Physical Therapist

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

NUCC 225100000X

255,818 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 56 states · 6th of 690 specialties by headcount.

255,818

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

California

Top state

21,951 providers

$474

Open Pay avg

369th of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Physical Therapist ranks 6th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (3.61% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident North Dakota leads.

255,818
NPPES providers in specialty: 6th
of 690 specialties: 379
state-share HHI: 0.1%
Part D prescriber share

North Dakota is densest per capita (1.7× the national rate; Vermont 1.7×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Physical Therapist (NUCC 225100000X; 0.1% Part D prescribers (137 of 255,818); avg 681 Part D claims/prescriber (230th of 567); Open Payments avg $474/physician (369th of 552; 82 paid, $39K total); state-share HHI 379; next-larger headcount neighbor Clinical Social Worker (+18,708); next-smaller Family Nurse Practitioner (-44,986)).

Next larger: Clinical Social Worker (274,526) Next smaller: Family Nurse Practitioner (210,832)

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

North Dakota 1.7× · 128.6/100k
Vermont 1.7× · 128.5/100k
Montana 1.6× · 122.2/100k
Maine 1.6× · 117.8/100k
New Hampshire 1.6× · 116.8/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

American Samoa 0.18× · 13.7/100k
Puerto Rico 0.24× · 17.8/100k
Guam 0.39× · 29.3/100k
Northern Mariana Islands 0.59× · 44.4/100k
Virgin Islands 0.62× · 47/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	California	21,951	8.6%
2	New York	21,291	8.3%
3	Texas	14,573	5.7%
4	Florida	14,032	5.5%
5	Pennsylvania	12,422	4.9%
6	Illinois	11,752	4.6%
7	New Jersey	9,483	3.7%
8	Michigan	9,349	3.7%
9	North Carolina	8,236	3.2%
10	Washington	7,289	2.8%
11	Ohio	7,178	2.8%
12	Massachusetts	6,964	2.7%
13	Virginia	6,606	2.6%
14	Georgia	6,335	2.5%
15	Wisconsin	6,290	2.5%

Top Cities for Physical Therapist

#	City	Providers
1	New YorkNew York	3,551
2	ChicagoIllinois	2,565
3	BrooklynNew York	2,186
4	San DiegoCalifornia	1,325
5	HoustonTexas	1,295
6	Los AngelesCalifornia	1,165
7	SeattleWashington	1,157
8	San AntonioTexas	1,073
9	PittsburghPennsylvania	1,042
10	PhoenixArizona	995
11	JacksonvilleFlorida	943
12	DallasTexas	933

Sample Physical Therapist NPIs

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

#	Provider	State
1	Bonnie Kurth, PTScottsdale, AZ	Arizona
2	Nancy Kirsch, P.T.Flanders, NJ	New Jersey
3	Mark Pinti, PTNutter Fort, WV	West Virginia
4	Deidre Cravens, P.T.North Little Rock, AR	Arkansas
5	Mary Dunn, PTLouisville, KY	Kentucky
6	Christina Blanchard, BSPTHillsborough, NJ	New Jersey
7	Michael Shaw, MPTCumberland, RI	Rhode Island
8	Beth Carr, PTNorthumberland, PA	Pennsylvania
9	Beth Schweizer, P.T.West Des Moines, IA	Iowa
10	David Grossman, P.T.Waldorf, MD	Maryland
11	Alexandra Florian, PTLafayette, LA	Louisiana
12	Lisa Brueckner, PTCentennial, CO	Colorado
13	Rachel Berger, MSPTBrookline, MA	Massachusetts
14	Sherri Torode, P.T.Amherst, VA	Virginia
15	Eric Vial, MS,PTLas Vegas, NV	Nevada
16	Amy Testa, MSPTDurango, CO	Colorado
17	Jeff Giulietti, MPT, ATCEugene, OR	Oregon
18	Mark Brooks, PT, DSC, ECS, OCSRichmond, KY	Kentucky

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

Orthopedic Physical Therapist

10,613 providers

Pediatric Physical Therapist

6,482 providers

Geriatric Physical Therapist

2,193 providers

Sports Physical Therapist

1,241 providers

Neurology Physical Therapist

1,159 providers

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Physical Therapist providers are in the US?

There are 255,818 Physical Therapist providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 56 US states and territories. California has the most with 21,951 providers. Leading metros include New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Brooklyn, NY; San Diego, CA. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 6th by headcount.

Do Physical Therapist clinicians appear in Open Payments?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 82 Physical Therapist physicians receiving industry payments totaling $39K (748 payments; average $474 per paid physician, 369th of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?

Among Physical Therapist NPIs, 137 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 681 claims and $61K drug cost per prescriber; 230th 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.