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 40 of 164.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026 · method · Verify with CMS →

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. Laura Durkin, FNPNurse Practitioner1831401371
  2. David Durpetti, LCSWClinical Social Worker1194127837
  3. Michael Durr, PH.D.Counseling Psychologist1699110726
  4. Mellissa Duttle, LCSWAClinical Social Worker1033842406
  5. James Dutton, DCChiropractor1366426769
  6. Julie Duval, PA-CPhysician Assistant1306920046
  7. Marc Olivier Duverseau, M.D.Surgery Physician1811351570
  8. Walter Scott Duy, MD, MSEEStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1700688843
  9. Stephanie Dvorak, LCMHC-S/LCASMental Health Counselor1164647681
  10. Andrew Dwyer, LCSWAClinical Social Worker1003461344
  11. Charles DwyerPharmacist1356678825
  12. Kathleen Dwyer, RDN, LDNRegistered Dietitian1841843315
  13. Amy Dyer, RNSchool Registered Nurse1255405312
  14. Pauline Dyer, LISW-CPClinical Social Worker1528517489
  15. Serenity Dylan, LMBT, MMPMassage Therapist1952718132
  16. Laura Dylus, PTPhysical Therapist1508061763
  17. Martha Dysart, C.N.M. ; M.S.N.Advanced Practice Midwife1851405245
  18. Jason Dziak, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1255365227
  19. Cynthia Earle, AU.D.Audiologist1639176811
  20. Christina EarleyClinical Social Worker1770926842
  21. Christina Earley, LCSWClinical Social Worker1194255588
  22. Miranda EarleyClinical Social Worker1043825680
  23. Alisa Early, MSWSocial Worker1033373196
  24. Joseph Early, LCSWClinical Social Worker1598079980
  25. Betty Earnest Watson, RNRegistered Nurse1598810319
  26. James Earnhardt, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1992756019
  27. David Easley, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1750423919
  28. Anna Easterling, DPTPhysical Therapist1548873409
  29. Kayla Easterly, PA-CPhysician Assistant1477410215
  30. Amanda EastmanChiropractor1366058174
  31. Ali EbrahimiPharmacist1992392682
  32. Ronald Eby, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1568080810
  33. William Eby, MDAnesthesiology Physician1700800760
  34. Mark Ecclestone, PHARMDPharmacist1497220248
  35. Angelica EchevarriaProfessional Counselor1265943039
  36. Kaitlyn Eckert, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1477293660
  37. Beth EcksteinSpeech-Language Pathologist1033052253
  38. Craig Econopouly, PA-CPhysician Assistant1881020147
  39. Tally Eddings, M.D.Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician1891742086
  40. James Eddington, RNRegistered Nurse1346834827
  41. Henry Eddleman, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1588724470
  42. Orion Eddlemon, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1841084019
  43. Hope Eden, LCSWClinical Social Worker1841396421
  44. Sylvia Edgar, R.N.Registered Nurse1770654048
  45. Abigail EdgeClinical Social Worker1669305512
  46. Garron Edgington, RRT,RCPRegistered Respiratory Therapist1689032351
  47. Stephen Edington, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1144690967
  48. Caley Edlington, MS CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1356835177
  49. Tracy Edmonds, LCSWClinical Social Worker1750827937
  50. Becky Edmondson, RNRegistered Nurse1982789392

The largest North Carolina cities

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

All of North Carolina →

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.