Nuclear Medicine Physician

NUCC 207U00000X · Nuclear Medicine

910 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 48 states · 278th of 690 specialties by headcount.

910
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
48
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
176 providers
$7K
Open Pay avg
71st of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Nuclear Medicine Physician ranks 278th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

910
NPPES providers in specialty
278th
of 690 specialties
732
state-share HHI
11%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (3.3× the national rate; Puerto Rico 2.5×); 59.8% of the Nuclear Medicine category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Nuclear Medicine Physician (NUCC 207U00000X; 11% Part D prescribers (100 of 910); avg 858 Part D claims/prescriber (184th of 572); Open Payments avg $7K/physician (71st of 551; 202 paid, $1.3M total); state-share HHI 732; next-larger headcount neighbor Radiologic Technologist (+14); next-smaller Orthopedic Chiropractor (-16)).

Next larger: Radiologic Technologist (924) Next smaller: Orthopedic Chiropractor (894)

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
1California176
2New York113
3Texas56
4Pennsylvania49
5Florida46
6Massachusetts33
7Maryland31
8Michigan29
9Illinois27
10North Carolina25
11Washington25
12Ohio24
13Arizona22
14Missouri22
15Puerto Rico22

Top Cities for Nuclear Medicine Physician

#CityProviders
1New YorkNew York40
2BostonMassachusetts23
3HoustonTexas21
4Los AngelesCalifornia20
5SacramentoCalifornia18
6StanfordCalifornia17
7Saint LouisMissouri16
8BronxNew York14
9PhiladelphiaPennsylvania12
10MiamiFlorida11
11ChicagoIllinois11
12BaltimoreMaryland11

Sample Nuclear Medicine Physician NPIs

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

#Provider
1Barry Shulkin, MDMemphis, TN
2Theodore Rafael, M.D.Valhalla, NY
3Peter Giustra, M.D.Rockport, ME
4Bruce Leiter, M.D.Rockport, ME
5Simon Trubek, MDSacramento, CA
6Diane Pap, MDSacramento, CA
7Leroy Adler, M.D.Jenkintown, PA
8Paul Capito, MDCharlotte, NC
9James Johnson, MDCharlotte, NC
10Anita Lipson, MDGladwyne, PA
11David Hickey, MDMckinney, TX
12Michael Haseman, MDRoseville, CA
13Thomas Pounds, M.D.Sacramento, CA
14Fabio Almeida, M.D.Roseville, CA
15Frederic Conte, M.D.Sacramento, CA
16Harold Scheinman, MDMc Kees Rocks, PA
17Leonard Freeman, MDBronx, NY
18J. Carter, D.O.Birmingham, AL

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Nuclear Medicine category.

Compare Nuclear Medicine Physician vs Nuclear Cardiology Physician →

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Nuclear Medicine Physician's mid-pack national roster?
910 CMS-registered Nuclear Medicine Physician providers sit across 48 states; California leads with 176. Leading metros: New York, NY; Boston, MA; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA. Rank 278th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Nuclear Medicine Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 202 Nuclear Medicine Physician physicians receiving $1.3M across 1,975 payments (average $7K; 71st of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Nuclear Medicine Physician NPIs, 100 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 858 claims and $130K drug cost per prescriber; 184th 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.