NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Columbia, SC

11,200 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Columbia, 1st of 200 South Carolina cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 1,090, 10% of the city's records, against 4% across South Carolina. Page 160 of 224.

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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 Columbia

  1. Behavior Technician1,090
  2. Family Nurse Practitioner662
  3. Pharmacist586
  4. Mental Health Counselor468
  5. Professional Counselor413
  6. Clinical Social Worker377
  7. Students in training357
  8. Physical Therapist291

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

Columbia in South Carolina

  • Rank in South Carolina1st of 200 cities by records
  • Share of the state13% of South Carolina's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups20.9% of all records
  • Behavior Technician rank1st of the 10 South Carolina cities with the most

Compared with South Carolina as a whole, Columbia has 2.4× the state's share of behavior technician records and 0.57× its share of speech-language pathologist records.

Providers in Columbia, alphabetically

  1. Sienna PinneyStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1255212155
  2. Mary Kathryn PiontekPhysical Therapist1932954641
  3. Laura Pirich, MDPediatric Hematology & Oncology Physician1144297623
  4. Maria Piroli, PHARMDPharmacist1588035315
  5. Amit Pitalia, MDFamily Medicine Physician1467478735
  6. Diana Pitcher, RDRegistered Dietitian1982736740
  7. John Pitner, DMDOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1215072319
  8. Leslie Pitner, D.D.SOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1558383042
  9. Tenia Pittard, LMTMassage Therapist1396623401
  10. Wesley PittmanStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1578405973
  11. Cameron PittsBehavior Analyst1477118677
  12. Dori Pitts, RBTBehavior Technician1356234348
  13. Samantha PittsBehavior Analyst1609643147
  14. Tanaysia PittsBehavior Technician1437014610
  15. Thomas Pitts, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1255379053
  16. Whitney PittsFamily Nurse Practitioner1366835787
  17. Kendra Pitts-HaiglerMental Health Counselor1841755774
  18. Alexis Pizza-GolettoBehavior Technician1073361382
  19. Adam Pizzuti, PHARMDAmbulatory Care Pharmacist1255082228
  20. Sarah PlacePsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1174389142
  21. Marissa Plack, RBTBehavior Technician1942089099
  22. Patience Plair, BCBABehavior Analyst1922797877
  23. Jane Plante, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1376502872
  24. Paul Plante, MDInternal Medicine Physician1508825464
  25. Anna PlatanisStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1447134986
  26. Lucas Platt, D.O.Ophthalmology Physician1053385062
  27. Sarah Pleming, MSP,CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1336442052
  28. Mark PlessingerOptician1245537653
  29. Stefanie Plexico, PHARM.D., BCPSPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1134378342
  30. Ruth Plowden, PAPhysician Assistant1891816302
  31. Sara Plowden, LPCMental Health Counselor1659911808
  32. Gabriele PlumerBehavior Technician1164151130
  33. Joanna Plunkett, L.M.S.W.Clinical Social Worker1508074907
  34. Kyle PluschStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1205531621
  35. Lauren PlutaFamily Nurse Practitioner1982084232
  36. Amanda PlylerStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1326865718
  37. Annalee PlylerBehavior Technician1427851930
  38. Jeffrey Pockl, ODOptometrist1659364826
  39. Paula Podewil, SOCIAL WORKERClinical Social Worker1144311572
  40. Hannah PodorskiBehavior Technician1306590666
  41. Christopher Poggi, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1366067274
  42. Alexis PoggioSpeech-Language Pathologist1386346393
  43. Alexander Pogrebniak, MDPediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist Physician1124039656
  44. Elizabeth Pogrebniak, MDOphthalmology Physician1750956017
  45. Robert Poiletman, M.D.Neurology Physician1841202942
  46. Jane PoinsetteBehavior Technician1780456699
  47. Kimberly PointerBehavior Technician1235889924
  48. Darius Poitier, LCSW, LISW-CPClinical Social Worker1235475757
  49. Renu Pokharna, MDNeurology Physician1508870874
  50. Aliya Poku Agyemang, NPNurse Practitioner1063247849

The largest South Carolina cities

  1. Charleston10,840
  2. Greenville10,264
  3. Spartanburg3,328
  4. Florence2,634
  5. Myrtle Beach2,599

All of South Carolina →

How to read this directory

Columbia, South Carolina appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 11,200 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 Behavior Technician (1,090 clinicians, followed by Family Nurse Practitioner with 662 and Pharmacist with 586). 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 South Carolina's population, Columbia reports roughly 208.4 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 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, SC?

There are 11,200 registered healthcare providers in Columbia, SC, 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 Behavior Technician, Family Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Mental Health Counselor, Professional Counselor. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 1,090.

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.