Prosthetist

NUCC 224P00000X

1,451 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 49 states · 232nd of 690 specialties by headcount.

1,451
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
49
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
190 providers
$121
Open Pay avg
507th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Prosthetist ranks 232nd of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.02% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident North Carolina leads.

1,451
NPPES providers in specialty
232nd
of 690 specialties
586
state-share HHI
0.3%
Part D prescriber share

North Carolina is densest per capita (3.1× the national rate; Washington 1.9×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Prosthetist (NUCC 224P00000X; 0.3% Part D prescribers (4 of 1,451); avg 459 Part D claims/prescriber (300th of 572); Open Payments avg $121/physician (507th of 551; 3 paid, $363 total); state-share HHI 586; next-larger headcount neighbor Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician (+3); next-smaller Obstetrics Physician (-31)).

Next larger: Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician (1,454) Next smaller: Obstetrics Physician (1,420)

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

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California190
2Texas164
3North Carolina146
4Florida78
5Georgia77
6Washington63
7New York58
8Illinois57
9Virginia50
10Pennsylvania49
11Michigan41
12Ohio36
13Tennessee32
14Maryland30
15South Carolina30

Top Cities for Prosthetist

#CityProviders
1DallasTexas34
2HoustonTexas24
3CharlotteNorth Carolina23
4PittsburghPennsylvania18
5ChicagoIllinois17
6FayettevilleNorth Carolina16
7AtlantaGeorgia14
8SeattleWashington14
9Los AngelesCalifornia13
10RaleighNorth Carolina13
11Oklahoma CityOklahoma13
12San AntonioTexas13

Sample Prosthetist NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#Provider
1Ray Frankowiak, CPOStockbridge, GA
2Loren Rojek, PRESIDENT AND C.P.O.Fountain Valley, CA
3Geoffrey Cleall, CPSarasota, FL
4Douglas Reichert, CPKenosha, WI
5Adam Lehotay, CPCharleston, WV
6Wilder Lafond, CPOAsheville, NC
7Joseph Johnson, CP, CTPOWindsor, CO
8Robert Schiff, L.P.O.Houston, TX
9Roberta PeregrineSaint Joseph, MO
10Charles Schultz, C.P., R.F.O.Madison, WI
11Catherine Mehary, CP,LP,BOCODallas, TX
12Michael Podrasky, CPOPuyallup, WA
13Ricardo Ramos, CP CPED LPSan Antonio, TX
14Jonathan Day, CPOOklahoma City, OK
15Joseph Mahon, CPSalt Lake City, UT
16Susan Kapp, CPODallas, TX
17Mark Zuchlewski, CP, FAAOPClarence, NY
18Steve Siverd, CPOChesapeake, VA

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Prosthetist's mid-pack national roster?
1,451 CMS-registered Prosthetist providers sit across 49 states; California leads with 190. Leading metros: Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Charlotte, NC; Pittsburgh, PA. Rank 232nd of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Prosthetist show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 3 Prosthetist physicians receiving $363 across 14 payments (average $121; 507th of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Prosthetist NPIs, 4 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 459 claims and $13K drug cost per prescriber; 300th of 572 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
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.