Pulmonary Function Technologist Registered Respiratory Therapist

NUCC 2279P1006X · Respiratory Therapist, Registered

94 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 26 states · 540th of 690 specialties by headcount.

94
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
26
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
32 providers
$25
Open Pay avg
541st of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Pulmonary Function Technologist Registered Respiratory Therapist ranks 540th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident California leads.

94
NPPES providers in specialty
540th
of 690 specialties
1410
state-share HHI
1.1%
Part D prescriber share

California is densest per capita (3× the national rate; New Jersey 1.9×); 1.6% of the Respiratory Therapist, Registered category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Pulmonary Function Technologist Registered Respiratory Therapist (NUCC 2279P1006X; 1.1% Part D prescribers (1 of 94); avg 277 Part D claims/prescriber (386th of 572); Open Payments avg $25/physician (541st of 551; 1 paid, $25 total); state-share HHI 1,410; next-larger headcount neighbor Cardiovascular Specialist/Technologist (+1); next-smaller Emergency Clinical Nurse Specialist (-3)).

Next larger: Cardiovascular Specialist/Technologist (95) Next smaller: Emergency Clinical Nurse Specialist (91)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California32
2Florida7
3New Jersey5
4Texas5
5Idaho4
6Michigan4
7Pennsylvania4
8Washington4

Sample Pulmonary Function Technologist Registered Respiratory Therapist NPIs

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

#Provider
1Gabrielle Warwick, RRT-NPS, CPFTFayetteville, NC
2Steven Gannon, R.C.P.Livermore, CA
3Marilynn Rudolph, RRT, AE-CMaple Grove, MN
4Jimmy Credo, RRT-NPS, RPFTTuba City, AZ
5Terrance Walter, RRT, CPFTAurora, IL
6Amita Glonchak, RCP, RRT, RPFTCosta Mesa, CA
7Norma MigoyoKearny, NJ
8Kevin Collins, RRT, RPFT, AE-CCedar Park, TX
9Laura Hulse, RRTTucson, AZ
10Seth WilliamsSeattle, WA
11Norman Howell, RCPChico, CA
12Judy Velarde, RRT, RPFTRiviera Beach, FL

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Pulmonary Function Technologist Registered Respiratory Therapist a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 94 NPIs list Pulmonary Function Technologist Registered Respiratory Therapist as primary taxonomy across 26 states (peak California, 32). That is 540th of 690 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Do the few Pulmonary Function Technologist Registered Respiratory Therapist NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 paid Pulmonary Function Technologist Registered Respiratory Therapist physicians totaling $25 (1 payments; average $25, 541st of 551 by average). Presence is not a quality judgment; thin specialties often have sparse payment rows.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Pulmonary Function Technologist Registered Respiratory Therapist NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 277 claims and $4K drug cost per prescriber; 386th 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.