Other Specialist/Technologist

NUCC 246Z00000X · Specialist/Technologist, Other

2,063 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 52 states · 195th of 690 specialties by headcount.

2,063
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
52
States
with ≥1 NPI
Michigan
Top state
232 providers
$595
Open Pay avg
338th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Other Specialist/Technologist ranks 195th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.03% of all registered NPIs), densest in Michigan; per resident Michigan leads.

2,063
NPPES providers in specialty
195th
of 690 specialties
513
state-share HHI
0.5%
Part D prescriber share

Michigan is densest per capita (3.8× the national rate; Puerto Rico 2.1×); 15.5% of the Specialist/Technologist, Other category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Other Specialist/Technologist (NUCC 246Z00000X; 0.5% Part D prescribers (11 of 2,063); avg 271 Part D claims/prescriber (388th of 572); Open Payments avg $595/physician (338th of 551; 8 paid, $5K total); state-share HHI 513; next-larger headcount neighbor Sports Physician Chiropractor (+20); next-smaller Mechanotherapist (-2)).

Next larger: Sports Physician Chiropractor (2,083) Next smaller: Mechanotherapist (2,061)

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
1Michigan232
2California209
3Texas198
4Florida139
5New York118
6Georgia74
7Illinois67
8Pennsylvania67
9North Carolina63
10Oregon54
11Tennessee54
12Maryland52
13Washington51
14Colorado44
15Ohio42

Top Cities for Other Specialist/Technologist

#CityProviders
1LivoniaMichigan80
2PlymouthMichigan68
3HoustonTexas57
4Fort WorthTexas21
5San DiegoCalifornia18
6Fort RuckerAlabama17
7Salt Lake CityUtah17
8JacksonvilleFlorida15
9BethesdaMaryland15
10New YorkNew York13
11San AntonioTexas13
12PhiladelphiaPennsylvania12

Sample Other Specialist/Technologist NPIs

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

#Provider
1Sonia LaracuenteDorado, PR
2Gregory Prevatt, O,T,S.C.Carol Stream, IL
3Griselle Carlo, MS, MTMayaguez, PR
4Carmen Rivera Marcano, BA NT ASCPSan Lorenzo, PR
5Joan Geiger, CSTFond Du Lac, WI
6Bruce Gruenewald, CST/CFAReno, NV
7Jacqueline Lemmenes, CSTFond Du Lac, WI
8Lisa AnthonyAtlantic Beach, NC
9Irina AleynikovaChicago, IL
10Christopher Podratz, HSSan Pedro, CA
11Timothy Quinn, IDCNew Orleans, LA
12Jessie CookMobile, AL
13Johanna Ramos, MTAguadilla, PR
14Shashikant Nagle, CPEastpointe, MI
15Carl Mattacola, PHDLexington, KY
16Scott Stansbury, MA, ATC, LATSalisbury, MD
17Timothy White, A.T.C., L.A.T.Pembroke, NC
18Alfred Tedeschi, MA, ATC, PESDeerfield, IL

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Specialist/Technologist, Other category.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Other Specialist/Technologist headcount concentrate?
2,063 Other Specialist/Technologist NPIs span 52 states; Michigan alone holds 232. Top metros include Livonia, MI; Plymouth, MI; Houston, TX; Fort Worth, TX. Nationally this is 195th of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is Other Specialist/Technologist's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 8 Other Specialist/Technologist physicians totaling $5K (199 payments; average $595, 338th of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Other Specialist/Technologist Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Other Specialist/Technologist NPIs, 11 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 271 claims and $249K drug cost per prescriber; 388th 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.