Personal Care Attendant

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

NUCC 3747P1801X · Technician

82,685 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 52 states · 25th of 690 specialties by headcount.

82,685

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

West Virginia

Top state

29,188 providers

$2K

Open Pay avg

196th of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Personal Care Attendant ranks 25th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (1.17% of all registered NPIs), densest in West Virginia; per resident West Virginia leads.

82,685
NPPES providers in specialty: 25th
of 690 specialties: 2319
state-share HHI: 0%
Part D prescriber share

West Virginia is densest per capita (67.5× the national rate; District of Columbia 31.1×); 87.3% of the Technician category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Personal Care Attendant (NUCC 3747P1801X; 0% Part D prescribers (6 of 82,685); avg 716 Part D claims/prescriber (215th of 567); Open Payments avg $2K/physician (196th of 552; 3 paid, $6K total); state-share HHI 2,319; next-larger headcount neighbor Marriage & Family Therapist (+5,014); next-smaller Pediatrics Physician (-2,109)).

Next larger: Marriage & Family Therapist (87,699) Next smaller: Pediatrics Physician (80,576)

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.

Over-indexed vs national rate

West Virginia 67.5× · 1649/100k
District of Columbia 31.1× · 760.9/100k
Nevada 30.9× · 754.8/100k
Nebraska 20.2× · 493.7/100k
North Dakota 8.3× · 202.1/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

Hawaii 0.01× · 0.3/100k
New Mexico 0.01× · 0.3/100k
Utah 0.01× · 0.3/100k
Puerto Rico 0.01× · 0.3/100k
Massachusetts 0.01× · 0.2/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	West Virginia	29,188	35.3%
2	Nevada	24,111	29.2%
3	Nebraska	9,767	11.8%
4	District of Columbia	5,166	6.2%
5	Ohio	4,517	5.5%
6	Michigan	1,911	2.3%
7	North Dakota	1,584	1.9%
8	Alaska	1,006	1.2%
9	Florida	810	1.0%
10	Maryland	717	0.9%
11	Louisiana	691	0.8%
12	Texas	604	0.7%
13	Minnesota	377	0.5%
14	Oregon	293	0.4%
15	Oklahoma	283	0.3%

Top Cities for Personal Care Attendant

#	City	Providers
1	Las VegasNevada	19,440
2	WashingtonDistrict of Columbia	5,131
3	OmahaNebraska	3,960
4	BarboursvilleWest Virginia	3,069
5	CharlestonWest Virginia	2,606
6	HuntingtonWest Virginia	1,922
7	LincolnNebraska	1,844
8	South CharlestonWest Virginia	1,570
9	BelingtonWest Virginia	1,519
10	HendersonNevada	1,412
11	RenoNevada	1,336
12	ElkinsWest Virginia	1,331

Sample Personal Care Attendant NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#	Provider	State
1	Faye Groover, OWNERMacon, GA	Georgia
2	Khalid Chaudhry, MDBowling Green, OH	Ohio
3	Tammy Gibson, CNAOkeechobee, FL	Florida
4	Jill RobbinsHays, KS	Kansas
5	Gloria ThompsonMc Gehee, AR	Arkansas
6	Valerie Shields, RNStoughton, WI	Wisconsin
7	Sally Niziol, LPNMedford, WI	Wisconsin
8	Randall PayneWorden, IL	Illinois
9	Cindy Thurow, PPABelvidere, IL	Illinois
10	Chandrea Hopkins, C.N.A.Chicago, IL	Illinois
11	Anita SnyderChicago, IL	Illinois
12	Vera MillerChicago, IL	Illinois
13	Althea WilliamsNew Orleans, LA	Louisiana
14	Mary Barrs, CNA/HHANaples, FL	Florida
15	Melanie Aragon, MFTWadsworth, NV	Nevada
16	Randell HarrellJacksonville, FL	Florida
17	Sheila Wilson, PERSONAL ASSISTANTPeoria Heights, IL	Illinois
18	Jessica HolidayColumbus, OH	Ohio

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Personal Care Attendant providers are in the US?

There are 82,685 Personal Care Attendant providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 52 US states and territories. West Virginia has the most with 29,188 providers. Leading metros include Las Vegas, NV; Washington, DC; Omaha, NE; Barboursville, WV. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 25th by headcount.

Do Personal Care Attendant clinicians appear in Open Payments?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 3 Personal Care Attendant physicians receiving industry payments totaling $6K (310 payments; average $2K per paid physician, 196th of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?

Among Personal Care Attendant NPIs, 6 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 716 claims and $302K drug cost per prescriber; 215th of 567 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.

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 2026-05-20.