Professional Counselor providers in the U.S.
140,321 NPPES records list professional counselor as their primary taxonomy, about 42 per 100,000 residents; Colorado and Wyoming have the most per resident. 30 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 101YP2500X means
101YP2500X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Counselor, Professional, in the grouping Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers. 140,321 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 101YP2500X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Chicago has the most, 2,405
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101YP2500X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1,797 | 35 |
| Alaska | 575 | 78 |
| Arizona | 2,960 | 40 |
| Arkansas | 1,637 | 53 |
| California | 3,965 | 10 |
| Colorado | 6,935 | 118 |
| Connecticut | 2,812 | 78 |
| Delaware | 278 | 27 |
| District of Columbia | 615 | 91 |
| Florida | 868 | 4 |
| Georgia | 6,496 | 59 |
| Hawaii | 69 | 5 |
| Idaho | 1,204 | 61 |
| Illinois | 9,508 | 76 |
| Indiana | 200 | 3 |
| Iowa | 105 | 3 |
| Kansas | 1,495 | 51 |
| Kentucky | 2,153 | 48 |
| Louisiana | 2,906 | 64 |
| Maine | 1,069 | 77 |
| Maryland | 4,072 | 66 |
| Massachusetts | 461 | 7 |
| Michigan | 4,958 | 49 |
| Minnesota | 2,407 | 42 |
| Mississippi | 1,068 | 36 |
| Missouri | 5,799 | 94 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 1,090 | 96 |
| Nebraska | 249 | 13 |
| Nevada | 458 | 14 |
| New Hampshire | 49 | 4 |
| New Jersey | 4,115 | 44 |
| New Mexico | 1,284 | 61 |
| New York | 574 | 3 |
| North Carolina | 5,048 | 47 |
| North Dakota | 478 | 61 |
| Ohio | 6,775 | 58 |
| Oklahoma | 2,546 | 63 |
| Oregon | 2,558 | 60 |
| Pennsylvania | 9,335 | 72 |
| Rhode Island | 41 | 4 |
| South Carolina | 2,577 | 48 |
| South Dakota | 245 | 27 |
| Tennessee | 2,204 | 31 |
| Texas | 20,712 | 68 |
| Utah | 496 | 15 |
| Vermont | 75 | 12 |
| Virginia | 6,474 | 75 |
| Washington | 589 | 8 |
| West Virginia | 679 | 38 |
| Wisconsin | 4,459 | 75 |
| Wyoming | 595 | 102 |
In federal data
- NUCC code101YP2500X · Counselor
- Size rank14th of 688 specialties by records (1.91% of all)
- In its family2nd of 6 Counselor codes, 21.9% of the family
- Part D prescribers30 (under 0.1% of records)
- Part D claims89 a year per prescriber, on average (359th of 496)
- Industry payments5 physicians paid $872 in 2024, $174 each on average
- Concentration8 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 professional counselor records
- Brandi Reeves, L.P.C., CAP, LMHPDothan, AK1790918548
- Christine Sam, LPCAnchorage, AK1407877103
- Sandy Bhargava, M.S.Anchorage, AK1710083167
- Christopher Reynolds, MS, LPCAnchorage, AK1235348517
- Mary Ellen McGlothlin, MS, LPCAnchorage, AK1245426469
- Nikki Linquist, LPCAnchorage, AK1912253741
- Cheryl Kious, LPC, CDC IIAnchorage, AK1326397266
- Heather Phelps, MAAnchorage, AK1174873608
- Ron Latsha, MS, LPCAnchorage, AK1922401249
- Allen Heitman, MSAnchorage, AK1598160475
- Tamra Matlock, LPCAnchorage, AK1497122048
- Wendi Compton, LPCAnchorage, AK1770098972
- Kristi HorstAnchorage, AK1891346631
- Sondra McCotterAnchorage, AK1598371106
- Shawna MartinAnchorage, AK1861152084
- Deven Watsjold, LPCAnchorage, AK1922840560
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Professional Counselor headcount concentrate?
140,321 Professional Counselor NPIs span 55 states; Texas alone holds 20,712. Top metros include Chicago, IL; Houston, TX; San Antonio, TX; Austin, TX. Nationally this is 14th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Professional Counselor's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 5 Professional Counselor physicians totaling $872 (13 payments; average $174, 369th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Professional Counselor Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Professional Counselor NPIs, 30 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 89 claims and $15K drug cost per prescriber; 359th 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.