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.
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
- New Jersey1,636
- Pennsylvania2,031
- Ohio1,312
- Illinois1,154
States with a similar rate per 100,000
- Indiana5.9
- Guam6.5
- South Carolina6.6
- Wisconsin4.6
The largest states
- New York22,636
- California5,749
- Florida2,685
- Washington2,609
- 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.