School Registered Nurse providers in the U.S.
10,981 NPPES records list school registered nurse as their primary taxonomy, about 3.3 per 100,000 residents; Delaware and New Mexico have the most per resident. 16 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 163WS0200X means
163WS0200X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Registered Nurse, School, in the grouping Nursing Service Providers. 10,981 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WS0200X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Phoenix has the most, 361
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WS0200X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 4 | 0.1 |
| Alaska | 2 | 0.3 |
| Arizona | 1,532 | 20.6 |
| Arkansas | 68 | 2.2 |
| California | 595 | 1.5 |
| Colorado | 14 | 0.2 |
| Connecticut | 5 | 0.1 |
| Delaware | 599 | 58.0 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 0.1 |
| Florida | 187 | 0.8 |
| Georgia | 10 | 0.1 |
| Hawaii | 88 | 6.1 |
| Idaho | 4 | 0.2 |
| Illinois | 73 | 0.6 |
| Indiana | 20 | 0.3 |
| Iowa | 7 | 0.2 |
| Kansas | 5 | 0.2 |
| Kentucky | 20 | 0.4 |
| Louisiana | 198 | 4.3 |
| Maine | 14 | 1.0 |
| Maryland | 82 | 1.3 |
| Massachusetts | 33 | 0.5 |
| Michigan | 15 | 0.1 |
| Minnesota | 125 | 2.2 |
| Mississippi | 10 | 0.3 |
| Missouri | 8 | 0.1 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 2 | 0.2 |
| Nebraska | 544 | 27.5 |
| Nevada | 4 | 0.1 |
| New Hampshire | 15 | 1.1 |
| New Jersey | 29 | 0.3 |
| New Mexico | 997 | 47.2 |
| New York | 2,830 | 14.5 |
| North Carolina | 62 | 0.6 |
| North Dakota | 7 | 0.9 |
| Ohio | 419 | 3.6 |
| Oklahoma | 41 | 1.0 |
| Oregon | 126 | 3.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 26 | 0.2 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | 0.5 |
| South Carolina | 611 | 11.4 |
| South Dakota | 34 | 3.7 |
| Tennessee | 200 | 2.8 |
| Texas | 31 | 0.1 |
| Utah | 37 | 1.1 |
| Vermont | 1 | 0.2 |
| Virginia | 14 | 0.2 |
| Washington | 598 | 7.7 |
| West Virginia | 355 | 20.1 |
| Wisconsin | 258 | 4.4 |
| Wyoming | 10 | 1.7 |
In federal data
- NUCC code163WS0200X · Registered Nurse
- Size rank88th of 688 specialties by records (0.15% of all)
- In its family2nd of 56 Registered Nurse codes, 4.5% of the family
- Part D prescribers16 (0.1% of records)
- Part D claims1,067 a year per prescriber, on average (73rd of 496)
- Industry payments31 physicians paid $9K in 2024, $286 each on average
- Concentration4 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of school registered nurse records
- Lottie Gottsche Burns, RNAnchorage, AK1407629983
- Meccala Draper, RNWasilla, AK1760230502
- Michael Gigis, DNP, MSN, FNE, RNOdenville, AL1235804089
- Hunter DodsonBirmingham, AL1427766815
- Tammy FleisherMountain Brk, AL1225628548
- Jacob Waugh, RRNADothan, AL1447126651
- Kelly Andrews, RNWhite Hall, AR1649192394
- Amy VetterRison, AR1740138346
- Laura Neill, RNMagnolia, AR1609796135
- Nichole FlemensMagnolia, AR1366364689
- Cami RigginsMagnolia, AR1013831767
- Stephanie Cottle, RNTexarkana, AR1750204699
- Patricia Hill, RNWickes, AR1568696102
- Rachel Copeland, RNWickes, AR1285558148
- Lindsay FarmerBeebe, AR1215859988
- Nicole Turpin, RNBenton, AR1124570494
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large School Registered Nurse headcount concentrate?
10,981 School Registered Nurse NPIs span 52 states; New York alone holds 2,830. Top metros include Phoenix, AZ; Albuquerque, NM; Long Island City, NY; Brooklyn, NY. Nationally this is 88th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is School Registered Nurse's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 31 School Registered Nurse physicians totaling $9K (299 payments; average $286, 335th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is School Registered Nurse Part D prescribing at scale?
Among School Registered Nurse NPIs, 16 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,067 claims and $93K drug cost per prescriber; 73rd of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.