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 58 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. Marion Hager, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1881979417
  2. Deborah Hagerty, OTOccupational Therapist1689250631
  3. Isabella Hagg, AU.D.Audiologist1568200574
  4. Catherine Haggart, PAMedical Physician Assistant1861533903
  5. Marvin Hagler, COOrthotist1063511855
  6. Muhammad Adnan Haider, MDInternal Medicine Physician1003559824
  7. Michael Haile, PHARM DPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1578736153
  8. Sha'Bria Hairston, LAT, ATCAthletic Trainer1588056188
  9. Kyra HajovskySurgical Physician Assistant1366202459
  10. Ann Hakes, RPHPharmacist1750786646
  11. Jameson Halberg, LCSWMental Health Counselor1982827077
  12. Amy Haldeman, D.D.S.Dentist1598106379
  13. Michael Halder, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1679081251
  14. Anna Hale, RBTBehavior Technician1447993688
  15. Matthew Hale, PA-CPhysician Assistant1225200348
  16. Morgan Hale, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1437095130
  17. Zachary Hale, M.D.Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician1770929655
  18. Donna Hale-Jones, PTPhysical Therapist1942574579
  19. Joanna Hales, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1992182992
  20. Alexis HallMental Health Counselor1689441222
  21. Carrie HallPhysician Assistant1265832554
  22. Charles Hall, RPHPharmacist1770180671
  23. Daniel Hall, PHYSICAL THERAPISTPhysical Therapist1114904885
  24. Deavours Hall, PH.D., LCSWClinical Social Worker1902270903
  25. Derrick Hall, LCSWAClinical Social Worker1043562499
  26. Drew Hall, LCMHC-AMental Health Counselor1043179799
  27. Grace Hall, PTPediatric Physical Therapist1003818774
  28. Jenna HallClinical Social Worker1669136214
  29. Kelli HallBehavior Technician1568177186
  30. Kevin Hall, LCMHC, LCASMental Health Counselor1891397337
  31. Landon Hall, D.O.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1194171272
  32. Monica Hall Olszewski, MA, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1508086919
  33. Victoria HallenbeckMental Health Counselor1033834684
  34. Adam Hallock, LCMHCProfessional Counselor1831596055
  35. Benjamin HalperMassage Therapist1871365601
  36. Migs Halpern, MSWSocial Worker1467770834
  37. William Halstenberg, MDInternal Medicine Physician1699770685
  38. Eric Halvorson, MDPlastic Surgery Physician1316963879
  39. Melanie Ham, IBCLCMental Health Counselor1790470920
  40. Stanley Hamaker, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1679506216
  41. Ruveanna Hambrick, LCSWClinical Social Worker1669120473
  42. Ashley Hamilton, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1841601887
  43. Brianne Hamilton, PACPhysician Assistant1548242258
  44. Christopher Hamilton, AU.D.Audiologist1154411973
  45. Claude Hamilton, MDInternal Medicine Physician1851355242
  46. Donna Hamilton, L.AC.Acupuncturist1851665772
  47. Linda Hamilton, CSACAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1750600110
  48. Robert Hamilton, LCMHCMental Health Counselor1285341578
  49. William Hamilton, PH.D.Psychologist1245545730
  50. Ryan HamityMassage Therapist1528927092

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.