NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Columbia, MO

6,004 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Columbia, 4th of 317 Missouri cities. The largest group is clinical social worker: 311, 5% of the city's records, against 5% across Missouri. Page 88 of 121.

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

Columbia in Missouri

  • Rank in Missouri4th of 317 cities by records
  • Share of the state5.4% of Missouri's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups13% of all records
  • Clinical Social Worker rank4th of the 10 Missouri cities with the most

Compared with Missouri as a whole, Columbia has 2.5× the state's share of psychiatry physician records and 0.48× its share of occupational therapist records.

Providers in Columbia, alphabetically

  1. Lauren Rackers, APRNNurse Practitioner1134890866
  2. Nandhakumar Radhakrishnan, PHDSpeech-Language Pathologist1184911174
  3. Swathi Radhakrishnan, MDHospitalist Physician1447982525
  4. Anam Rahman, DOHospitalist Physician1699345116
  5. Misbah Rahman, MDPsychiatry Physician1588547962
  6. Toni Rahman, LCSWClinical Social Worker1639226889
  7. George Rahner, D.D.S.Dentist1861456659
  8. Laurel Raines, NPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1790020519
  9. Thomas RainesSurgery Physician1831876093
  10. Xander Rait, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1194426015
  11. David Raj, MDBody Imaging Physician1508091893
  12. Anuradha Rajagopalan, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1962457309
  13. Kripa Rajak, MBBSCardiovascular Disease Physician1609442276
  14. Aayushi Rajani, MDInternal Medicine Physician1134010036
  15. Hannah RajlichSports Dietetics Nutrition Registered Dietitian1255125068
  16. Alexander Rakhshan, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1588173389
  17. Maria Rakhshan, PSYDClinical Psychologist1124545637
  18. Tushar Ralhan, MDPediatrics Physician1134966864
  19. Cullen RalphsCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1083390553
  20. William Ralston, D.O.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1417034158
  21. Venkataraman Ramachandran, M.D.Pediatric Surgery Physician1982650958
  22. Mohamad Said Ramadan, MDHospitalist Physician1104529874
  23. Umasankar Ramadoss, MDHematology & Oncology Physician1962499806
  24. Veronica Ramage, MDUrology Physician1578490660
  25. Krithika RamaprabhuThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1215570866
  26. Brittany Ramirez, D.C.Chiropractor1417313552
  27. Jose Ramirez Bayron, D.C.Chiropractor1093044000
  28. William Ramlow, DDSOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1144323759
  29. Cimarron Ramsey, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1871241521
  30. Da-Malia RamseyDoula1043978398
  31. Natasha Ramsey, PHARMDPharmacist1669049896
  32. Stephanie Randall, COTA/LOccupational Therapy Assistant1902201478
  33. Thomas Randoll, DOInternal Medicine Physician1962505180
  34. Ella RandolphStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1750114468
  35. Stephen Raney, MDSurgery Physician1447926530
  36. Heather RansomClinical Social Worker1578996690
  37. Deepthi Rao, M.D.Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1245593730
  38. Kalpana Rao, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1962452011
  39. Mohan Rao, MD, MRCP (UK), FACPInternal Medicine Physician1063479285
  40. Elizabeth RaphaelPhysician Assistant1043839434
  41. Lindsey RappLicensed Practical Nurse1932619434
  42. Melissa Rapp, MSW, LCSWClinical Social Worker1780136184
  43. Richard Rash, D.M.D.Dentist1912516923
  44. Abdul Hannan RasheedNephrology Physician1710565072
  45. Brycen Ratcliffe, MDSurgery Physician1578296125
  46. Kelsey Ratcliffe, BSN, CCRN, APRNNurse Practitioner1265399794
  47. Amber Ratliff, D.O.Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician1649408261
  48. Madelyn Rau, OTROccupational Therapist1437935731
  49. Machaela RauschProfessional Counselor1306455605
  50. Kaushik Ravipati, MDNeurological Surgery Physician1972178820

The largest Missouri cities

  1. Saint Louis27,605
  2. Kansas City13,759
  3. Springfield6,403
  4. Joplin2,443
  5. Chesterfield2,132

All of Missouri →

How to read this directory

Columbia, Missouri appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 6,004 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 Columbia - 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 Columbia 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 Columbia is weighted toward Clinical Social Worker (311 clinicians, followed by Professional Counselor with 246 and Pharmacist with 222). 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 Missouri's population, Columbia reports roughly 96.9 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 Columbia 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 Columbia, MO?

There are 6,004 registered healthcare providers in Columbia, MO, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Columbia?

The most common specialties in Columbia are Clinical Social Worker, Professional Counselor, Pharmacist, Family Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine Physician. Clinical Social Worker has the most providers with 311.

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.