Pediatric Registered Nurse providers in the U.S.
2,233 NPPES records list pediatric registered nurse as their primary taxonomy, about 0.7 per 100,000 residents; Hawaii and Massachusetts have the most per resident. 8 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 163WP0200X means
163WP0200X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Registered Nurse, Pediatrics, in the grouping Nursing Service Providers. 2,233 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 163WP0200X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Houston has the most, 55
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WP0200X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 49 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 23 | 0.5 |
| Alaska | 2 | 0.3 |
| Arizona | 45 | 0.6 |
| Arkansas | 35 | 1.1 |
| California | 185 | 0.5 |
| Colorado | 40 | 0.7 |
| Connecticut | 20 | 0.6 |
| Delaware | 5 | 0.5 |
| District of Columbia | 7 | 1.0 |
| Florida | 76 | 0.3 |
| Georgia | 31 | 0.3 |
| Hawaii | 35 | 2.4 |
| Idaho | 2 | 0.1 |
| Illinois | 46 | 0.4 |
| Indiana | 25 | 0.4 |
| Iowa | 3 | 0.1 |
| Kansas | 5 | 0.2 |
| Kentucky | 21 | 0.5 |
| Louisiana | 14 | 0.3 |
| Maine | 6 | 0.4 |
| Maryland | 22 | 0.4 |
| Massachusetts | 148 | 2.1 |
| Michigan | 34 | 0.3 |
| Minnesota | 17 | 0.3 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 0.2 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 13 | 0.2 |
| Montana | 1 | 0.1 |
| Nebraska | 28 | 1.4 |
| Nevada | 26 | 0.8 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | 0.5 |
| New Jersey | 29 | 0.3 |
| New Mexico | 39 | 1.8 |
| New York | 374 | 1.9 |
| North Carolina | 39 | 0.4 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 0.4 |
| Ohio | 93 | 0.8 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | 0.3 |
| Oregon | 32 | 0.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 83 | 0.6 |
| Rhode Island | 12 | 1.1 |
| South Carolina | 17 | 0.3 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 0.2 |
| Tennessee | 18 | 0.3 |
| Texas | 378 | 1.2 |
| Utah | 19 | 0.6 |
| Virginia | 38 | 0.4 |
| Washington | 48 | 0.6 |
| West Virginia | 6 | 0.3 |
| Wisconsin | 58 | 1.0 |
In federal data
- NUCC code163WP0200X · Registered Nurse
- Size rank193rd of 688 specialties by records (0.03% of all)
- In its family17th of 56 Registered Nurse codes, 0.9% of the family
- Part D prescribers8 (0.4% of records)
- Part D claims851 a year per prescriber, on average (97th of 496)
- Industry payments38 physicians paid $6K in 2024, $149 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 pediatric registered nurse records
- Carol Keel, RNAnchorage, AK1659067726
- Leanna Dapcevich, R.N.Juneau, AK1932714599
- Jennifer Cupp, CRNPCullman, AL1225340946
- Marybeth Lee, CRNPCullman, AL1386941615
- Cheyenne McLemoreBirmingham, AL1508459355
- Mandy Davis, CRRNBirmingham, AL1962509513
- Leslie Pitts, CRNPBirmingham, AL1558642868
- Carrie Slavich, CRNPBirmingham, AL1407267388
- Katelyn Lester, RNBirmingham, AL1992413611
- Lila Lee, RNBirmingham, AL1740961671
- Kenzie ThompsonBirmingham, AL1750253597
- Chloe AllenBirmingham, AL1518807957
- Karen Belcher, RNHoover, AL1447065586
- Albany WistnerBrownsboro, AL1982576856
- Tammara Benjamin, CPNP-PCNew Hope, AL1841955598
- Denise Rae Skelton, CRNPGadsden, AL1679610901
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Pediatric Registered Nurse headcount concentrate?
2,233 Pediatric Registered Nurse NPIs span 50 states; Texas alone holds 378. Top metros include Houston, TX; New York, NY; San Antonio, TX; Gallup, NM. Nationally this is 193rd of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Pediatric Registered Nurse's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 38 Pediatric Registered Nurse physicians totaling $6K (150 payments; average $149, 379th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Pediatric Registered Nurse Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Pediatric Registered Nurse NPIs, 8 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 851 claims and $120K drug cost per prescriber; 97th 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.