NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Columbus, GA

5,517 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Columbus, 5th of 336 Georgia cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 975, 18% of the city's records, against 7% across Georgia. Page 22 of 111.

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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 Columbus

  1. Behavior Technician975
  2. Social Worker359
  3. Community Health Worker317
  4. Family Nurse Practitioner260
  5. Pharmacist257
  6. Mental Health Counselor178
  7. Family Medicine Physician172
  8. Professional Counselor172

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

Columbus in Georgia

  • Rank in Georgia5th of 336 cities by records
  • Share of the state3.3% of Georgia's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups29.9% of all records
  • Behavior Technician rank2nd of the 10 Georgia cities with the most

Compared with Georgia as a whole, Columbus has 19.5× the state's share of community health worker records and 0.41× its share of internal medicine physician records.

Providers in Columbus, alphabetically

  1. Cassandra CopelandSocial Worker1013218676
  2. Javonda CopelandLicensed Practical Nurse1043708498
  3. Merrigail CopelandCommunity Health Worker1982278404
  4. Rosie CopelandCommunity Health Worker1558782631
  5. Kenneth Copperwheat, DOSurgery Physician1316393879
  6. Alysia Coppins, PPAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1619468071
  7. Eddrick CorbinSocial Worker1255995452
  8. Florencetena CorbinBehavior Technician1649884578
  9. John Corbin, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1073552584
  10. Patricia Corbin, OTD, MS, OTR/LPediatric Occupational Therapist1376976670
  11. Caitlin CortesBehavior Technician1801759139
  12. Dionne Cortes, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1558526509
  13. Alexandria CoscoreBehavior Technician1467315507
  14. Oseonna Cotton, RBTBehavior Technician1235916685
  15. Karen Cotton-Everett, LPC, NCCProfessional Counselor1205012903
  16. Charlotte Coulter, PHD (HONARARY)Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1659084267
  17. Michael CoulthardFamily Medicine Physician1700172707
  18. Clarence Courson, PASurgical Physician Assistant1164568135
  19. Randolph Cousins, PAMedical Physician Assistant1730260019
  20. Earnestine Covington, CNANurse's Aide1558574723
  21. Billie CowartBehavior Technician1235676271
  22. Andrew Cox, LPC,LMFT,LCSWProfessional Counselor1609048933
  23. Christina Cox, D.M.DDentist1396150231
  24. Curtis Cox, RBTBehavior Technician1255296307
  25. Georgina CoxBehavior Technician1407436686
  26. Gina Cox, M.ED, CCC/SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1356737811
  27. John Cox, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1336181445
  28. Nadine CoxSocial Worker1376809301
  29. Shonna Cox, RPHPharmacist1235424425
  30. Courtney Cox Gibson, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1558289314
  31. Melanie Coyne, MSN, AGAC-NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1962926279
  32. Aliza CozartSocial Worker1720224306
  33. Angela Cozart, NP-CNurse Practitioner1558796235
  34. Elizabth CracraftBehavior Analyst1790422962
  35. Breona CradicBehavior Technician1639979966
  36. Shannon CraditCommunity Health Worker1134357072
  37. Joseph Craig, PAPhysician Assistant1730612995
  38. Lance CraigFamily Medicine Physician1194448225
  39. Christian CrawfordSocial Worker1235377441
  40. Keely Crawford, RBTBehavior Technician1306705090
  41. Kelly CrawfordBehavior Technician1154909471
  42. Myriam Crawford, LPCProfessional Counselor1245943562
  43. Oren Crawford, REGISTERED DIETITIANRegistered Dietitian1851212740
  44. Regina Crawford, RNPsychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1538635537
  45. Simone CrawfordNurse's Aide1528723947
  46. William Crawford, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1871648535
  47. James Crawmer, DCChiropractor1548288608
  48. Keitha Crayton, RNRegistered Nurse1669241329
  49. Teresa CraytonCommunity Health Worker1003495870
  50. Whitney Creed, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1831448059

The largest Georgia cities

  1. Atlanta31,476
  2. Augusta7,009
  3. Marietta6,900
  4. Savannah5,692
  5. Decatur5,079

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How to read this directory

Columbus, Georgia appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 5,517 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 Columbus - 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 Columbus 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 Columbus is weighted toward Behavior Technician (975 clinicians, followed by Social Worker with 359 and Community Health Worker with 317). 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 Georgia's population, Columbus reports roughly 50 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 Columbus 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 Columbus, GA?

There are 5,517 registered healthcare providers in Columbus, GA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Columbus?

The most common specialties in Columbus are Behavior Technician, Social Worker, Community Health Worker, Family Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 975.

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.