Primary Care Nurse Practitioner providers in the U.S.
11,099 NPPES records list primary care nurse practitioner as their primary taxonomy, about 3.3 per 100,000 residents; Massachusetts and Wyoming have the most per resident. 5,992 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 363LP2300X means
363LP2300X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care, in the grouping Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers. 11,099 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
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 363LP2300X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Philadelphia has the most, 118
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363LP2300X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 212 | 4.1 |
| Alaska | 16 | 2.2 |
| Arizona | 263 | 3.5 |
| Arkansas | 118 | 3.8 |
| California | 1,131 | 2.9 |
| Colorado | 194 | 3.3 |
| Connecticut | 173 | 4.8 |
| Delaware | 46 | 4.5 |
| District of Columbia | 34 | 5.0 |
| Florida | 1,082 | 4.8 |
| Georgia | 341 | 3.1 |
| Hawaii | 37 | 2.6 |
| Idaho | 69 | 3.5 |
| Illinois | 250 | 2.0 |
| Indiana | 168 | 2.4 |
| Iowa | 61 | 1.9 |
| Kansas | 92 | 3.1 |
| Kentucky | 114 | 2.5 |
| Louisiana | 137 | 3.0 |
| Maine | 53 | 3.8 |
| Maryland | 295 | 4.8 |
| Massachusetts | 376 | 5.4 |
| Michigan | 426 | 4.2 |
| Minnesota | 157 | 2.7 |
| Mississippi | 114 | 3.9 |
| Missouri | 175 | 2.8 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 37 | 3.3 |
| Nebraska | 93 | 4.7 |
| Nevada | 119 | 3.7 |
| New Hampshire | 51 | 3.6 |
| New Jersey | 454 | 4.9 |
| New Mexico | 81 | 3.8 |
| New York | 462 | 2.4 |
| North Carolina | 347 | 3.2 |
| North Dakota | 34 | 4.3 |
| Ohio | 498 | 4.2 |
| Oklahoma | 124 | 3.1 |
| Oregon | 107 | 2.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 481 | 3.7 |
| Rhode Island | 35 | 3.2 |
| South Carolina | 158 | 2.9 |
| South Dakota | 22 | 2.4 |
| Tennessee | 265 | 3.7 |
| Texas | 822 | 2.7 |
| Utah | 96 | 2.8 |
| Vermont | 29 | 4.5 |
| Virginia | 220 | 2.5 |
| Washington | 196 | 2.5 |
| West Virginia | 56 | 3.2 |
| Wisconsin | 134 | 2.3 |
| Wyoming | 30 | 5.1 |
In federal data
- NUCC code363LP2300X · Nurse Practitioner
- Size rank87th of 688 specialties by records (0.15% of all)
- In its family7th of 18 Nurse Practitioner codes, 2.1% of the family
- Part D prescribers5,992 (54% of records)
- Part D claims1,492 a year per prescriber, on average (42nd of 496)
- Industry payments4,321 physicians paid $2.7M in 2024, $625 each on average
- Concentration9 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 primary care nurse practitioner records
- Brianna ClendeninAnchorage, AK1073050373
- Susan Oliver, ANPAnchorage, AK1336289321
- Patricia McDonald, ANPAnchorage, AK1023072832
- Mary McQuilkin, NPAnchorage, AK1518361898
- Jasmine Gil, DNPAnchorage, AK1609682194
- Kathleen Crafton, AGNP-BCEagle River, AK1881394930
- Melanie Kimmery, ANPWasilla, AK1366548877
- Sabrina Yoder, C.N.M.Wasilla, AK1851532576
- Ginger Hess, APRNWasilla, AK1801444237
- Elizabeth Hesse, NURSE PRACTITIONERWasilla, AK1952058364
- Jennifer Di Cecco, CRNPSoldotna, AK1932156551
- Kathryn McNatt, MSN, APRNSoldotna, AK1982884755
- Jessica Peckham, FNP-CFairbanks, AK1518467521
- Sheena Eisen Adrados, FNP-BCBarrow, AK1528557683
- Tosha SweetNoorvik, AK1497623425
- Bradelle Padon, ANPJuneau, AK1427332378
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Primary Care Nurse Practitioner headcount concentrate?
11,099 Primary Care Nurse Practitioner NPIs span 54 states; California alone holds 1,131. Top metros include Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA. Nationally this is 87th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Primary Care Nurse Practitioner's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 4,321 Primary Care Nurse Practitioner physicians totaling $2.7M (72,859 payments; average $625, 268th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Primary Care Nurse Practitioner NPIs, 5,992 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,492 claims and $198K drug cost per prescriber; 42nd 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.