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 197 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. Franchaise Sutton, OTR/L, MHAOccupational Therapist1730272022
  2. John Sutton, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1265402762
  3. Kristin SuttonBehavior Analyst1730801457
  4. Nappre SuttonPersonal Care Attendant1477352805
  5. Shawn Sutton, PHARM.D.Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1760641898
  6. Theundra SuttonCounselor1992336002
  7. Gregory SwacusBehavior Technician1538778956
  8. Karen Swaim, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1407969538
  9. Jawahar Swaminathan, MDPublic Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician1730147778
  10. Taryn Swander, DPTPhysical Therapist1205251162
  11. Alyssa Swanson, DPTPhysical Therapist1346858297
  12. Kristen Swanson, LISW-CPClinical Social Worker1346512803
  13. Peter Swanson, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1366602708
  14. Emily Swartz, PHARM.D.Pharmacist1073129565
  15. Angela Swearingen, RPHPharmacist1528291937
  16. Amber SwearingerStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1649978651
  17. Linda SweatCommunity Health Registered Nurse1669882809
  18. Violet Sweat, LPC, CAC I, CRCProfessional Counselor1871632281
  19. Vanessa Sweat-Britt, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1629534441
  20. Carl Sweatman, MD, FACSSurgery Physician1285612739
  21. Melannie SweattOccupational Therapy Assistant1124442728
  22. Jane Sweeney, ATCAthletic Trainer1235637836
  23. Morgan Crowe Sweeney, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1184367468
  24. Alexis Sweet, LMSWSocial Worker1730822909
  25. Kayla Sweet, LPCAMental Health Counselor1255988663
  26. Norma Sweet, DNPNurse Practitioner1093064826
  27. Raymond Sweet, MDNeurological Surgery Physician1942269345
  28. Tessa Sweet, NPNurse Practitioner1932771177
  29. James Swick, DDSDentist1558640433
  30. Zayda SwickBehavior Technician1316711450
  31. Kayleigh SwifkaBehavior Technician1548154321
  32. Jason SwinfordProfessional Counselor1063111748
  33. Caleb Swing, MDPediatrics Physician1417763855
  34. Mackenzie Swink, MSWBehavior Technician1023721263
  35. Nastasia SwintonBehavior Technician1578413548
  36. Shakayla SwintonBehavior Technician1043169535
  37. Ayanna Swinton Jamison, M.D.Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician1053359851
  38. Paul Switzer, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1932205044
  39. Chandra Sykes, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1477856086
  40. Fred Sykes, DDSEndodontics1497894588
  41. Yorkanne Sylvester, ACNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1417922170
  42. Kayla SymondsBehavior Technician1942159496
  43. Laura Szadek, APRNPediatric Nurse Practitioner1740210129
  44. Karla SzarekBehavior Technician1932944980
  45. Paolina Szemraj, MS-CCC SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1134541345
  46. Natasha Szipszky, RBTBehavior Technician1205649142
  47. Lisa Tabakian, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1356708069
  48. Steven Tackett, APRNAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1750954418
  49. Courtney TacoguePhysical Therapist1275479909
  50. Deanna Tager-Duffie, R.PH.Pharmacist1083155980

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.