NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Paramedic providers in the U.S.

1,683 NPPES records list paramedic as their primary taxonomy, about 0.3 per 100,000 residents; Wyoming and Alaska have the most per resident. 1 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 146L00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

What taxonomy code 146L00000X means

146L00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic, in the grouping Emergency Medical Service Providers. 1,683 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).

An EMT, Paramedic is an individual trained and certified to perform advanced life support (ALS) in medical emergencies based on individual state boards.

Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.

Most per resident: the 8 highest

  1. Wyoming2.1
  2. Alaska2.0
  3. New Mexico1.5
  4. Nevada1.2
  5. Alabama1.1
  6. District of Columbia1.0
  7. Colorado0.9
  8. Maine0.7
  9. 50 states and D.C.0.3

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 146L00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

Guaynabo has the most, 511

  1. Guaynabo, PR511
  2. Fort Rucker, AL37
  3. Albuquerque, NM20
  4. Fort Stewart, GA12
  5. Pontiac, MI12
  6. Reno, NV9
  7. Rincon, PR9
  8. Ft Rucker, AL8

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 146L00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.

All 50 states and D.C. with records, by state

StateRecordsPer 100,000
Alabama571.1
Alaska152.0
Arizona210.3
Arkansas90.3
California780.2
Colorado520.9
Connecticut80.2
District of Columbia71.0
Florida660.3
Georgia540.5
Hawaii60.4
Idaho70.4
Illinois280.2
Indiana170.2
Iowa90.3
Kansas100.3
Kentucky160.4
Louisiana140.3
Maine100.7
Maryland310.5
Massachusetts160.2
Michigan380.4
Minnesota60.1
Mississippi20.1
Missouri120.2
StateRecordsPer 100,000
Montana60.5
Nebraska60.3
Nevada391.2
New Hampshire70.5
New Jersey80.1
New Mexico311.5
New York450.2
North Carolina560.5
North Dakota30.4
Ohio400.3
Oklahoma90.2
Oregon110.3
Pennsylvania360.3
Rhode Island50.5
South Carolina310.6
South Dakota60.7
Tennessee120.2
Texas650.2
Utah130.4
Vermont20.3
Virginia240.3
Washington360.5
West Virginia30.2
Wisconsin100.2
Wyoming122.1

In federal data

  • NUCC code146L00000X · Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic
  • Size rank220th of 688 specialties by records (0.02% of all)
  • Part D prescribers1 (0.1% of records)
  • Part D claims300 a year per prescriber, on average (228th of 496)
  • Industry payments1 physicians paid $221 in 2024, $221 each on average
  • Concentration5 states hold half of all records

Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.

A sample of paramedic records

  1. Molly Etters, MICPAnchorage, AK1114860590
  2. John SaariAnchorage, AK1992628416
  3. Michael Cooper, IDMTElmendorf Anchorage, AK1912272568
  4. Daniel SaltzmanJber, AK1295079234
  5. Eric Gallagher, PARAMEDICAnchorage, AK1639010291
  6. Spencer MarshAnchorage, AK1376209684
  7. William Mackreth, MICPAnchorage, AK1427714419
  8. Dawn Vogt, MICPWasilla, AK1558027755
  9. George Wells, FPCYakutat, AK1134964554
  10. Anthony RicciDutch Harbor, AK1265359368
  11. Jonathan SquiresFairbanks, AK1164898086
  12. Jennifer BrownFairbanks, AK1699132936
  13. Justin Williams, NRPFairbanks, AK1518830082
  14. David Potashnick, PA-CBarrow, AK1518095264
  15. Bethany FlynnHealy, AK1891392783
  16. Mark PurserHelena, AL1104754670

Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.

Common questions

Where does the large Paramedic headcount concentrate?

1,683 Paramedic NPIs span 52 states; Puerto Rico alone holds 577. Top metros include Guaynabo, PR; Fort Rucker, AL; Albuquerque, NM; Fort Stewart, GA. Nationally this is 220th of 688 NUCC codes.

How large is Paramedic's Open Payments footprint?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 Paramedic physicians totaling $221 (5 payments; average $221, 354th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How heavy is Paramedic Part D prescribing at scale?

Among Paramedic NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 300 claims and $49K drug cost per prescriber; 228th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.