Registered Dietitian

NUCC 133V00000X · Dietitian, Registered

64,580 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 55 states · 30th of 690 specialties by headcount.

64,580
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
55
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
6,792 providers
$668
Open Pay avg
320th of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Registered Dietitian ranks 30th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.91% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

64,580
NPPES providers in specialty
30th
of 690 specialties
399
state-share HHI
0.4%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (2.3× the national rate; North Dakota 2×); 94.5% of the Dietitian, Registered category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Registered Dietitian (NUCC 133V00000X; 0.4% Part D prescribers (236 of 64,580); avg 696 Part D claims/prescriber (223rd of 567); Open Payments avg $668/physician (320th of 552; 164 paid, $110K total); state-share HHI 399; next-larger headcount neighbor Massage Therapist (+4,315); next-smaller Emergency Medicine Physician (-117)).

Next larger: Massage Therapist (68,895) Next smaller: Emergency Medicine Physician (64,463)

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
1California6,792
2Texas4,656
3New York4,401
4Florida3,188
5Pennsylvania2,908
6Illinois2,739
7North Carolina2,555
8Ohio2,477
9Massachusetts2,127
10Washington2,006
11New Jersey1,866
12Michigan1,747
13Minnesota1,556
14Georgia1,457
15Wisconsin1,444

Top Cities for Registered Dietitian

#CityProviders
1ChicagoIllinois900
2New YorkNew York883
3AustinTexas810
4SeattleWashington574
5HoustonTexas504
6San DiegoCalifornia487
7Los AngelesCalifornia462
8San FranciscoCalifornia407
9BrooklynNew York406
10PhoenixArizona396
11BostonMassachusetts389
12DallasTexas388

Sample Registered Dietitian NPIs

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

#Provider
1Janet Vecchione, RDN, LDN, CDCESMashpee, MA
2Susan Langevin, MS, RD, CDE, LDNMethuen, MA
3Karna PetersonLindsborg, KS
4Evelyn King, R.D.Goshen, IN
5Marilyn Mills, RD, CDEBedford, NH
6Dena Shields, RDBedford, NH
7Diane Hannon, R.D.Concord, MA
8Victoria Alwin, R.D.Kernville, CA
9Patricia Severson-Wager, RD, CDN, CDEAlbany, NY
10Michelle Satchfield, R.D.Beaumont, TX
11Deborah NillesNewton, IA
12Heather Wayco, RDWashington, DC
13Joan MunozNewton, IA
14Jenny ThompsonNewton, IA
15Gregory Avellana, PAColumbus, OH
16Janel Arbon, RDMoab, UT
17Elizabeth Triner, R.D.Alexandria, VA
18Faye Moseley, RDN CD CDCESTomah, WI

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Registered Dietitian providers are in the US?
There are 64,580 Registered Dietitian providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 55 US states and territories. California has the most with 6,792 providers. Leading metros include Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 30th by headcount.
Do Registered Dietitian clinicians appear in Open Payments?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 164 Registered Dietitian physicians receiving industry payments totaling $110K (2,892 payments; average $668 per paid physician, 320th of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Registered Dietitian NPIs, 236 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 696 claims and $169K drug cost per prescriber; 223rd 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.