Pharmacy Technician
NUCC 183700000X
12,344 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 54 states · 79th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Pharmacy Technician ranks 79th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.17% of all registered NPIs), densest in Texas; per resident Puerto Rico leads.
- 12,344
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 79th
- of 690 specialties
- 872
- state-share HHI
- 0.2%
- Part D prescriber share
Puerto Rico is densest per capita (17.4× the national rate; Texas 2.2×).
Taxonomy fingerprint
Pharmacy Technician (NUCC 183700000X; 0.2% Part D prescribers (25 of 12,344); avg 469 Part D claims/prescriber (298th of 572); Open Payments avg $971/physician (279th of 551; 3 paid, $3K total); state-share HHI 872; next-larger headcount neighbor Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry (+197); next-smaller Homemaker (-97)).
Next larger: Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry (12,541) Next smaller: Homemaker (12,247)
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
- Puerto Rico 17.4× · 63.4/100k
- Texas 2.2× · 8.2/100k
- Washington 2.1× · 7.7/100k
- North Dakota 1.9× · 6.9/100k
- Nebraska 1.7× · 6.3/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Hawaii 0.21× · 0.8/100k
- Iowa 0.22× · 0.8/100k
- Wisconsin 0.22× · 0.8/100k
- Mississippi 0.29× · 1.1/100k
- Kansas 0.36× · 1.3/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 2,496 |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 2,033 |
| 3 | California | 886 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | 632 |
| 5 | Washington | 599 |
| 6 | Michigan | 492 |
| 7 | Florida | 474 |
| 8 | Ohio | 414 |
| 9 | Virginia | 398 |
| 10 | New York | 301 |
| 11 | Illinois | 271 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 219 |
| 13 | Georgia | 202 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 185 |
| 15 | Maryland | 183 |
Top Cities for Pharmacy Technician
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | San AntonioTexas | 496 |
| 2 | Plymouth MeetingPennsylvania | 312 |
| 3 | San JuanPuerto Rico | 264 |
| 4 | HoustonTexas | 235 |
| 5 | AustinTexas | 156 |
| 6 | BayamonPuerto Rico | 145 |
| 7 | SeattleWashington | 133 |
| 8 | OmahaNebraska | 113 |
| 9 | CarolinaPuerto Rico | 86 |
| 10 | CaguasPuerto Rico | 78 |
| 11 | PoncePuerto Rico | 74 |
| 12 | ChicagoIllinois | 65 |
Sample Pharmacy Technician NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lorraine RaneyNashville, AR |
| 2 | Ranae Spore, PHARMACY TEC.Starbuck, MN |
| 3 | Ryan CarlsonStarbuck, MN |
| 4 | Nancy SamuelsonStarbuck, MN |
| 5 | Cesar Galindo, SUPPLIERLas Vegas, NV |
| 6 | Deborah Callicoat, C.PH.TCincinnati, OH |
| 7 | Barbara Delk, PHARMACY TECHNICIANAnchorage, AK |
| 8 | Susan Rodgers, CPHTPalestine, TX |
| 9 | Abby Kerschner, CPHTPalestine, TX |
| 10 | Edwin Blanco-Ceped, CPHTSan Antonio, TX |
| 11 | Lisa Cragar, M.S., LPCTahlequah, OK |
| 12 | Jessica Ivette RuizSan Juan, PR |
| 13 | Nicholas Caputo, CPHTWilliamsburg, VA |
| 14 | Laura Burcham, PHARMACY TECHNICIANWilliamsburg, VA |
| 15 | Hildaliz Forty12/San Juan, PR |
| 16 | Betty Urey, CPHTColumbia, PA |
| 17 | Kristine Hagee, CPHTBristol, TN |
| 18 | Tami Stone, CPHTBoise, ID |
Frequently Asked Questions
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How heavy is Pharmacy Technician Part D prescribing at scale?
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
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