Pastoral Counselor providers in the U.S.
2,102 NPPES records list pastoral counselor as their primary taxonomy, about 0.6 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Oklahoma 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.
What taxonomy code 101YP1600X means
101YP1600X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Counselor, Pastoral, in the grouping Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers. 2,102 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
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
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101YP1600X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Orlando has the most, 27
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101YP1600X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 21 | 0.4 |
| Alaska | 8 | 1.1 |
| Arizona | 58 | 0.8 |
| Arkansas | 7 | 0.2 |
| California | 143 | 0.4 |
| Colorado | 30 | 0.5 |
| Connecticut | 17 | 0.5 |
| Delaware | 10 | 1.0 |
| District of Columbia | 22 | 3.2 |
| Florida | 180 | 0.8 |
| Georgia | 136 | 1.2 |
| Hawaii | 5 | 0.3 |
| Idaho | 3 | 0.2 |
| Illinois | 65 | 0.5 |
| Indiana | 41 | 0.6 |
| Iowa | 3 | 0.1 |
| Kansas | 12 | 0.4 |
| Kentucky | 33 | 0.7 |
| Louisiana | 50 | 1.1 |
| Maine | 14 | 1.0 |
| Maryland | 75 | 1.2 |
| Massachusetts | 32 | 0.5 |
| Michigan | 32 | 0.3 |
| Minnesota | 22 | 0.4 |
| Mississippi | 16 | 0.5 |
| Missouri | 24 | 0.4 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 12 | 1.1 |
| Nebraska | 11 | 0.6 |
| Nevada | 30 | 0.9 |
| New Hampshire | 22 | 1.6 |
| New Jersey | 58 | 0.6 |
| New Mexico | 17 | 0.8 |
| New York | 84 | 0.4 |
| North Carolina | 118 | 1.1 |
| North Dakota | 7 | 0.9 |
| Ohio | 90 | 0.8 |
| Oklahoma | 63 | 1.6 |
| Oregon | 23 | 0.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 95 | 0.7 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 0.3 |
| South Carolina | 50 | 0.9 |
| South Dakota | 7 | 0.8 |
| Tennessee | 66 | 0.9 |
| Texas | 139 | 0.5 |
| Utah | 3 | 0.1 |
| Vermont | 2 | 0.3 |
| Virginia | 61 | 0.7 |
| Washington | 49 | 0.6 |
| West Virginia | 9 | 0.5 |
| Wisconsin | 17 | 0.3 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 0.3 |
In federal data
- NUCC code101YP1600X · Counselor
- Size rank197th of 688 specialties by records (0.03% of all)
- In its family6th of 6 Counselor codes, 0.3% of the family
- Part D prescribers1 (under 0.1% of records)
- Part D claims283 a year per prescriber, on average (238th of 496)
- Concentration9 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 pastoral counselor records
- Goddess Zena Jones, HM, AMM-D.D.Anchorage, AK1083495899
- Christie Eberhardt, PH.D.Chugiak, AK1306852454
- Sarah Lowe, MAWasilla, AK1720812829
- Scott Stanton, MDIV., BCCWasilla, AK1053662387
- Krystal Banks, PHD., LCPCWasilla, AK1033622147
- Amy ArasWasilla, AK1457968802
- Randy Hughes, M.A.Wasilla, AK1023725116
- William Stemmons, NPFCA-MBAWasilla, AK1578483640
- Matalie WalkerBessemer, AL1891501672
- Michael Williams, M.DIV, M.A.Birmingham, AL1588958953
- Angelik Sims, CERTIFIEDBirmingham, AL1831858588
- Matt Redmond, BCPCHoover, AL1821825811
- Peggy PonderBirmingham, AL1073845145
- Romeo Penn, LICENSED PASTORAL COVestavia, AL1528632734
- Michael Semon, ED.D.Birmingham, AL1194931246
- Jesse Mitchell, BCPPC, DIV, PHDHamilton, AL1356788913
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Pastoral Counselor headcount concentrate?
2,102 Pastoral Counselor NPIs span 52 states; Florida alone holds 180. Top metros include Orlando, FL; Washington, DC; Charlotte, NC; Oklahoma City, OK. Nationally this is 197th of 688 NUCC codes.
Where can I find a Pastoral Counselor provider?
Pastoral Counselor providers are listed in 52 states; Orlando leads by raw city count. By national headcount this code sits just above Rehabilitation Counselor and just below Prosthetist. Browse by state or search by name.
How heavy is Pastoral Counselor Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Pastoral Counselor NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 283 claims and $42K drug cost per prescriber; 238th 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.