Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

NUCC 363LN0000X · Nurse Practitioner

4,064 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 51 states · 143rd of 690 specialties by headcount.

4,064
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
51
States
with ≥1 NPI
Texas
Top state
535 providers
$325
Open Pay avg
419th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner ranks 143rd of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.06% of all registered NPIs), densest in Texas; per resident South Dakota leads.

4,064
NPPES providers in specialty
143rd
of 690 specialties
430
state-share HHI
0.8%
Part D prescriber share

South Dakota is densest per capita (3.2× the national rate; Nebraska 2.4×); 0.9% of the Nurse Practitioner category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NUCC 363LN0000X; 0.8% Part D prescribers (34 of 4,064); avg 332 Part D claims/prescriber (356th of 572); Open Payments avg $325/physician (419th of 551; 403 paid, $131K total); state-share HHI 430; next-larger headcount neighbor Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician (+30); next-smaller Lactation Consultant (Registered Nurse) (-18)).

Next larger: Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician (4,094) Next smaller: Lactation Consultant (Registered Nurse) (4,046)

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
1Texas535
2Florida265
3North Carolina173
4New York168
5Missouri167
6Ohio166
7Pennsylvania149
8Tennessee147
9California142
10Indiana138
11Minnesota134
12Michigan126
13Colorado122
14Virginia120
15Arizona117

Top Cities for Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

#CityProviders
1HoustonTexas114
2IndianapolisIndiana106
3DallasTexas84
4NashvilleTennessee77
5Kansas CityMissouri76
6PhoenixArizona69
7MinneapolisMinnesota62
8Saint LouisMissouri61
9Fort WorthTexas48
10BaltimoreMaryland47
11San AntonioTexas47
12ChicagoIllinois46

Sample Neonatal Nurse Practitioner NPIs

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

#Provider
1Lynda Page, ARNP, NNPWichita, KS
2Karlene Lambuth, NPGrand Junction, CO
3Linda Bretey, NPGrand Junction, CO
4Cynthia Gaines, NPGrand Junction, CO
5Carol Greene, NNPTarzana, CA
6Keitha Mountcstle, RN, ED.D., CNS, NNPClovis, CA
7Katrien Wohlstattar, NPSan Jose, CA
8Kari Wood, A.P.R.N.Orem, UT
9Karen Priester, NNPAtlanta, GA
10Patricia Hunt, NPMarietta, GA
11Kathy Lockett, NNPAustell, GA
12Cynthia Doan, CNNPAtlanta, GA
13Vickie Fox, CNPAtlanta, GA
14Stephanie Capps, APRNHartford, CT
15Jeanine DoylePittsburgh, PA
16Staci Nathan, NNPDallas, TX
17Liza Benfatti, NNPDallas, TX
18Angela Graffeo, NNPDallas, TX

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Nurse Practitioner category.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Neonatal Nurse Practitioner headcount concentrate?
4,064 Neonatal Nurse Practitioner NPIs span 51 states; Texas alone holds 535. Top metros include Houston, TX; Indianapolis, IN; Dallas, TX; Nashville, TN. Nationally this is 143rd of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is Neonatal Nurse Practitioner's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 403 Neonatal Nurse Practitioner physicians totaling $131K (816 payments; average $325, 419th of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Neonatal Nurse Practitioner NPIs, 34 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 332 claims and $51K drug cost per prescriber; 356th 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.