Neonatal Nurse Practitioner: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For this specialty, 618 of 3,954 records, or 15.6%, carry NPPES's sole-proprietor flag. This self-reported NPPES field is an imperfect proxy for private practice because it does not directly establish ownership, employment setting, independence, or current clinical activity.

By state

New NPI registrations by year

Counts reflect the year each NPI was first issued, among records still active today. The final year is partial: this data covers through 2026-01-11.

Data notes

• The sole-proprietor field is self-reported by the provider in NPPES and is an imperfect proxy for private practice.
• A sole-proprietor count shown as <11 is suppressed: the true value is below 11, which could include zero.
• The count covers active NPI records, not a verified headcount of practicing clinicians.
• Taxonomy and status fields may be incomplete, outdated, or not capture every clinician who provides neonatal care.
• State totals reflect NPI reporting information and may not indicate where care is delivered.
• Providers are counted once, by their primary taxonomy code only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) Data Dissemination file, FOIA-disclosable public data under CMS-6060-N. Aggregated by Hero EMR on 2026-08-03; deactivated NPIs excluded; specialty assigned from the primary taxonomy code (NUCC 25.1). Counts below 11 are suppressed. Individual providers are never published. All provider data pages.

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