Technician providers in the U.S.
2,683 NPPES records list technician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.8 per 100,000 residents; Nebraska and District of Columbia have the most per resident. 1 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 374700000X means
374700000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Technician, in the grouping Nursing Service Related Providers. 2,683 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
(1) A person with specialized training in a narrow field of expertise whose occupation requires training and is skilled in specific technical processes and procedures. (2) An individual having special skill or practical knowledge in an area, such as operation and maintenance of equipment or performance of laboratory procedures involving biochemical analyses. Special technical qualifications are normally required, though an increasing number or technicians also possess university degrees in science, and occasionally doctorate degrees. The distinction between technician and technologist in the health care field is not always clear.
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 374700000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Salinas has the most, 123
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 374700000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 50 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 24 | 0.5 |
| Alaska | 22 | 3.0 |
| Arizona | 75 | 1.0 |
| Arkansas | 18 | 0.6 |
| California | 567 | 1.5 |
| Colorado | 34 | 0.6 |
| Connecticut | 14 | 0.4 |
| Delaware | 10 | 1.0 |
| District of Columbia | 22 | 3.2 |
| Florida | 99 | 0.4 |
| Georgia | 102 | 0.9 |
| Hawaii | 12 | 0.8 |
| Idaho | 5 | 0.3 |
| Illinois | 43 | 0.3 |
| Indiana | 23 | 0.3 |
| Iowa | 18 | 0.6 |
| Kansas | 12 | 0.4 |
| Kentucky | 72 | 1.6 |
| Louisiana | 17 | 0.4 |
| Maine | 1 | 0.1 |
| Maryland | 25 | 0.4 |
| Massachusetts | 37 | 0.5 |
| Michigan | 247 | 2.5 |
| Minnesota | 18 | 0.3 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 0.2 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 124 | 2.0 |
| Montana | 5 | 0.4 |
| Nebraska | 191 | 9.7 |
| Nevada | 99 | 3.1 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 0.3 |
| New Jersey | 29 | 0.3 |
| New Mexico | 10 | 0.5 |
| New York | 42 | 0.2 |
| North Carolina | 32 | 0.3 |
| North Dakota | 13 | 1.7 |
| Ohio | 73 | 0.6 |
| Oklahoma | 43 | 1.1 |
| Oregon | 60 | 1.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 30 | 0.2 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 0.1 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 0.1 |
| Tennessee | 23 | 0.3 |
| Texas | 75 | 0.2 |
| Utah | 14 | 0.4 |
| Vermont | 1 | 0.2 |
| Virginia | 27 | 0.3 |
| Washington | 184 | 2.4 |
| West Virginia | 42 | 2.4 |
| Wisconsin | 22 | 0.4 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0.2 |
In federal data
- NUCC code374700000X
- Size rank177th of 688 specialties by records (0.04% of all)
- Part D prescribers1 (under 0.1% of records)
- Part D claims57 a year per prescriber, on average (401st of 496)
- Concentration6 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 technician records
- Jesscia SmothermonAnchorage, AK1174897011
- Bany TutAnchorage, AK1922420702
- Bertha SamaotaAnchorage, AK1356767123
- Michael Williams, CSFAAnchorage, AK1487884029
- Karen DavisAnchorage, AK1386864437
- Darrick AmosAnchorage, AK1568735231
- Caselyn Merete, CMAAnchorage, AK1639730104
- Shirley CaruthersAnchorage, AK1194505370
- Joshua Kirkland, HS3Kodiak, AK1235486739
- Brittney Bass-PaoneWasilla, AK1578113379
- Sarah FloydWasilla, AK1497318273
- Robert BaskettWasilla, AK1750944385
- Marlena ChristiansonWasilla, AK1669036513
- Aubrey HudsonWasilla, AK1821659038
- Brendaliz Vazquez GarciaWasilla, AK1326681933
- Giulietta MinervaWasilla, AK1588261168
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Technician headcount concentrate?
2,683 Technician NPIs span 52 states; California alone holds 567. Top metros include Salinas, CA; Omaha, NE; Bay City, MI; Seattle, WA. Nationally this is 177th of 688 NUCC codes.
Where can I find a Technician provider?
Technician providers are listed in 52 states; Salinas leads by raw city count. By national headcount this code sits just above Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician and just below Pediatric Adolescent Medicine Physician. Browse by state or search by name.
How heavy is Technician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Technician NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 57 claims and $246 drug cost per prescriber; 401st 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.