Other Specialist/Technologist: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

What this specialty covers

General classification identifying individuals trained on specific equipment and technical procedures in one of a collection of miscellaneous healthcare disciplines.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

In this specialty, 706 of 2,394 active records, or 29.5%, carry the sole-proprietor flag. The field is self-reported in NPPES and is an imperfect proxy for private practice, so it does not by itself establish ownership, employment status, or practice setting.

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.
• An NPI record is not a direct census of people, organizations, locations, or currently practicing providers.
• This broad taxonomy can include people working in different technical disciplines, so the total does not identify a single job or service.
• 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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