Naturopath
NUCC 175F00000X
6,762 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 53 states · 115th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Naturopath ranks 115th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.09% of all registered NPIs), densest in Washington; per resident Oregon leads.
- 6,762
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 115th
- of 690 specialties
- 1135
- state-share HHI
- 25.2%
- Part D prescriber share
Oregon is densest per capita (12.1× the national rate; Washington 8.8×).
Taxonomy fingerprint
Naturopath (NUCC 175F00000X; 25.2% Part D prescribers (1,703 of 6,762); avg 127 Part D claims/prescriber (472nd of 572); Open Payments avg $349/physician (408th of 551; 27 paid, $9K total); state-share HHI 1,135; next-larger headcount neighbor Optician (+92); next-smaller Genetic Counselor (M.S.) (-185)).
Next larger: Optician (6,854) Next smaller: Genetic Counselor (M.S.) (6,577)
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 12.1× · 24.1/100k
- Washington 8.8× · 17.6/100k
- Vermont 8.6× · 17.1/100k
- Arizona 7.3× · 14.5/100k
- Connecticut 4.3× · 8.5/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Kentucky 0.09× · 0.2/100k
- Mississippi 0.10× · 0.2/100k
- Alabama 0.10× · 0.2/100k
- South Carolina 0.10× · 0.2/100k
- Tennessee 0.10× · 0.2/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | 1,373 |
| 2 | Arizona | 1,080 |
| 3 | Oregon | 1,020 |
| 4 | California | 926 |
| 5 | Connecticut | 307 |
| 6 | Colorado | 141 |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 132 |
| 8 | Vermont | 111 |
| 9 | Texas | 107 |
| 10 | Montana | 91 |
| 11 | Hawaii | 90 |
| 12 | North Carolina | 82 |
| 13 | New Hampshire | 82 |
| 14 | Michigan | 74 |
| 15 | Illinois | 66 |
Top Cities for Naturopath
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PortlandOregon | 585 |
| 2 | SeattleWashington | 473 |
| 3 | ScottsdaleArizona | 244 |
| 4 | TempeArizona | 182 |
| 5 | PhoenixArizona | 166 |
| 6 | MesaArizona | 125 |
| 7 | San DiegoCalifornia | 120 |
| 8 | BellevueWashington | 88 |
| 9 | ChandlerArizona | 71 |
| 10 | GilbertArizona | 58 |
| 11 | KirklandWashington | 54 |
| 12 | TucsonArizona | 50 |
Sample Naturopath NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Tara Finley, OMD NDReno, NV |
| 2 | Joann Dechant, NDKent, WA |
| 3 | Victoria Lutskovsky, NDHillsboro, OR |
| 4 | Alan Kadish, NMD, NDCorvallis, OR |
| 5 | Cindy Breed, NDDes Moines, WA |
| 6 | Mary Minor, NDFairbanks, AK |
| 7 | Kathlene Muratore, NMDPhoenix, AZ |
| 8 | Chad Goetz, N.M.D.Arizona City, AZ |
| 9 | Jaqueline Germain, NDMiddletown, CT |
| 10 | Enrico Liva, NDOld Saybrook, CT |
| 11 | Christine Louden, NDWest Hartford, CT |
| 12 | Sharon Hunter, NDWest Hartford, CT |
| 13 | Keli Samuelson, MDMiddletown, CT |
| 14 | Michael Kane, NDMiddletown, CT |
| 15 | Monawar Fahoum, N.D.Seattle, WA |
| 16 | Patrick Donovan, R.N., N.D.Seattle, WA |
| 17 | Ryan Bradley, N.D.Seattle, WA |
| 18 | Tracy McDaniel, ND,LMSeattle, WA |
Frequently Asked Questions
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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.