Technician/Technologist
NUCC 156F00000X
3,985 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 51 states · 146th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Technician/Technologist ranks 146th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.05% of all registered NPIs), densest in Michigan; per resident Michigan leads.
- 3,985
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 146th
- of 690 specialties
- 5087
- state-share HHI
- 0.1%
- Part D prescriber share
Michigan is densest per capita (23.9× the national rate).
Taxonomy fingerprint
Technician/Technologist (NUCC 156F00000X; 0.1% Part D prescribers (4 of 3,985); avg 91 Part D claims/prescriber (498th of 572); Open Payments avg $336/physician (415th of 551; 6 paid, $2K total); state-share HHI 5,087; next-larger headcount neighbor Medical Oncology Physician (+43); next-smaller Electroneurodiagnostic Specialist/Technologist (-71)).
Next larger: Medical Oncology Physician (4,028) Next smaller: Electroneurodiagnostic Specialist/Technologist (3,914)
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
- Michigan 23.9× · 28.2/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Kentucky 0.09× · 0.1/100k
- Connecticut 0.12× · 0.1/100k
- Wisconsin 0.13× · 0.2/100k
- North Carolina 0.13× · 0.1/100k
- Mississippi 0.14× · 0.2/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | 2,831 |
| 2 | California | 146 |
| 3 | Florida | 82 |
| 4 | Texas | 82 |
| 5 | Georgia | 73 |
| 6 | Ohio | 70 |
| 7 | Washington | 54 |
| 8 | New York | 50 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | 37 |
| 10 | Missouri | 31 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 31 |
| 12 | Illinois | 30 |
| 13 | Oregon | 30 |
| 14 | Puerto Rico | 27 |
| 15 | Arizona | 26 |
Top Cities for Technician/Technologist
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bingham FarmsMichigan | 1,550 |
| 2 | Sterling HeightsMichigan | 253 |
| 3 | DearbornMichigan | 230 |
| 4 | LansingMichigan | 128 |
| 5 | LivoniaMichigan | 95 |
| 6 | Grosse Pointe WoodsMichigan | 64 |
| 7 | Farmington HillsMichigan | 50 |
| 8 | Shelby TownshipMichigan | 45 |
| 9 | OwossoMichigan | 44 |
| 10 | DetroitMichigan | 39 |
| 11 | ToledoOhio | 25 |
| 12 | SacramentoCalifornia | 22 |
Sample Technician/Technologist NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Hamon, SA-C, OA-CToccoa, GA |
| 2 | Teresa Marshall-Bradbury, RPSGTLeominster, MA |
| 3 | Karen DammOrange Park, FL |
| 4 | Patricia Elsperman, OTR/LEvansville, IN |
| 5 | Kristina Hughes, COMS, TVI, CVRTEvansville, IN |
| 6 | Michael BeckerWest Hempstead, NY |
| 7 | Brenda Polster, B.S., O.T.Bloomington, IN |
| 8 | Robert Miller, OWNERSterling Heights, MI |
| 9 | Reynaldo Malonjao, LDOHuber Heights, OH |
| 10 | Lee PierceNorfolk, VA |
| 11 | Patricia Cervantes, COALackland Afb, TX |
| 12 | Stephen Henion, LO LICENSED OPTICIANWaterbury, CT |
| 13 | Jack Shaw, OPTICIANChicago, IL |
| 14 | Yacouba KonateBrooklyn, NY |
| 15 | Alice MazzaferroSpringfield, MA |
| 16 | Maribel Ramirez, COTDoral, FL |
| 17 | Sulpicia LimChicago, IL |
| 18 | Timothy Wiley, RDOSan Jose, CA |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
Frequently Asked Questions
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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
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