Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse
NUCC 163WP0808X · Registered Nurse
11,949 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 54 states · 81st of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse ranks 81st of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.16% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident New Hampshire leads.
- 11,949
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 81st
- of 690 specialties
- 774
- state-share HHI
- 11.2%
- Part D prescriber share
New Hampshire is densest per capita (4.1× the national rate; District of Columbia 2.8×); 4.1% of the Registered Nurse category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse (NUCC 163WP0808X; 11.2% Part D prescribers (1,340 of 11,949); avg 830 Part D claims/prescriber (194th of 572); Open Payments avg $752/physician (310th of 551; 993 paid, $747K total); state-share HHI 774; next-larger headcount neighbor Homemaker (+298); next-smaller Day Training/Habilitation Specialist (-105)).
Next larger: Homemaker (12,247) Next smaller: Day Training/Habilitation Specialist (11,844)
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
- New Hampshire 4.1× · 14.3/100k
- District of Columbia 2.8× · 10/100k
- Rhode Island 2.6× · 9.3/100k
- Maine 2× · 7.2/100k
- New York 2× · 6.9/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Puerto Rico 0.13× · 0.5/100k
- Idaho 0.20× · 0.7/100k
- Texas 0.26× · 0.9/100k
- Montana 0.30× · 1.1/100k
- West Virginia 0.30× · 1.1/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 2,623 |
| 2 | New York | 1,357 |
| 3 | Ohio | 713 |
| 4 | Washington | 498 |
| 5 | Michigan | 479 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 471 |
| 7 | Florida | 383 |
| 8 | Colorado | 321 |
| 9 | Oregon | 287 |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | 286 |
| 11 | Texas | 279 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 257 |
| 13 | Illinois | 247 |
| 14 | Georgia | 241 |
| 15 | New Hampshire | 201 |
Top Cities for Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Culver CityCalifornia | 432 |
| 2 | Staten IslandNew York | 207 |
| 3 | FresnoCalifornia | 193 |
| 4 | EurekaCalifornia | 181 |
| 5 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 174 |
| 6 | ManchesterNew Hampshire | 138 |
| 7 | New YorkNew York | 136 |
| 8 | OrlandoFlorida | 124 |
| 9 | DublinOhio | 118 |
| 10 | Long BeachCalifornia | 108 |
| 11 | PortlandOregon | 104 |
| 12 | San DiegoCalifornia | 98 |
Sample Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Karen Cheeseman, APRN, BCJonesboro, GA |
| 2 | Marilyn Corson, APNSpringfield, MO |
| 3 | Virginia Jones, APNSpringfield, MO |
| 4 | Cecilia Mathews, ARNPMarianna, FL |
| 5 | Lisa Bridges, RNCPaducah, KY |
| 6 | Rebecca Shelley, RNDaytona Beach, FL |
| 7 | Wendy Zierman, RNShakopee, MN |
| 8 | Myra Framm, RN MA CSPBethesda, MD |
| 9 | Nancy Remington, RN,CNSProvidence, RI |
| 10 | Arlene Faranda, MS, CS, ARNPBoca Raton, FL |
| 11 | Sharon Link, RN/CNSRoswell, GA |
| 12 | Ruth Masterson, RNCSLynn, MA |
| 13 | Stephanie Hosman, RNCSBeverly, MA |
| 14 | Mary Louise Spain, RNCSNewburyport, MA |
| 15 | Terri Russell, RN MS CNSWaconia, MN |
| 16 | Patricia Zander, PHD, ARNPBoca Raton, FL |
| 17 | Scarlett Shockley, LIMHP RNOmaha, NE |
| 18 | Lisa Casler, NPUtica, NY |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Registered Nurse 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.