Podiatrist

NUCC 213E00000X

10,602 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 54 states · 90th of 690 specialties by headcount.

10,602
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
54
States
with ≥1 NPI
New York
Top state
1,258 providers
$3K
Open Pay avg
168th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Podiatrist ranks 90th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.14% of all registered NPIs), densest in New York; per resident New York leads.

10,602
NPPES providers in specialty
90th
of 690 specialties
522
state-share HHI
61.1%
Part D prescriber share

New York is densest per capita (2× the national rate; New Jersey 1.8×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Podiatrist (NUCC 213E00000X; 61.1% Part D prescribers (6,482 of 10,602); avg 320 Part D claims/prescriber (364th of 572); Open Payments avg $3K/physician (168th of 551; 4,707 paid, $12.7M total); state-share HHI 522; next-larger headcount neighbor Orthopedic Physical Therapist (+145); next-smaller Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (-5)).

Next larger: Orthopedic Physical Therapist (10,747) Next smaller: Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (10,597)

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
1New York1,258
2California1,036
3Florida771
4Pennsylvania706
5Texas608
6Illinois607
7Ohio543
8New Jersey526
9Michigan438
10Massachusetts294
11Maryland243
12Arizona238
13Georgia228
14Washington195
15Wisconsin193

Top Cities for Podiatrist

#CityProviders
1BrooklynNew York157
2New YorkNew York155
3ChicagoIllinois147
4PhiladelphiaPennsylvania113
5HoustonTexas90
6BronxNew York76
7Los AngelesCalifornia67
8MiamiFlorida54
9San FranciscoCalifornia51
10PhoenixArizona49
11CincinnatiOhio48
12San AntonioTexas46

Sample Podiatrist NPIs

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

#Provider
1Annu Goel, DPMToledo, OH
2Richard Jackson, D.P.M.Fort Wayne, IN
3Mark Jaffe, DPMDavie, FL
4Debra Boender, D.P.M.Crisfield, MD
5Todd Loftus, DPMBlue Ash, OH
6Michael Tran, DPMCanyon, TX
7George Yarnell, D.P.M.Lansdowne, PA
8Peter Brieloff, DPMWoodbridge, VA
9Walter Curry, D.P.M.Watseka, IL
10Edwin Bruno, D.P.M.Bangor, ME
11Albert Nalli, DPMAmbridge, PA
12Twila Fickel, DPMChadron, NE
13Walter Shonkwiler, DPMWesterville, OH
14Scott Andrew, D.P.M.Cincinnati, OH
15Christopher Walker, DPMLancaster, OH
16David Greiner, DPMPortsmouth, OH
17Richard James, DPMWinfield, KS
18Richard Berkowitz, DPMClifton Park, NY

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Podiatrist headcount concentrate?
10,602 Podiatrist NPIs span 54 states; New York alone holds 1,258. Top metros include Brooklyn, NY; New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA. Nationally this is 90th of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is Podiatrist's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 4,707 Podiatrist physicians totaling $12.7M (49,436 payments; average $3K, 168th of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Podiatrist Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Podiatrist NPIs, 6,482 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 320 claims and $19K drug cost per prescriber; 364th 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.