NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Asheville, NC

8,173 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Asheville, 6th of 412 North Carolina cities. The largest group is clinical social worker: 910, 11% of the city's records, against 8% across North Carolina. Page 17 of 164.

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Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

The 8 largest groups in Asheville

  1. Clinical Social Worker910
  2. Mental Health Counselor574
  3. Physician Assistant363
  4. Physical Therapist327
  5. Professional Counselor309
  6. Pharmacist292
  7. Students in training260
  8. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist255

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Asheville in North Carolina

  • Rank in North Carolina6th of 412 cities by records
  • Share of the state4.1% of North Carolina's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups22.6% of all records
  • Clinical Social Worker rank4th of the 10 North Carolina cities with the most

Compared with North Carolina as a whole, Asheville has 4.4× the state's share of acupuncturist records and 0.24× its share of behavior technician records.

Providers in Asheville, alphabetically

  1. David Brough, M.D.Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician1427215920
  2. Whitney BroughSpeech-Language Pathologist1205146867
  3. Jay Brouwer, PAPhysician Assistant1447892054
  4. Amanda Brown, PA-CPhysician Assistant1164242269
  5. Andy Brown, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1891917787
  6. Ann Brown, CNMAdvanced Practice Midwife1053416768
  7. Carly Brown, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1144482993
  8. Caroline Brown, MSN, MA, NP-BCNurse Practitioner1013313873
  9. Caroline Brown, RNInfection Control Registered Nurse1932584935
  10. Carolyn BrownClinical Social Worker1245409051
  11. Charley Brown, LCASAAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1740804418
  12. Christina Brown, LCMHCMental Health Counselor1265933220
  13. Colton Brown, PHD, HSP-PCounseling Psychologist1023653268
  14. Corey Brown, LCMHCMental Health Counselor1508145483
  15. Cynthia Brown, M.D.Child Abuse Pediatrics Physician1144200627
  16. Daniel Brown, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1487816617
  17. David Brown, M. D.Allergy & Immunology Physician1588655609
  18. Dawn Brown, ATCAthletic Trainer1417518770
  19. Elizabeth Brown, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1255478327
  20. Elizabeth Brown, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1912565714
  21. Frank Brown, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1730125550
  22. Gretchen Brown, MEDICAL DOCTORPediatrics Physician1275717217
  23. Gretchen Brown, LCSWClinical Social Worker1942501192
  24. Heidi Brown, AU.D.Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter1376719088
  25. James Brown, MDAnesthesiology Physician1285658245
  26. James Brown, L.AC.Acupuncturist1689157802
  27. Jasmira BrownPhysical Therapist1659838944
  28. Jeffrey Brown, PHARMDPharmacist1417085168
  29. Julie BrownLicensed Practical Nurse1033840384
  30. Kimberly Brown, DPTPhysical Therapist1922575331
  31. Lacy BrownBehavior Technician1346995933
  32. Lashanda Brown, GNPGerontology Nurse Practitioner1154616332
  33. Laura Brown, RNMedical-Surgical Registered Nurse1518104918
  34. Lauren BrownPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1104787803
  35. Lori Brown, PHARM.D.Pharmacist1740277417
  36. Mary Lynn Brown, RNFARegistered Nurse First Assistant1518615533
  37. Matthew Brown, M.D.Neurological Surgery Physician1457619967
  38. Michael BrownClinical Social Worker1659817609
  39. Pamela Brown, BSN, RN, CWOCNWound Care Registered Nurse1093953481
  40. Richard Brown, MS, OTRPediatric Occupational Therapist1467528489
  41. Ryan Brown, M.D.Pulmonary Disease Physician1164865507
  42. Sandra Brown, PHDPastoral Counselor1720395882
  43. Saralynn Brown, LCSWClinical Social Worker1568191567
  44. Tia Brown, PA-CPhysician Assistant1336937820
  45. Toby Brown, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1881654606
  46. Victoria Brown, LCSWAClinical Social Worker1184469728
  47. Victoria Brown, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1184566119
  48. Walter Brown, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1518907153
  49. William BrownClinical Social Worker1003480393
  50. Zach Brown, LMBTMassage Therapist1528486651

The largest North Carolina cities

  1. Charlotte23,603
  2. Raleigh16,309
  3. Durham13,451
  4. Winston Salem10,040
  5. Greensboro8,190

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How to read this directory

Asheville, North Carolina appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 8,173 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Asheville - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Asheville practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.

The provider mix in Asheville is weighted toward Clinical Social Worker (910 clinicians, followed by Mental Health Counselor with 574 and Physician Assistant with 363). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to North Carolina's population, Asheville reports roughly 75.4 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.

For Asheville patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.

For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.

Common questions

How many doctors are in Asheville, NC?

There are 8,173 registered healthcare providers in Asheville, NC, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Asheville?

The most common specialties in Asheville are Clinical Social Worker, Mental Health Counselor, Physician Assistant, Physical Therapist, Professional Counselor. Clinical Social Worker has the most providers with 910.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.

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.