NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Specialist in Texas

1,716 NPPES records list specialist with a practice address in Texas, 6 per 100,000 residents, the 48th highest rate of 51. Houston and Dallas have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Texas license search. Page 46 of 35.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 174400000X · method

Houston has the most, 269

Specialist records in Texas

    Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 174400000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

    Texas ranks 48 of 51 per resident

    Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 174400000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

    What the count covers

    1,716 NPPES records list specialist (174400000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Texas: 6 per 100,000 residents against 18 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Houston has 269 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. New Jersey1,636
    2. Pennsylvania2,031
    3. Ohio1,312
    4. Illinois1,154

    States with a similar rate per 100,000

    1. Indiana5.9
    2. Guam6.5
    3. South Carolina6.6
    4. Wisconsin4.6

    The largest states

    1. New York22,636
    2. California5,749
    3. Florida2,685
    4. Washington2,609
    5. Pennsylvania2,031

    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.