Professional Counselor
NUCC 101YP2500X · Counselor
121,939 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 55 states · 16th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Professional Counselor ranks 16th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (1.72% of all registered NPIs), densest in Texas; per resident Colorado leads.
- 121,939
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 16th
- of 690 specialties
- 523
- state-share HHI
- 0.1%
- Part D prescriber share
Colorado is densest per capita (2.5× the national rate; Missouri 2.4×); 18.7% of the Counselor category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Professional Counselor (NUCC 101YP2500X; 0.1% Part D prescribers (92 of 121,939); avg 1,144 Part D claims/prescriber (109th of 567); Open Payments avg $11K/physician (34th of 552; 61 paid, $689K total); state-share HHI 523; next-larger headcount neighbor Occupational Therapist (+7,529); next-smaller General Practice Dentistry (-297)).
Next larger: Occupational Therapist (129,468) Next smaller: General Practice Dentistry (121,642)
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
- Colorado 2.5× · 91/100k
- Missouri 2.4× · 84.7/100k
- Montana 2.3× · 83.7/100k
- District of Columbia 2.3× · 83.7/100k
- Wyoming 2.2× · 78.4/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Indiana 0.09× · 3.2/100k
- New York 0.09× · 3.2/100k
- Rhode Island 0.11× · 4/100k
- New Hampshire 0.11× · 4.1/100k
- Iowa 0.11× · 4/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 18,277 |
| 2 | Illinois | 8,589 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | 8,129 |
| 4 | Georgia | 5,842 |
| 5 | Virginia | 5,758 |
| 6 | Ohio | 5,498 |
| 7 | Colorado | 5,351 |
| 8 | Missouri | 5,248 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 4,622 |
| 10 | Michigan | 4,504 |
| 11 | Maryland | 3,713 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 3,694 |
| 13 | California | 3,681 |
| 14 | New Jersey | 3,494 |
| 15 | Arizona | 2,560 |
Top Cities for Professional Counselor
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ChicagoIllinois | 2,151 |
| 2 | HoustonTexas | 1,931 |
| 3 | San AntonioTexas | 1,593 |
| 4 | AustinTexas | 1,340 |
| 5 | DallasTexas | 1,151 |
| 6 | DenverColorado | 865 |
| 7 | PittsburghPennsylvania | 865 |
| 8 | Saint LouisMissouri | 844 |
| 9 | Colorado SpringsColorado | 800 |
| 10 | AtlantaGeorgia | 793 |
| 11 | PhiladelphiaPennsylvania | 783 |
| 12 | Fort WorthTexas | 656 |
Sample Professional Counselor NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Isom, LPCAmarillo, TX |
| 2 | Dolores Vees, LPC, LPCS, NCCRock Hill, SC |
| 3 | Janet Todd, LPC LMFTMarion, VA |
| 4 | Megan Bucklin, LCPCBourbonnais, IL |
| 5 | Laura Rudisill, LCMHC-SShelby, NC |
| 6 | Marina Ervin, MS, LPC, NCC, BCPCCGreensboro, NC |
| 7 | Daniel O'Shields, PH.DUnion, SC |
| 8 | Richard Forde, LPCChester, VA |
| 9 | Ronikaye Rusak, LPCParis, TX |
| 10 | Victoria Schreiber, M.A., L.M.S.W.West Bloomfield, MI |
| 11 | Sharon Kane, LPCFayetteville, NC |
| 12 | Arthur Madden, M.ED., LPCWichita Falls, TX |
| 13 | Juanita Jones, MA, NCC, LPCShreveport, LA |
| 14 | Michael Lea, PHD, PSYDHuntingtown, MD |
| 15 | Robert Eichenberger, D.MIN, LPCColumbia, MO |
| 16 | Betty Acree, M.S.Columbia, MO |
| 17 | Roger Laplace, LPCRoanoke, VA |
| 18 | Todd Noggle, MS, LPC, NCC, LCPCJanesville, WI |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Counselor category.
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
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