Perfusionist
NUCC 242T00000X
1,543 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 44 states · 221st of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Perfusionist ranks 221st of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.02% of all registered NPIs), densest in Michigan; per resident Michigan leads.
- 1,543
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 221st
- of 690 specialties
- 2832
- state-share HHI
- 0.2%
- Part D prescriber share
Michigan is densest per capita (17.2× the national rate; Arizona 2.9×).
Taxonomy fingerprint
Perfusionist (NUCC 242T00000X; 0.2% Part D prescribers (3 of 1,543); avg 69 Part D claims/prescriber (520th of 572); Open Payments avg $22/physician (544th of 551; 1 paid, $22 total); state-share HHI 2,832; next-larger headcount neighbor Surgical Critical Care Physician (+19); next-smaller Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist (-4)).
Next larger: Surgical Critical Care Physician (1,562) Next smaller: Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist (1,539)
Population-adjusted state index
Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | 786 |
| 2 | California | 147 |
| 3 | Texas | 111 |
| 4 | Arizona | 98 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 87 |
| 6 | Ohio | 35 |
| 7 | Florida | 29 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | 29 |
| 9 | Virginia | 21 |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | 16 |
| 11 | Connecticut | 15 |
| 12 | Washington | 15 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 14 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 14 |
| 15 | Oregon | 14 |
Top Cities for Perfusionist
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PlymouthMichigan | 476 |
| 2 | LivoniaMichigan | 306 |
| 3 | BrentwoodTennessee | 81 |
| 4 | San AntonioTexas | 58 |
| 5 | TempeArizona | 40 |
| 6 | MesaArizona | 25 |
| 7 | Falls ChurchVirginia | 18 |
| 8 | TucsonArizona | 16 |
| 9 | San JoseCalifornia | 16 |
| 10 | MilwaukeeWisconsin | 16 |
| 11 | Oklahoma CityOklahoma | 12 |
| 12 | DallasTexas | 12 |
Sample Perfusionist NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Rearley, C.C.PTempe, AZ |
| 2 | Jon Zinger, C.C.P.Tempe, AZ |
| 3 | Michael Jukich, C.C.P.Tempe, AZ |
| 4 | Sean Blumhoff, C.C.P.Tempe, AZ |
| 5 | Cory Alwardt, C.C.P.Scottsdale, AZ |
| 6 | John McCormick, C.C.P.Tempe, AZ |
| 7 | Samuel Armstrong, C.C.P.Tempe, AZ |
| 8 | Harry Schechner, C.C.P.Tempe, AZ |
| 9 | Marge Heine, C.C.P.Mesa, AZ |
| 10 | Dave Howard, C.C.PMesa, AZ |
| 11 | John Anaya, C.C.PMesa, AZ |
| 12 | David Wu, C.C.P.Mesa, AZ |
| 13 | Timothy Diesfeld, CCPTempe, AZ |
| 14 | Kimberly Tornabene, CCPMesa, AZ |
| 15 | Dennis Bressler, CCPTucson, AZ |
| 16 | Jaime Escalante, CCPTucson, AZ |
| 17 | Julie Horner, CCPTucson, AZ |
| 18 | Jeffrey Hensler, CCPSan Antonio, TX |
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 2026-08-27.