Nutrition Education Nutritionist

NUCC 133NN1002X · Nutritionist

2,300 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 54 states · 186th of 690 specialties by headcount.

2,300
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
54
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
392 providers
$10K
Open Pay avg
40th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Nutrition Education Nutritionist ranks 186th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.03% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Puerto Rico leads.

2,300
NPPES providers in specialty
186th
of 690 specialties
564
state-share HHI
0.6%
Part D prescriber share

Puerto Rico is densest per capita (4.5× the national rate; North Dakota 2.8×); 31.7% of the Nutritionist category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Nutrition Education Nutritionist (NUCC 133NN1002X; 0.6% Part D prescribers (13 of 2,300); avg 1,703 Part D claims/prescriber (57th of 572); Open Payments avg $10K/physician (40th of 551; 10 paid, $101K total); state-share HHI 564; next-larger headcount neighbor Diabetes Educator Registered Nurse (+25); next-smaller Critical Care Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (-10)).

Next larger: Diabetes Educator Registered Nurse (2,325) Next smaller: Critical Care Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (2,290)

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
1California392
2New York170
3Texas142
4Florida119
5New Jersey111
6Puerto Rico98
7Washington84
8Colorado80
9Maryland78
10Georgia67
11Oregon64
12Pennsylvania62
13Illinois56
14Tennessee54
15North Carolina53

Top Cities for Nutrition Education Nutritionist

#CityProviders
1San DiegoCalifornia90
2San JuanPuerto Rico26
3New YorkNew York25
4HoustonTexas25
5PortlandOregon24
6DenverColorado23
7SeattleWashington21
8Los AngelesCalifornia18
9BrooklynNew York17
10PhoenixArizona15
11TacomaWashington15
12AtlantaGeorgia14

Sample Nutrition Education Nutritionist NPIs

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

#Provider
1Anita Butler, RD, LDStephenville, TX
2Mitzi Lovell, FNPGainesville, GA
3Karmen Scott, L.D.Mcdonough, GA
4Amy Sundell-Milstein, RD, CDEAlbany, NY
5Jen Avis, R.D.West Monroe, LA
6Shirleen Crocker, L.D.Thomaston, GA
7Susan Cheney, R.D.Avon, IN
8Janine Jaquays, RD,CNSDUtica, NY
9Carey Guthrie, BSPortland, OR
10Paula Montagna, RDRiverhead, NY
11Suzanne Meier, R.D., C.D.N., C.D.E.Middletown, NY
12Linda Davenport, MNTNorwood, MA
13Devon Haines, MS RD CDENorwell, MA
14Sharon Antin-Kantrowitz, MS RD CDNOceanside, NY
15Barbara Roberts, DIETICIANBirmingham, AL
16Joy Aguwa, PHARMD.Dallas, TX
17Jill Harbison, CDEWinter Haven, FL
18Joan Quinn, RD, LDNLawrence, MA

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

Compare Nutrition Education Nutritionist vs Nutritionist →

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Nutrition Education Nutritionist headcount concentrate?
2,300 Nutrition Education Nutritionist NPIs span 54 states; California alone holds 392. Top metros include San Diego, CA; San Juan, PR; New York, NY; Houston, TX. Nationally this is 186th of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is Nutrition Education Nutritionist's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 10 Nutrition Education Nutritionist physicians totaling $101K (284 payments; average $10K, 40th of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Nutrition Education Nutritionist Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Nutrition Education Nutritionist NPIs, 13 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,703 claims and $323K drug cost per prescriber; 57th 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.