Medical Geneticist (PhD) Specialist/Technologist providers in the U.S.
61 NPPES records list medical geneticist (phd) specialist/technologist as their primary taxonomy; South Dakota and Michigan have the most per resident. 1 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 246ZG1000X means
246ZG1000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Specialist/Technologist, Other, Geneticist, Medical (PhD), in the grouping Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers. 61 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246ZG1000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Detroit has the most, 5
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246ZG1000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 20 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| California | 7 | 0.0 |
| Colorado | 2 | 0.0 |
| Florida | 7 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 1 | 0.0 |
| Maryland | 5 | 0.1 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 6 | 0.1 |
| Montana | 1 | 0.1 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 0.1 |
| New Jersey | 2 | 0.0 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ohio | 2 | 0.0 |
| Oregon | 5 | 0.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | 0.0 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 0.2 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 0.0 |
| Texas | 4 | 0.0 |
| Utah | 1 | 0.0 |
| Virginia | 1 | 0.0 |
| Washington | 1 | 0.0 |
In federal data
- NUCC code246ZG1000X · Specialist/Technologist, Other
- Size rank564th of 688 specialties by records (0% of all)
- In its family8th of 15 Specialist/Technologist, Other codes, 0.5% of the family
- Part D prescribers1 (1.6% of records)
- Part D claims16 a year per prescriber, on average (481st of 496)
- Industry payments1 physicians paid $179 in 2024, $179 each on average
- Concentration5 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of medical geneticist (phd) specialist/technologist records
- Nan JiangWest Hollywood, CA1720838188
- Nathan Kopp, PHDLos Angeles, CA1417602186
- Nene Cadag, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTChula Vista, CA1497981062
- Kiely JamesSan Diego, CA1942161716
- Yong QuIrvine, CA1174830624
- Xiaoli DuSan Carlos, CA1083560676
- M Shabbeer, PHDSan Jose, CA1275504003
- Desiree Demille, PHD, DABCC(MD)Aurora, CO1790541217
- Yaw Ansong-Ansongton, MDAurora, CO1740126168
- Kanithahalli Satya-Prakash, PH.D.Gainesville, FL1225375199
- Larry LeskoOrlando, FL1346667375
- Hannah Cox, PH.D., HCLD(ABB)Orlando, FL1689430332
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Why is Medical Geneticist (PhD) Specialist/Technologist a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 61 NPIs list Medical Geneticist (PhD) Specialist/Technologist as primary taxonomy across 20 states (peak California, 7). That is 564th of 688 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Do the few Medical Geneticist (PhD) Specialist/Technologist NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 paid Medical Geneticist (PhD) Specialist/Technologist physicians totaling $179 (2 payments; average $179, 365th of 470 by average). Presence is not a quality judgment; thin specialties often have sparse payment rows.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Medical Geneticist (PhD) Specialist/Technologist NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 16 claims and $280 drug cost per prescriber; 481st of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.