Orthotist

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process. · Updated August 2026

NUCC 222Z00000X

1,917 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 53 states · 199th of 690 specialties by headcount.

1,917

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

California

Top state

330 providers

0.03%

National share

of all NPIs

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Orthotist ranks 199th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.03% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident North Carolina leads.

1,917
NPPES providers in specialty: 199th
of 690 specialties: 777
state-share HHI: 0.1%
Part D prescriber share

North Carolina is densest per capita (3.4× the national rate; Washington 3.3×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Orthotist (NUCC 222Z00000X; 0.1% Part D prescribers (2 of 1,917); avg 129 Part D claims/prescriber (471st of 572); state-share HHI 777; next-larger headcount neighbor Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician (+96); next-smaller Oncology Pharmacist (-1)).

Next larger: Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician (2,013) Next smaller: Oncology Pharmacist (1,916)

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

North Carolina 3.4× · 1.9/100k
Washington 3.3× · 1.9/100k
Alaska 2.2× · 1.2/100k
Oklahoma 1.6× · 0.9/100k
Texas 1.6× · 0.9/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

Utah 0.31× · 0.2/100k
Connecticut 0.34× · 0.2/100k
New Jersey 0.34× · 0.2/100k
Alabama 0.35× · 0.2/100k
Louisiana 0.39× · 0.2/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	California	330	17.2%
2	Texas	274	14.3%
3	North Carolina	207	10.8%
4	Washington	147	7.7%
5	Florida	87	4.5%
6	New York	71	3.7%
7	Illinois	64	3.3%
8	Pennsylvania	55	2.9%
9	Michigan	47	2.5%
10	Ohio	43	2.2%
11	Oklahoma	38	2.0%
12	Wisconsin	34	1.8%
13	Tennessee	32	1.7%
14	Indiana	31	1.6%
15	Minnesota	30	1.6%

Top Cities for Orthotist

#	City	Providers
1	HoustonTexas	47
2	DallasTexas	43
3	SeattleWashington	31
4	CharlotteNorth Carolina	26
5	PittsburghPennsylvania	26
6	San AntonioTexas	26
7	ChicagoIllinois	25
8	RaleighNorth Carolina	25
9	FresnoCalifornia	23
10	SacramentoCalifornia	22
11	San FranciscoCalifornia	21
12	SpokaneWashington	19

Sample Orthotist NPIs

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

#	Provider	State
1	Eric Ramcharran, PORTallahassee, FL	Florida
2	Kenneth Wells, ORTTallahassee, FL	Florida
3	David Gerecke, CPO, FAAOPUniversity Place, WA	Washington
4	Micah Spears, CPOHeber Springs, AR	Arkansas
5	J Douglass, C.P.O.Seattle, WA	Washington
6	Brian Kelsey, C.P.O.Greenfield, WI	Wisconsin
7	Matthew Morrison, CPOChapel Hill, NC	North Carolina
8	Stephen Harper, CPODurham, NC	North Carolina
9	Timothy Miller, CPOBettendorf, IA	Iowa
10	Rick Milen, CPO, PTAWest Lawn, PA	Pennsylvania
11	James Fenton, CPOPort St Lucie, FL	Florida
12	David Thompson, CPOBrunswick, GA	Georgia
13	Mark Berman, LO, COBoca Raton, FL	Florida
14	Thomas Wilson, C.PED, COCincinnati, OH	Ohio
15	Mikeal Beck, CP,LPOWeatherford, TX	Texas
16	Thomas WalshCincinnati, OH	Ohio
17	Michael Sgroi, CPO, LPO, PTUnion, NJ	New Jersey
18	John O Connor, CPOWinston Salem, NC	North Carolina

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Orthotist headcount concentrate?

1,917 Orthotist NPIs span 53 states; California alone holds 330. Top metros include Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; Seattle, WA; Charlotte, NC. Nationally this is 199th of 690 NUCC codes.

Where can I find an Orthotist provider?

Orthotist providers are listed in 53 states; Houston leads by raw city count. By national headcount this code sits just above Oncology Pharmacist and just below Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician. Browse by state or search by name.

How heavy is Orthotist Part D prescribing at scale?

Among Orthotist NPIs, 2 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 129 claims and $3K drug cost per prescriber; 471st 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.