Nuclear Radiology Physician

NUCC 2085N0904X · Radiology

670 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 51 states · 309th of 690 specialties by headcount.

670
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
51
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
83 providers
$4K
Open Pay avg
116th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Nuclear Radiology Physician ranks 309th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Hawaii leads.

670
NPPES providers in specialty
309th
of 690 specialties
477
state-share HHI
7.5%
Part D prescriber share

Hawaii is densest per capita (3.5× the national rate; Colorado 3×); 1.2% of the Radiology category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Nuclear Radiology Physician (NUCC 2085N0904X; 7.5% Part D prescribers (50 of 670); avg 1,243 Part D claims/prescriber (103rd of 572); Open Payments avg $4K/physician (116th of 551; 142 paid, $559K total); state-share HHI 477; next-larger headcount neighbor Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Dentistry (+8); next-smaller Prevention Professional (-8)).

Next larger: Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Dentistry (678) Next smaller: Prevention Professional (662)

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
1California83
2New York52
3Florida44
4Pennsylvania43
5Colorado35
6Texas35
7Illinois25
8Maryland23
9Ohio23
10Washington23
11Minnesota20
12Georgia18
13Massachusetts17
14Missouri17
15North Carolina16

Top Cities for Nuclear Radiology Physician

#CityProviders
1AuroraColorado25
2PhiladelphiaPennsylvania17
3BaltimoreMaryland16
4Los AngelesCalifornia12
5RochesterMinnesota12
6HoustonTexas12
7ChicagoIllinois10
8SeattleWashington10
9TampaFlorida9
10New YorkNew York9
11TucsonArizona8
12ColtonCalifornia8

Sample Nuclear Radiology Physician NPIs

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

#Provider
1Barry Charnick, MDFt Lauderdale, FL
2Maria Brooks, MDGermantown, TN
3George Chacko, MDKnoxville, TN
4Peter Giuliano, M.D.Newport Beach, CA
5Roseanne Oliverio, MDWilliamsville, NY
6Fares Gennaoui, M.D.Fall River, MA
7Cheryl Viglione, MDGreensboro, NC
8Deborah Lucas, MDSalisbury, NC
9Harry Rice, M.D.Louisville, KY
10Shelly Sitton, M.D.Houston, TX
11Subhash Pujara, MDAugusta, GA
12Marc Montella, M.D.Reno, NV
13Felix Wang, M.D.Clovis, CA
14Kathleen McDonald, MDLong Branch, NJ
15Rosemary Locastro, M.D.Trenton, NJ
16Bobbie Uri, M.D.Knoxville, TN
17Carlos Soriano, M.D.Mercerville, NJ
18James Hannah, M.D.Orlando, FL

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

Compare Nuclear Radiology Physician vs Diagnostic Radiology Physician →

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Nuclear Radiology Physician's mid-pack national roster?
670 CMS-registered Nuclear Radiology Physician providers sit across 51 states; California leads with 83. Leading metros: Aurora, CO; Philadelphia, PA; Baltimore, MD; Los Angeles, CA. Rank 309th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Nuclear Radiology Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 142 Nuclear Radiology Physician physicians receiving $559K across 1,111 payments (average $4K; 116th of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Nuclear Radiology Physician NPIs, 50 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,243 claims and $198K drug cost per prescriber; 103rd 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.