Phlebotomy Technician

NUCC 246RP1900X · Technician, Pathology

2,849 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 51 states · 167th of 690 specialties by headcount.

2,849
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
51
States
with ≥1 NPI
Florida
Top state
334 providers
$267
Open Pay avg
442nd of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Phlebotomy Technician ranks 167th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.04% of all registered NPIs), densest in Florida; per resident Georgia leads.

2,849
NPPES providers in specialty
167th
of 690 specialties
586
state-share HHI
0.1%
Part D prescriber share

Georgia is densest per capita (2.6× the national rate; Delaware 2.6×); 74.7% of the Technician, Pathology category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Phlebotomy Technician (NUCC 246RP1900X; 0.1% Part D prescribers (2 of 2,849); avg 1,391 Part D claims/prescriber (84th of 572); Open Payments avg $267/physician (442nd of 551; 1 paid, $267 total); state-share HHI 586; next-larger headcount neighbor Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Registered Nurse (+16); next-smaller Technician (-49)).

Next larger: Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Registered Nurse (2,865) Next smaller: Technician (2,800)

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

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1Florida334
2Texas313
3California300
4Georgia246
5Ohio124
6North Carolina109
7New York104
8Pennsylvania102
9Maryland100
10Illinois84
11South Carolina79
12Tennessee78
13Washington73
14Virginia70
15Michigan68

Top Cities for Phlebotomy Technician

#CityProviders
1HoustonTexas77
2PhiladelphiaPennsylvania35
3AtlantaGeorgia30
4BaltimoreMaryland26
5San DiegoCalifornia25
6JacksonvilleFlorida23
7ChicagoIllinois23
8San FranciscoCalifornia20
9KnoxvilleTennessee20
10PhoenixArizona19
11OrlandoFlorida19
12CharlotteNorth Carolina19

Sample Phlebotomy Technician NPIs

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

#Provider
1Lemuel MeloLa Mirada, CA
2Lisa Parker, PHLEBOTOMIST ASCPAnchorage, AK
3Daniel BarkerCape Coral, FL
4Pearlie JohnsonHouston, TX
5Blanca Rodriguez, LMTHialeah, FL
6Claudine Barker, PHLEBOTOMIST SRBaton Rouge, LA
7Beatrice Strauss Freed, MDIrvine, CA
8Regina Rodriguez, PHLEBOTOMISTLubbock, TX
9Kathryn ReinartzSalt Lake City, UT
10Sandra Miles, CNA, CPTRockwood, TN
11Patricia TorrezSan Diego, CA
12Kathleen KeenanLa Mesa, CA
13Valerie AriolaSan Diego, CA
14Gabriela AbenojarSan Diego, CA
15Rebeca ZurekSan Diego, CA
16Jose ArenasSan Diego, CA
17Jo TurnerWeber City, VA
18Barbara BaderDenver, CO

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Technician, Pathology category.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Phlebotomy Technician headcount concentrate?
2,849 Phlebotomy Technician NPIs span 51 states; Florida alone holds 334. Top metros include Houston, TX; Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; Baltimore, MD. Nationally this is 167th of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is Phlebotomy Technician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 Phlebotomy Technician physicians totaling $267 (12 payments; average $267, 442nd of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Phlebotomy Technician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Phlebotomy Technician NPIs, 2 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,391 claims and $289K drug cost per prescriber; 84th of 572 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 2026-08-27.