Personal Care Attendant providers in the U.S.
97,299 NPPES records list personal care attendant as their primary taxonomy, about 29 per 100,000 residents; West Virginia and Nevada have the most per resident. 6 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 3747P1801X means
3747P1801X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Technician, Personal Care Attendant, in the grouping Nursing Service Related Providers. 97,299 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
An individual who provides assistance with eating, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, activities of daily living as specified in the plan of care. Services which are incidental to the care furnished, or essential to the health and welfare of the individual may also be provided. Personal care providers must meet state defined training and certification standards
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 3747P1801X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Las Vegas has the most, 26,236
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 3747P1801X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 50 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 20 | 0 |
| Alaska | 636 | 87 |
| Arizona | 145 | 2 |
| Arkansas | 50 | 2 |
| California | 96 | 0 |
| Colorado | 37 | 1 |
| Connecticut | 17 | 1 |
| Delaware | 7 | 1 |
| District of Columbia | 5,661 | 834 |
| Florida | 833 | 4 |
| Georgia | 121 | 1 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 0 |
| Idaho | 17 | 1 |
| Illinois | 62 | 1 |
| Indiana | 168 | 2 |
| Iowa | 84 | 3 |
| Kansas | 46 | 2 |
| Kentucky | 120 | 3 |
| Louisiana | 741 | 16 |
| Maine | 40 | 3 |
| Maryland | 812 | 13 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | 0 |
| Michigan | 1,953 | 20 |
| Minnesota | 376 | 7 |
| Mississippi | 57 | 2 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 66 | 1 |
| Montana | 15 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 13,406 | 678 |
| Nevada | 31,985 | 1,001 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | 1 |
| New Jersey | 27 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 10 | 1 |
| New York | 40 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 89 | 1 |
| North Dakota | 1,837 | 234 |
| Ohio | 5,124 | 44 |
| Oklahoma | 278 | 7 |
| Oregon | 303 | 7 |
| Pennsylvania | 72 | 1 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 59 | 1 |
| South Dakota | 13 | 1 |
| Tennessee | 56 | 1 |
| Texas | 649 | 2 |
| Utah | 9 | 0 |
| Virginia | 202 | 2 |
| Washington | 38 | 1 |
| West Virginia | 30,816 | 1,741 |
| Wisconsin | 56 | 1 |
| Wyoming | 7 | 1 |
In federal data
- NUCC code3747P1801X · Technician
- Size rank21st of 688 specialties by records (1.33% of all)
- In its family1st of 3 Technician codes, 89.3% of the family
- Part D prescribers6 (under 0.1% of records)
- Part D claims36 a year per prescriber, on average (430th of 496)
- Concentration2 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 personal care attendant records
- Kymberly LittrellAnchorage, AK1114267366
- Curtis YoungAnchorage, AK1649688300
- Tangella Cross-YoungAnchorage, AK1225446966
- Sonia HernandezAnchorage, AK1336448752
- Jeffery KenneyAnchorage, AK1669737854
- Virginia BrookshierAnchorage, AK1699029280
- Anthony BradenAnchorage, AK1396189379
- Helen LiveAnchorage, AK1982040432
- Shniqua JointerAnchorage, AK1760816110
- Altagracia Mora DepaulaAnchorage, AK1356771851
- Roddie FaalavelaveAnchorage, AK1831511617
- Faresa FuneAnchorage, AK1659875607
- Paneti PeseAnchorage, AK1306340369
- Ashley TibbettsAnchorage, AK1164901286
- Bill TinoAnchorage, AK1346713112
- Momoi AmotaiAnchorage, AK1114490844
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Personal Care Attendant headcount concentrate?
97,299 Personal Care Attendant NPIs span 52 states; Nevada alone holds 31,985. Top metros include Las Vegas, NV; Washington, DC; Omaha, NE; Barboursville, WV. Nationally this is 21st of 688 NUCC codes.
Where can I find a Personal Care Attendant provider?
Personal Care Attendant providers are listed in 52 states; Las Vegas leads by raw city count. By national headcount this code sits just above Nurse Practitioner and just below Marriage & Family Therapist. Browse by state or search by name.
How heavy is Personal Care Attendant Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Personal Care Attendant NPIs, 6 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 36 claims and $2K drug cost per prescriber; 430th 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.