Nuclear Medicine Physician providers in the U.S.
756 NPPES records list nuclear medicine physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.2 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and New York have the most per resident. 75 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207U00000X means
207U00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Nuclear Medicine, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 756 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A nuclear medicine specialist employs the properties of radioactive atoms and molecules in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and in research. Radiation detection and imaging instrument systems are used to detect disease as it changes the function and metabolism of normal cells, tissues and organs. A wide variety of diseases can be found in this way, usually before the structure of the organ involved by the disease can be seen to be abnormal by any other techniques. Early detection of coronary artery disease (including acute heart attack), early cancer detection and evaluation of the effect of tumor treatment, diagnosis of infection and inflammation anywhere in the body and early detection of blood clot in the lungs are all possible with these techniques. Unique forms of radioactive molecules can attack and kill cancer cells (e.g., lymphoma, thyroid cancer) or can relieve the severe pain of cancer that has spread to bone
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
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207U00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 40
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207U00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 42 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1 | 0.0 |
| Arizona | 18 | 0.2 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 0.1 |
| California | 150 | 0.4 |
| Colorado | 3 | 0.1 |
| Connecticut | 9 | 0.2 |
| Delaware | 5 | 0.5 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | 1.2 |
| Florida | 34 | 0.2 |
| Georgia | 16 | 0.1 |
| Hawaii | 6 | 0.4 |
| Idaho | 1 | 0.1 |
| Illinois | 19 | 0.2 |
| Indiana | 7 | 0.1 |
| Iowa | 9 | 0.3 |
| Kansas | 4 | 0.1 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 0.0 |
| Louisiana | 12 | 0.3 |
| Maryland | 27 | 0.4 |
| Massachusetts | 26 | 0.4 |
| Michigan | 25 | 0.2 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 9 | 0.2 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 0.0 |
| Missouri | 26 | 0.4 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 0.2 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 0.1 |
| New Jersey | 9 | 0.1 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 0.0 |
| New York | 100 | 0.5 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 0.1 |
| Ohio | 19 | 0.2 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 0.1 |
| Oregon | 8 | 0.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 35 | 0.3 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 0.1 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 0.4 |
| Tennessee | 11 | 0.2 |
| Texas | 51 | 0.2 |
| Utah | 1 | 0.0 |
| Virginia | 14 | 0.2 |
| Washington | 23 | 0.3 |
| Wisconsin | 14 | 0.2 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207U00000X · Nuclear Medicine
- Size rank295th of 688 specialties by records (0.01% of all)
- In its family1st of 4 Nuclear Medicine codes, 67.5% of the family
- Part D prescribers75 (9.9% of records)
- Part D claims285 a year per prescriber, on average (236th of 496)
- Industry payments172 physicians paid $754K in 2024, $4K each on average
- Concentration6 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 nuclear medicine physician records
- Janet Eary, M.D.Birmingham, AL1942384565
- Samuel Bezold, D.O.Little Rock, AR1194068676
- Rylen Stratford, DOLittle Rock, AR1598349946
- Tracy Yarbrough, MD PHDLittle Rock, AR1275670358
- Jan Ryszkowski, M.D.Little Rock, AR1134304512
- Gamal Sidarous, MDPhoenix, AZ1699731802
- Calvin Lutrin, MDPhoenix, AZ1124086152
- Nancy Youssef, MDPhoenix, AZ1487833752
- Xander Arena, CNMTPhoenix, AZ1114819976
- Frank Schraml, M.D.Phoenix, AZ1689638876
- Michael Lawson, M.D.Phoenix, AZ1386744076
- Steve Huang, M.D./PH.D.Phoenix, AZ1588713291
- Barbara Cook, M.D.Scottsdale, AZ1952626541
- Phillip Kuo, M.D. PH.D.Scottsdale, AZ1336315316
- Felipe Martinez, M.D.Scottsdale, AZ1922240449
- Caitlyn Harrison, MDScottsdale, AZ1205223831
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
How should I read Nuclear Medicine Physician's mid-pack national roster?
756 CMS-registered Nuclear Medicine Physician providers sit across 43 states; California leads with 150. Leading metros: New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Saint Louis, MO; Houston, TX. Rank 295th of 688 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Nuclear Medicine Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 172 Nuclear Medicine Physician physicians receiving $754K across 1,210 payments (average $4K; 98th of 470 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Nuclear Medicine Physician NPIs, 75 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 285 claims and $43K drug cost per prescriber; 236th 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.