Podiatrist providers in the U.S.
10,489 NPPES records list podiatrist as their primary taxonomy, about 3.1 per 100,000 residents; New York and New Jersey have the most per resident. 6,407 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 213E00000X means
213E00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Podiatrist, in the grouping Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers. 10,489 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A podiatrist is a person qualified by a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.) degree, licensed by the state, and practicing within the scope of that license. Podiatrists diagnose and treat foot diseases and deformities. They perform medical, surgical and other operative procedures, prescribe corrective devices and prescribe and administer drugs and physical therapy.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 213E00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 161
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 213E00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 84 | 1.6 |
| Alaska | 8 | 1.1 |
| Arizona | 222 | 3.0 |
| Arkansas | 46 | 1.5 |
| California | 1,023 | 2.6 |
| Colorado | 100 | 1.7 |
| Connecticut | 166 | 4.6 |
| Delaware | 46 | 4.5 |
| District of Columbia | 39 | 5.7 |
| Florida | 768 | 3.4 |
| Georgia | 235 | 2.1 |
| Hawaii | 28 | 2.0 |
| Idaho | 37 | 1.9 |
| Illinois | 597 | 4.8 |
| Indiana | 184 | 2.7 |
| Iowa | 130 | 4.1 |
| Kansas | 54 | 1.8 |
| Kentucky | 72 | 1.6 |
| Louisiana | 88 | 1.9 |
| Maine | 33 | 2.4 |
| Maryland | 254 | 4.1 |
| Massachusetts | 287 | 4.1 |
| Michigan | 439 | 4.4 |
| Minnesota | 147 | 2.6 |
| Mississippi | 37 | 1.3 |
| Missouri | 143 | 2.3 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 20 | 1.8 |
| Nebraska | 41 | 2.1 |
| Nevada | 68 | 2.1 |
| New Hampshire | 36 | 2.6 |
| New Jersey | 530 | 5.7 |
| New Mexico | 68 | 3.2 |
| New York | 1,260 | 6.4 |
| North Carolina | 140 | 1.3 |
| North Dakota | 26 | 3.3 |
| Ohio | 542 | 4.6 |
| Oklahoma | 62 | 1.5 |
| Oregon | 112 | 2.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 689 | 5.3 |
| Rhode Island | 42 | 3.8 |
| South Carolina | 80 | 1.5 |
| South Dakota | 24 | 2.6 |
| Tennessee | 120 | 1.7 |
| Texas | 586 | 1.9 |
| Utah | 84 | 2.5 |
| Vermont | 20 | 3.1 |
| Virginia | 176 | 2.0 |
| Washington | 192 | 2.5 |
| West Virginia | 52 | 2.9 |
| Wisconsin | 212 | 3.6 |
| Wyoming | 9 | 1.5 |
In federal data
- NUCC code213E00000X
- Size rank95th of 688 specialties by records (0.14% of all)
- Part D prescribers6,407 (61.1% of records)
- Part D claims314 a year per prescriber, on average (223rd of 496)
- Industry payments4,596 physicians paid $11.4M in 2024, $2K each on average
- Concentration7 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of podiatrist records
- Reid MarionElmendorf Afb, AK1760098628
- Charles Edwards, D.P.M.Anchorage, AK1447291067
- Bruce Reddish, DPMAnchorage, AK1982716387
- Christopher Jetter, DPMAnchorage, AK1457615064
- Brian Coyne, DPMPalmer, AK1407986979
- Manx Quayle, D.P.M.Fairbanks, AK1023083870
- Ralph Dixon, DPMFairbanks, AK1558498402
- Anh Lam, DPMJuneau, AK1639367600
- Stephen Stern, DPMBessemer, AL1629016498
- Stewart Pierson, DPMBessemer, AL1255749107
- Steven Grunfeld, DPMCullman, AL1831174309
- Robert Ocampo, DPMCullman, AL1255387411
- Angela Dominique, D.P.M.Fultondale, AL1508972563
- John Roberson, DPMBirmingham, AL1154303105
- Thomas Godfryd, DPMBirmingham, AL1518944933
- Walter Clark, DPMBirmingham, AL1700864238
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Podiatrist headcount concentrate?
10,489 Podiatrist NPIs span 54 states; New York alone holds 1,260. Top metros include New York, NY; Brooklyn, NY; Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA. Nationally this is 95th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Podiatrist's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 4,596 Podiatrist physicians totaling $11.4M (46,457 payments; average $2K, 153rd of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Podiatrist Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Podiatrist NPIs, 6,407 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 314 claims and $18K drug cost per prescriber; 223rd of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.