Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
NUCC 363LP2300X · Nurse Practitioner
10,597 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 54 states · 91st of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner ranks 91st of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.14% of all registered NPIs), densest in Florida; per resident Massachusetts leads.
- 10,597
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 91st
- of 690 specialties
- 425
- state-share HHI
- 55.5%
- Part D prescriber share
Massachusetts is densest per capita (1.6× the national rate; Connecticut 1.5×); 2.2% of the Nurse Practitioner category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (NUCC 363LP2300X; 55.5% Part D prescribers (5,882 of 10,597); avg 1,471 Part D claims/prescriber (76th of 572); Open Payments avg $627/physician (332nd of 551; 4,250 paid, $2.7M total); state-share HHI 425; next-larger headcount neighbor Podiatrist (+5); next-smaller Assistant Behavior Analyst (-28)).
Next larger: Podiatrist (10,602) Next smaller: Assistant Behavior Analyst (10,569)
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
- Massachusetts 1.6× · 4.8/100k
- Connecticut 1.5× · 4.7/100k
- Florida 1.5× · 4.7/100k
- Vermont 1.4× · 4.5/100k
- New Jersey 1.4× · 4.4/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Puerto Rico 0.11× · 0.3/100k
- Alaska 0.44× · 1.4/100k
- Hawaii 0.62× · 2/100k
- Iowa 0.70× · 2.2/100k
- Oregon 0.70× · 2.2/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | 1,052 |
| 2 | California | 1,015 |
| 3 | Texas | 763 |
| 4 | Ohio | 471 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 456 |
| 6 | New York | 428 |
| 7 | New Jersey | 406 |
| 8 | Michigan | 393 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 380 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | 339 |
| 11 | Georgia | 337 |
| 12 | Illinois | 285 |
| 13 | Arizona | 273 |
| 14 | Maryland | 271 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 243 |
Top Cities for Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PhiladelphiaPennsylvania | 108 |
| 2 | New YorkNew York | 100 |
| 3 | HoustonTexas | 97 |
| 4 | MiamiFlorida | 92 |
| 5 | ChicagoIllinois | 92 |
| 6 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 79 |
| 7 | PhoenixArizona | 76 |
| 8 | Las VegasNevada | 73 |
| 9 | TampaFlorida | 67 |
| 10 | ColumbusOhio | 67 |
| 11 | BaltimoreMaryland | 61 |
| 12 | BostonMassachusetts | 59 |
Sample Primary Care Nurse Practitioner NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Deborah Newsome, ARNP-CMarianna, FL |
| 2 | Anna Allen, ARNPBrooksville, FL |
| 3 | Maureen Kelley, CRNPBaltimore, MD |
| 4 | Jennifer Dunnigan-Fenton, FNPReading, OH |
| 5 | Deborah Pollak, NP-CAbilene, TX |
| 6 | Sundie Ellis, APRN, BC, FNPFort Worth, TX |
| 7 | Janel Perez, FNPNorth Hills, CA |
| 8 | Wyatt Woodard, MSN, FNPFlagstaff, AZ |
| 9 | Misty Richards, APRNNorth Platte, NE |
| 10 | Anaresia Richard, FNPMohave Valley, AZ |
| 11 | Mary Lynn Fahey, ARNPStratham, NH |
| 12 | Mark Abrams, APRN, BCTacoma, WA |
| 13 | Peggie Powell, DNP FNP-BCSouth Hill, VA |
| 14 | Vinetta Macpherson, ARNPSpokane, WA |
| 15 | Mary Spangler, CRNPElkridge, MD |
| 16 | Jacquelyn Kimball, MSNMemphis, TN |
| 17 | Jennifer Roark, FNPGainesville, GA |
| 18 | Jamie Hicks, CNPMilford, IA |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Nurse Practitioner category.
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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.