NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Registered Nurse in Washington

5,708 NPPES records list registered nurse with a practice address in Washington, 73 per 100,000 residents, the 12th highest rate of 51. Seattle and Spokane have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Washington license search. Page 115 of 115.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 163W00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Seattle has the most, 941

  1. Seattle941
  2. Spokane509
  3. Tacoma392
  4. Everett231
  5. Vancouver202

Registered Nurse records in Washington

  1. Jesse ZinaBellingham, WA 982251467035964
  2. Men Ok Ziyu, RNBrush Prairie, WA 986061780088278
  3. Katarzyna Zmudzinska-Ojeda, RNTacoma, WA 984311619533148
  4. Collista Zook, RNLa Center, WA 986291669904025
  5. Trisha Zuanich, R.N.Seattle, WA 981331710279229
  6. Megan Zukowski, RNSeattle, WA 981461831977032
  7. Linda Zvonar, RNSpokane, WA 992011811749344
  8. Meredith ZwickeSeattle, WA 981091023955309

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163W00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Washington ranks 12 of 51 per resident

  1. Wisconsin78
  2. Rhode Island74
  3. New Mexico73
  4. Washington73
  5. Massachusetts71
  6. Wyoming63
  7. 50 states and D.C.44

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163W00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.9% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 1.5% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Washington0.9%
  2. United States1.5%

Registered Nurse records in Washington, measured

  • In a Medicare file50 of 5,708 · 0.9% here, 1.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file25 · 0.4% here, 1.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more2,693 · 47.2% here, 57.2% nationally
  • Median graduation year2022 · the 25 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 163W00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

5,708 NPPES records list registered nurse (163W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Washington: 73 per 100,000 residents against 44 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Seattle has 941 of them (16%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Michigan5,589
  2. Pennsylvania5,372
  3. Massachusetts4,985
  4. Florida4,722

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Mexico73.5
  2. Rhode Island74.2
  3. Wisconsin78.3
  4. Colorado78.4

The largest states

  1. New York25,740
  2. California13,506
  3. Ohio9,656
  4. Texas8,921
  5. Michigan5,589

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.