NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Paramedic in Colorado

52 NPPES records list paramedic with a practice address in Colorado, 0.9 per 100,000 residents, the 7th highest rate of 50. Denver and Fort Collins have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Colorado license search. Page 2 of 2.

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

Denver has the most, 8

Paramedic records in Colorado

  1. Christopher Wagers, NREMT-PARAMEDICLeadville, CO 804611548197163
  2. Ariel WertenbergerDumont, CO 804361205765138

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

Colorado ranks 7 of 50 per resident

  1. Nevada1.2
  2. Alabama1.1
  3. District of Columbia1.0
  4. Colorado0.9
  5. Maine0.7
  6. South Dakota0.7
  7. 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.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.1% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Colorado0.0%
  2. United States0.1%

Paramedic records in Colorado, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 52 · 0.0% here, 0.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more4 · 7.7% here, 57.2% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 146L00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

52 NPPES records list paramedic (146L00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Colorado: 0.9 per 100,000 residents against 0.3 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Denver has 8 of them (15%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Georgia54
  2. North Carolina56
  3. Alabama57
  4. New York45

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maine0.7
  2. South Carolina0.6
  3. Nevada1.2
  4. Maryland0.5

The largest states

  1. Puerto Rico577
  2. California78
  3. Florida66
  4. Texas65
  5. Alabama57

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.