Otorhinolaryngology & Head-Neck Registered Nurse

NUCC 163WX0601X · Registered Nurse

41 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 16 states · 591st of 690 specialties by headcount.

41
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
16
States
with ≥1 NPI
Texas
Top state
15 providers
$858
Open Pay avg
289th of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Otorhinolaryngology & Head-Neck Registered Nurse ranks 591st of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in Texas; per resident Massachusetts leads.

41
NPPES providers in specialty
591st
of 690 specialties
1743
state-share HHI
17.1%
Part D prescriber share

Massachusetts is densest per capita (5.9× the national rate; Texas 4.1×); 0% of the Registered Nurse category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Otorhinolaryngology & Head-Neck Registered Nurse (NUCC 163WX0601X; 17.1% Part D prescribers (7 of 41); avg 903 Part D claims/prescriber (159th of 567); Open Payments avg $858/physician (289th of 552; 5 paid, $4K total); state-share HHI 1,743; next-larger headcount neighbor Chemistry Pathology Specialist/Technologist (+1); next-smaller Human Factors Occupational Therapist (-1)).

Next larger: Chemistry Pathology Specialist/Technologist (42) Next smaller: Human Factors Occupational Therapist (40)

Which states have the most providers?

# State Providers
1 Texas 15
2 Massachusetts 5
3 New York 4
4 Michigan 3
5 California 2
6 Pennsylvania 2
7 Arkansas 1
8 Arizona 1

Sample Otorhinolaryngology & Head-Neck Registered Nurse NPIs

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

# Provider
1 Linda Meason, RN Houston, TX
2 Adriana Hatch, RN Houston, TX
3 Gail Qualls, RN Houston, TX
4 Kathlynn Goode, RN Houston, TX
5 Susan Griffin, BSN RN CORLN Houston, TX
6 Jeanne Rothamel, RN Waverly, IA
7 Kerry Sembera, PNP Houston, TX
8 Joy Killgoar, RN Boston, MA
9 Gail Martell, RN Boston, MA
10 Katherine Henson, FNPC Dallas, TX
11 Laurie Raymond, NP Falmouth, MA
12 Mary Rivers, NP Rochester, NY

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Otorhinolaryngology & Head-Neck Registered Nurse providers are in the US?
There are 41 Otorhinolaryngology & Head-Neck Registered Nurse providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 16 US states and territories. Texas has the most with 15 providers. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 591st by headcount.
Do Otorhinolaryngology & Head-Neck Registered Nurse clinicians appear in Open Payments?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 5 Otorhinolaryngology & Head-Neck Registered Nurse physicians receiving industry payments totaling $4K (205 payments; average $858 per paid physician, 289th of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Otorhinolaryngology & Head-Neck Registered Nurse NPIs, 7 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 903 claims and $110K drug cost per prescriber; 159th of 567 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 2026-05-20.