Podiatrist
NUCC 213E00000X
10,602 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 54 states · 90th of 690 specialties by headcount.
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
- New York 2× · 6.4/100k
- New Jersey 1.8× · 5.7/100k
- Pennsylvania 1.7× · 5.4/100k
- District of Columbia 1.7× · 5.4/100k
- Illinois 1.5× · 4.8/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Puerto Rico 0.28× · 0.9/100k
- Alaska 0.35× · 1.1/100k
- Mississippi 0.41× · 1.3/100k
- Oklahoma 0.47× · 1.5/100k
- North Carolina 0.50× · 1.6/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 1,258 |
| 2 | California | 1,036 |
| 3 | Florida | 771 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | 706 |
| 5 | Texas | 608 |
| 6 | Illinois | 607 |
| 7 | Ohio | 543 |
| 8 | New Jersey | 526 |
| 9 | Michigan | 438 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | 294 |
| 11 | Maryland | 243 |
| 12 | Arizona | 238 |
| 13 | Georgia | 228 |
| 14 | Washington | 195 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 193 |
Top Cities for Podiatrist
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BrooklynNew York | 157 |
| 2 | New YorkNew York | 155 |
| 3 | ChicagoIllinois | 147 |
| 4 | PhiladelphiaPennsylvania | 113 |
| 5 | HoustonTexas | 90 |
| 6 | BronxNew York | 76 |
| 7 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 67 |
| 8 | MiamiFlorida | 54 |
| 9 | San FranciscoCalifornia | 51 |
| 10 | PhoenixArizona | 49 |
| 11 | CincinnatiOhio | 48 |
| 12 | San AntonioTexas | 46 |
Sample Podiatrist NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Annu Goel, DPMToledo, OH |
| 2 | Richard Jackson, D.P.M.Fort Wayne, IN |
| 3 | Mark Jaffe, DPMDavie, FL |
| 4 | Debra Boender, D.P.M.Crisfield, MD |
| 5 | Todd Loftus, DPMBlue Ash, OH |
| 6 | Michael Tran, DPMCanyon, TX |
| 7 | George Yarnell, D.P.M.Lansdowne, PA |
| 8 | Peter Brieloff, DPMWoodbridge, VA |
| 9 | Walter Curry, D.P.M.Watseka, IL |
| 10 | Edwin Bruno, D.P.M.Bangor, ME |
| 11 | Albert Nalli, DPMAmbridge, PA |
| 12 | Twila Fickel, DPMChadron, NE |
| 13 | Walter Shonkwiler, DPMWesterville, OH |
| 14 | Scott Andrew, D.P.M.Cincinnati, OH |
| 15 | Christopher Walker, DPMLancaster, OH |
| 16 | David Greiner, DPMPortsmouth, OH |
| 17 | Richard James, DPMWinfield, KS |
| 18 | Richard Berkowitz, DPMClifton Park, NY |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
Frequently Asked Questions
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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.