Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse

NUCC 163WP0808X · Registered Nurse

11,949 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 54 states · 81st of 690 specialties by headcount.

11,949
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
54
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
2,623 providers
$752
Open Pay avg
310th of 551 specialties

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

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California2,623
2New York1,357
3Ohio713
4Washington498
5Michigan479
6Massachusetts471
7Florida383
8Colorado321
9Oregon287
10Pennsylvania286
11Texas279
12Tennessee257
13Illinois247
14Georgia241
15New Hampshire201

Top Cities for Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse

#CityProviders
1Culver CityCalifornia432
2Staten IslandNew York207
3FresnoCalifornia193
4EurekaCalifornia181
5Los AngelesCalifornia174
6ManchesterNew Hampshire138
7New YorkNew York136
8OrlandoFlorida124
9DublinOhio118
10Long BeachCalifornia108
11PortlandOregon104
12San DiegoCalifornia98

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
1Karen Cheeseman, APRN, BCJonesboro, GA
2Marilyn Corson, APNSpringfield, MO
3Virginia Jones, APNSpringfield, MO
4Cecilia Mathews, ARNPMarianna, FL
5Lisa Bridges, RNCPaducah, KY
6Rebecca Shelley, RNDaytona Beach, FL
7Wendy Zierman, RNShakopee, MN
8Myra Framm, RN MA CSPBethesda, MD
9Nancy Remington, RN,CNSProvidence, RI
10Arlene Faranda, MS, CS, ARNPBoca Raton, FL
11Sharon Link, RN/CNSRoswell, GA
12Ruth Masterson, RNCSLynn, MA
13Stephanie Hosman, RNCSBeverly, MA
14Mary Louise Spain, RNCSNewburyport, MA
15Terri Russell, RN MS CNSWaconia, MN
16Patricia Zander, PHD, ARNPBoca Raton, FL
17Scarlett Shockley, LIMHP RNOmaha, NE
18Lisa Casler, NPUtica, NY

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Registered Nurse category.

Compare Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse vs Registered Nurse →

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse headcount concentrate?
11,949 Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse NPIs span 54 states; California alone holds 2,623. Top metros include Culver City, CA; Staten Island, NY; Fresno, CA; Eureka, CA. Nationally this is 81st of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 993 Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse physicians totaling $747K (20,182 payments; average $752, 310th of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse NPIs, 1,340 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 830 claims and $129K drug cost per prescriber; 194th 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.