Psychiatry Physician

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NUCC 2084P0800X · Psychiatry & Neurology

53,171 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 56 states · 37th of 690 specialties by headcount.

53,171

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

California

Top state

7,700 providers

$5K

Open Pay avg

97th of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Psychiatry Physician ranks 37th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.75% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

53,171
NPPES providers in specialty: 37th
of 690 specialties: 539
state-share HHI: 60.5%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (3.9× the national rate; Massachusetts 2.4×); 60.6% of the Psychiatry & Neurology category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Psychiatry Physician (NUCC 2084P0800X; 60.5% Part D prescribers (32,179 of 53,171); avg 1,038 Part D claims/prescriber (130th of 567); Open Payments avg $5K/physician (97th of 552; 12,580 paid, $62.2M total); state-share HHI 539; next-larger headcount neighbor Anesthesiology Physician (+3,261); next-smaller Athletic Trainer (-5,010)).

Next larger: Anesthesiology Physician (56,432) Next smaller: Athletic Trainer (48,161)

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

District of Columbia 3.9× · 61.9/100k
Massachusetts 2.4× · 37.1/100k
Rhode Island 2.1× · 33.5/100k
New York 2× · 30.9/100k
Connecticut 1.9× · 30.3/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

Guam 0.33× · 5.2/100k
Wyoming 0.47× · 7.4/100k
Idaho 0.47× · 7.4/100k
Virgin Islands 0.51× · 8/100k
Indiana 0.56× · 8.7/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	California	7,700	14.5%
2	New York	6,044	11.4%
3	Texas	2,982	5.6%
4	Massachusetts	2,597	4.9%
5	Pennsylvania	2,510	4.7%
6	Florida	2,430	4.6%
7	Illinois	1,958	3.7%
8	Michigan	1,557	2.9%
9	North Carolina	1,523	2.9%
10	Ohio	1,467	2.8%
11	New Jersey	1,425	2.7%
12	Maryland	1,395	2.6%
13	Virginia	1,262	2.4%
14	Georgia	1,160	2.2%
15	Washington	1,123	2.1%

Top Cities for Psychiatry Physician

#	City	Providers
1	New YorkNew York	2,349
2	Los AngelesCalifornia	809
3	BostonMassachusetts	754
4	ChicagoIllinois	732
5	PhiladelphiaPennsylvania	696
6	San FranciscoCalifornia	680
7	HoustonTexas	651
8	BrooklynNew York	514
9	San DiegoCalifornia	476
10	BaltimoreMaryland	468
11	SeattleWashington	456
12	WashingtonDistrict of Columbia	416

Sample Psychiatry Physician NPIs

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

#	Provider	State
1	Robert Todd, M.D.Louisville, KY	Kentucky
2	Adrian Pellegrini, M.D.Louisville, KY	Kentucky
3	Sheila Roberts, MDLouisville, KY	Kentucky
4	Michael Kabar, M.D.Aliso Viejo, CA	California
5	Kenneth Terkelsen, M.D.Mashpee, MA	Massachusetts
6	Paul Hill, M.D.Memphis, TN	Tennessee
7	Christopher Kauffman, M.D.Fort Myers, FL	Florida
8	Charles Lane, MDHot Springs, AR	Arkansas
9	Michael Jenkins, M.D.Amarillo, TX	Texas
10	Michael Ferguson, M.D.Ventura, CA	California
11	Daniel Boyd, M.D.Memphis, TN	Tennessee
12	Kelly Butler, MDConcord, NC	North Carolina
13	Daniel Willis, M.D.Amherst, NY	New York
14	Maria Nickolova, M.D.Amherst, NY	New York
15	Maria Cartagena, M.D.Amherst, NY	New York
16	Michael Knight, MDNorth Hampton, NH	New Hampshire
17	Andrew Reichert, M.D.Amherst, NY	New York
18	Parwati Maddali, M.D.Rockledge, FL	Florida

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Psychiatry & Neurology category.

Neurology Physician

19,885 providers

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician

6,164 providers

Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician

1,819 providers

Forensic Psychiatry Physician

832 providers

Geriatric Psychiatry Physician

787 providers

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Psychiatry Physician providers are in the US?

There are 53,171 Psychiatry Physician providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 56 US states and territories. California has the most with 7,700 providers. Leading metros include New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 37th by headcount.

Do Psychiatry Physician clinicians appear in Open Payments?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 12,580 Psychiatry Physician physicians receiving industry payments totaling $62.2M (301,976 payments; average $5K per paid physician, 97th of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?

Among Psychiatry Physician NPIs, 32,179 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,038 claims and $138K drug cost per prescriber; 130th of 567 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 2026-05-20.