorida	21
8	TucsonArizona	20
9	TacomaWashington	19
10	SpokaneWashington	18
11	BeavertonOregon	14
12	GainesvilleFlorida	13

Sample Mechanotherapist NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#	Provider	State
1	Erin White, P.T.Barrington, IL	Illinois
2	Bradley Morris, DCBluffton, SC	South Carolina
3	James Bedocs, D.M.Elyria, OH	Ohio
4	Sheila Montgomery, LMTBeaverton, OR	Oregon
5	Paul Suermann, LMT,CLTBedford, NH	New Hampshire
6	Tracy Zitnik, LMPSeattle, WA	Washington
7	J Henline, LMP, SAMPEdmonds, WA	Washington
8	Jeffrey McDermott, PTAPlymouth Meeting, PA	Pennsylvania
9	Ernesto Ortiz, LMTMiami, FL	Florida
10	Nancy Banks, L.M.P.Moses Lake, WA	Washington
11	Rayford Allen, LMTLutz, FL	Florida
12	Tamara Turnbull, LMT, RNAlamogordo, NM	New Mexico
13	Joanie Korpi-Link, LMPLongview, WA	Washington
14	Carol Kelley, L.M.T.Bakersfield, CA	California
15	Mylisa Ervin, LMTHood River, OR	Oregon
16	Beverly Cook, LMPSeattle, WA	Washington
17	Deborah McFarland, LMTLima, OH	Ohio
18	Miriam Reinhart, LMTJunction City, OR	Oregon

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Mechanotherapist headcount concentrate?

2,061 Mechanotherapist NPIs span 51 states; Washington alone holds 434. Top metros include Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Vancouver, WA; Albuquerque, NM. Nationally this is 196th of 690 NUCC codes.

Where can I find a Mechanotherapist provider?

Mechanotherapist providers are listed in 51 states; Seattle leads by raw city count. By national headcount this code sits just above Neuroradiology Physician and just below Other Specialist/Technologist. Browse by state or search by name.

How heavy is Mechanotherapist Part D prescribing at scale?

Among Mechanotherapist NPIs, 2 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 65 claims and $5K drug cost per prescriber; 525th of 572 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.

Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

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