Perfusionist providers in the U.S.
1,556 NPPES records list perfusionist as their primary taxonomy, about 0.5 per 100,000 residents; Michigan and Arizona 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 242T00000X means
242T00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Perfusionist, in the grouping Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers. 1,556 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A perfusionist operates extracorporeal circulation and autotransfusion equipment during any medical situation where it is necessary to support or temporarily replace the patient's circulatory or respiratory function. The perfusionist is knowledgeable concerning the variety of equipment available to perform extracorporeal circulation functions and is responsible, in consultation with the physician, for selecting the appropriate equipment and techniques to be used.
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 242T00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Plymouth has the most, 475
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 242T00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 44 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1 | 0.0 |
| Alaska | 1 | 0.1 |
| Arizona | 97 | 1.3 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 0.0 |
| California | 151 | 0.4 |
| Colorado | 2 | 0.0 |
| Connecticut | 16 | 0.4 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 0.4 |
| Florida | 27 | 0.1 |
| Georgia | 8 | 0.1 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 0.1 |
| Idaho | 2 | 0.1 |
| Illinois | 4 | 0.0 |
| Indiana | 10 | 0.1 |
| Iowa | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kentucky | 5 | 0.1 |
| Louisiana | 10 | 0.2 |
| Maine | 2 | 0.1 |
| Maryland | 2 | 0.0 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 785 | 7.8 |
| Minnesota | 7 | 0.1 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 7 | 0.2 |
| Missouri | 8 | 0.1 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 0.3 |
| Nevada | 10 | 0.3 |
| New Jersey | 2 | 0.0 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 0.0 |
| New York | 7 | 0.0 |
| North Carolina | 14 | 0.1 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 0.1 |
| Ohio | 36 | 0.3 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | 0.4 |
| Oregon | 14 | 0.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | 0.1 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 0.0 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 0.1 |
| Tennessee | 88 | 1.2 |
| Texas | 117 | 0.4 |
| Utah | 6 | 0.2 |
| Virginia | 21 | 0.2 |
| Washington | 15 | 0.2 |
| Wisconsin | 30 | 0.5 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0.2 |
In federal data
- NUCC code242T00000X
- Size rank227th of 688 specialties by records (0.02% of all)
- Part D prescribers1 (0.1% of records)
- Part D claims17 a year per prescriber, on average (474th of 496)
- Industry payments1 physicians paid $22 in 2024, $22 each on average
- Concentration1 state 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 perfusionist records
- Thomas Benroth, CCPAnchorage, AK1427525971
- Anderson Ward, CCPGadsden, AL1821681388
- Hunter Holcomb, CCPSearcy, AR1447556303
- John Duffy, CCPPhoenix, AZ1295947059
- David Sanders, MS, CCPPhoenix, AZ1760620926
- Emily Todd, CCPPhoenix, AZ1205164795
- Barry Steinbock, CCPPhoenix, AZ1225366586
- Jessica Klube, CCPPhoenix, AZ1699488361
- Meghan Kirksey, CCPPhoenix, AZ1396970182
- Malia Goozen-Suor, MS, CCPPhoenix, AZ1396184602
- Jessica Russ, CCPPhoenix, AZ1174929129
- Lisa McCune, CCPPhoenix, AZ1992211494
- Christopher Drozdz, CCPPhoenix, AZ1568000891
- Lucas Schroedl, M.S., C.C.P.Phoenix, AZ1710253851
- Klayton Buckley, CCPMesa, AZ1396141867
- Neale Zingle, CCPMesa, AZ1750046462
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Perfusionist headcount concentrate?
1,556 Perfusionist NPIs span 45 states; Michigan alone holds 785. Top metros include Plymouth, MI; Livonia, MI; Brentwood, TN; San Antonio, TX. Nationally this is 227th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Perfusionist's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 Perfusionist physicians totaling $22 (1 payments; average $22, 464th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Perfusionist Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Perfusionist NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 17 claims and $526 drug cost per prescriber; 474th 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.