NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Military Health Care Provider providers in the U.S.

2,215 NPPES records list military health care provider as their primary taxonomy, about 0.7 per 100,000 residents; Hawaii and Maryland have the most per resident. 91 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 171000000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

What taxonomy code 171000000X means

171000000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Military Health Care Provider, in the grouping Other Service Providers. 2,215 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).

Active duty military health care providers not otherwise classified who need to be separately identified for operational, clinical, or administrative processes.

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

  1. Hawaii5.6
  2. Maryland4.2
  3. Virginia3.0
  4. Washington2.6
  5. District of Columbia2.2
  6. Alaska2.0
  7. Texas1.4
  8. Nevada1.1
  9. 50 states and D.C.0.7

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 171000000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

San Diego has the most, 251

  1. San Diego, CA251
  2. Bethesda, MD228
  3. Portsmouth, VA176
  4. Tacoma, WA175
  5. Jbsa Ft Sam Houston, TX124
  6. Fort Sam Houston, TX100
  7. San Antonio, TX54
  8. Fort Bliss, TX53

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 171000000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.

All 48 states and D.C. with records, by state

StateRecordsPer 100,000
Alabama200.4
Alaska152.0
Arizona110.1
Arkansas50.2
California3731.0
Colorado110.2
Connecticut160.4
District of Columbia152.2
Florida990.4
Georgia340.3
Hawaii815.6
Idaho30.2
Illinois160.1
Indiana40.1
Iowa40.1
Kansas60.2
Kentucky130.3
Louisiana210.5
Maine10.1
Maryland2604.2
Massachusetts120.2
Michigan120.1
Minnesota50.1
Mississippi190.6
StateRecordsPer 100,000
Missouri130.2
Nebraska50.3
Nevada351.1
New Hampshire20.1
New Jersey30.0
New Mexico80.4
New York160.1
North Carolina740.7
North Dakota20.3
Ohio300.3
Oklahoma120.3
Oregon90.2
Pennsylvania150.1
Rhode Island20.2
South Carolina140.3
South Dakota10.1
Tennessee50.1
Texas4331.4
Utah40.1
Vermont10.2
Virginia2603.0
Washington2042.6
Wisconsin20.0
Wyoming30.5

In federal data

  • NUCC code171000000X
  • Size rank195th of 688 specialties by records (0.03% of all)
  • Part D prescribers91 (4.1% of records)
  • Part D claims135 a year per prescriber, on average (317th of 496)
  • Industry payments48 physicians paid $8K in 2024, $165 each on average
  • Concentration4 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 military health care provider records

  1. Luke Brown, EMTJber, AK1114871654
  2. Rhodora Beckinger, MDJber, AK1700042355
  3. Laura BostwickKodiak, AK1689391294
  4. David HongKodiak, AK1013993948
  5. Christopher YoungKodiak, AK1386785137
  6. Katherine Adams RogersKodiak, AK1427183771
  7. Ronald MulgrewKodiak, AK1326248337
  8. Jacob Cravens, MDFort Wainwright, AK1407311954
  9. Christopher Alberts, DOFort Wainwright, AK1437718012
  10. Maria Aponte Torres, PA-CFort Wainwright, AK1851909634
  11. Rafe MumfordJuneau, AK1184600686
  12. Jeffrey Schaffnit, USCG CORPSMAN,EMT IISitka, AK1811070808
  13. Michael BrickerSitka, AK1922160167
  14. Marjorie Butler, HS3Sitka, AK1447423314
  15. Kristin McDonald, HS3Sitka, AK1740453612
  16. Anders Lindstrom, PA-CBirmingham, AL1134878192

Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.

Common questions

Where does the large Military Health Care Provider headcount concentrate?

2,215 Military Health Care Provider NPIs span 50 states; Texas alone holds 433. Top metros include San Diego, CA; Bethesda, MD; Portsmouth, VA; Tacoma, WA. Nationally this is 195th of 688 NUCC codes.

How large is Military Health Care Provider's Open Payments footprint?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 48 Military Health Care Provider physicians totaling $8K (95 payments; average $165, 371st of 470). 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, 91 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 135 claims and $7K drug cost per prescriber; 317th 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.