School Counselor

NUCC 101YS0200X · Counselor

6,530 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 52 states · 118th of 690 specialties by headcount.

6,530
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
52
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
2,968 providers
$3K
Open Pay avg
153rd of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

School Counselor ranks 118th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.09% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident California leads.

6,530
NPPES providers in specialty
118th
of 690 specialties
2224
state-share HHI
0.1%
Part D prescriber share

California is densest per capita (4× the national rate; Arizona 2.9×); 1% of the Counselor category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

School Counselor (NUCC 101YS0200X; 0.1% Part D prescribers (5 of 6,530); avg 344 Part D claims/prescriber (349th of 572); Open Payments avg $3K/physician (153rd of 551; 1 paid, $3K total); state-share HHI 2,224; next-larger headcount neighbor Pediatric Physical Therapist (+31); next-smaller Rheumatology Physician (-153)).

Next larger: Pediatric Physical Therapist (6,561) Next smaller: Rheumatology Physician (6,377)

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
1California2,968
2Arizona412
3New York397
4Massachusetts280
5Virginia242
6Oregon199
7Florida160
8North Carolina129
9Texas123
10Ohio120
11Tennessee115
12Pennsylvania112
13Georgia107
14Michigan98
15Illinois83

Top Cities for School Counselor

#CityProviders
1PortlandOregon139
2TucsonArizona98
3AnaheimCalifornia92
4San DiegoCalifornia78
5BrooklynNew York62
6FresnoCalifornia55
7FremontCalifornia54
8ModestoCalifornia53
9ChicoCalifornia48
10PhoenixArizona46
11VisaliaCalifornia41
12AntiochCalifornia40

Sample School Counselor NPIs

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

#Provider
1Leigh Barnes, MSW, LCSWMerrillville, IN
2Mark Hillman, PH.D.Clifton Park, NY
3Robert Gerl, D. MIN., PH.D.Kalamazoo, MI
4Melissa Baker, LCMHCGreensboro, NC
5William Anglin, MA, MSW, LCSWFayetteville, NC
6Ralph Covington, MA,CAS,NCC,LPCKannapolis, NC
7Dana Eisenberg, L.C.S.W.Missoula, MT
8Kristin Hale, MS, LMHCIndianapolis, IN
9Lantrianne Worden, LMHCCharlotte, NC
10Eric Christian, LPC, NCCAsheville, NC
11Bethany Tefft, NCC, NCSC, LPCRaleigh, NC
12Jeanne Bissonnette, MSWNew Bedford, MA
13Nicole Walker, MSWIndianapolis, IN
14Eileen Bernstein, NCSC, LCPCPotomac, MD
15Gail Gabriel, LMFTPleasanton, CA
16Harry Barsuk, ED.D., LMHC, NCCBatavia, NY
17Steven Hartman, PSY.D.Huntington, NY
18Jessica Blei, MED MFTPortland, OR

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large School Counselor headcount concentrate?
6,530 School Counselor NPIs span 52 states; California alone holds 2,968. Top metros include Portland, OR; Tucson, AZ; Anaheim, CA; San Diego, CA. Nationally this is 118th of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is School Counselor's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 School Counselor physicians totaling $3K (50 payments; average $3K, 153rd of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is School Counselor Part D prescribing at scale?
Among School Counselor NPIs, 5 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 344 claims and $17K drug cost per prescriber; 349th 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.