Military Health Care Provider

NUCC 171000000X

3,156 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 51 states · 160th of 690 specialties by headcount.

3,156
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
51
States
with ≥1 NPI
Texas
Top state
579 providers
$3K
Open Pay avg
154th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Military Health Care Provider ranks 160th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.04% of all registered NPIs), densest in Texas; per resident Guam leads.

3,156
NPPES providers in specialty
160th
of 690 specialties
959
state-share HHI
9.8%
Part D prescriber share

Guam is densest per capita (7.7× the national rate; Hawaii 7.3×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Military Health Care Provider (NUCC 171000000X; 9.8% Part D prescribers (309 of 3,156); avg 705 Part D claims/prescriber (236th of 572); Open Payments avg $3K/physician (154th of 551; 262 paid, $784K total); state-share HHI 959; next-larger headcount neighbor Vascular & Interventional Radiology Physician (+38); next-smaller Independent Duty Corpsman (-133)).

Next larger: Vascular & Interventional Radiology Physician (3,194) Next smaller: Independent Duty Corpsman (3,023)

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

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1Texas579
2California544
3Virginia322
4Maryland292
5Washington242
6North Carolina145
7Florida142
8Hawaii97
9Georgia79
10Ohio66
11Kentucky39
12New York37
13Colorado35
14Illinois33
15Nevada31

Top Cities for Military Health Care Provider

#CityProviders
1San DiegoCalifornia338
2BethesdaMaryland242
3PortsmouthVirginia197
4TacomaWashington186
5Jbsa Ft Sam HoustonTexas152
6Fort Sam HoustonTexas116
7San AntonioTexas73
8Fort BlissTexas60
9Camp LejeuneNorth Carolina55
10Fort BelvoirVirginia48
11JacksonvilleFlorida43
12Fort BraggNorth Carolina41

Sample Military Health Care Provider NPIs

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

#Provider
1Louann Perugini, NURSE PRACTITIONERMilford, CT
2David Lane, M.D.Honolulu, HI
3Jay Flottmann, M.D.Panama City, FL
4Michelle Wueste, M.D.Edwards Afb, CA
5Chrystal Henderson, M.D.Jb Andrews, MD
6Leonid Katkovsky, M.D.Beale Afb, CA
7Shane McCauley, MDBoise, ID
8Elnora De Leon, MDMechanicsburg, PA
9Kristen Foster, MDAtlanta, GA
10Candice Castro, M.D.Fort Sam Houston, TX
11Jennifer Menetrez, M.D.San Antonio, TX
12Robert Boyles, PTFort Sam Houston, TX
13Albert Taylor, MDFort Belvoir, VA
14Jay Riddle, M.D.Fort Belvoir, VA
15Christopher Ebner, OTRFort Sam Houston, TX
16Ramon Arroyo, M.D.Fort Sam Houston, TX
17Preciosa Pacia-RantayoFort Eustis, VA
18Jenny Smith, MPTLayton, UT

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

Compare Military Health Care Provider vs Independent Duty Corpsman →

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Military Health Care Provider headcount concentrate?
3,156 Military Health Care Provider NPIs span 51 states; Texas alone holds 579. Top metros include San Diego, CA; Bethesda, MD; Portsmouth, VA; Tacoma, WA. Nationally this is 160th of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is Military Health Care Provider's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 262 Military Health Care Provider physicians totaling $784K (2,367 payments; average $3K, 154th of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Military Health Care Provider Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Military Health Care Provider NPIs, 309 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 705 claims and $108K drug cost per prescriber; 236th 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

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-27.