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 6 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. Dustin Bailey, D.O.Psychiatry Physician1669266334
  2. Lauryn Bailey, RBTBehavior Technician1306699426
  3. Merle BaileyCommunity Health Worker1922439140
  4. Octavis BaileyCommunity Health Worker1871911461
  5. Pontress Bailey, LPCProfessional Counselor1639697261
  6. Sallie BaileySocial Worker1659618247
  7. Shaelyn BaileyBehavior Technician1013601095
  8. Arlena BakerDoula1710638457
  9. Becky BakerCase Manager/Care Coordinator1295372159
  10. Carmen BakerSocial Worker1336876390
  11. Champ Baker, MDSports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician1912128448
  12. Gwendolyn BakerCommunity Health Worker1649794124
  13. Jessica Baker, MS, BCBABehavior Analyst1922749043
  14. Johnathan BakerCase Manager/Care Coordinator1386035574
  15. Jovita BakerCommunity Health Worker1548546278
  16. Karin Baker, M.D.Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician1912170739
  17. Lionel Baker, D.D.S.Dentist1770671463
  18. Mark Baker, PTPhysical Therapist1639112634
  19. Mary BakerPersonal Care Attendant1952799785
  20. Ruby Baker, RBTBehavior Technician1811580905
  21. Sabrina BakerSocial Worker1417105164
  22. Sharon BakerNurse's Aide1770137093
  23. Stephanie BakerBehavior Technician1467062760
  24. Summer Baker, P.T.Physical Therapist1134145402
  25. Whitney Baker, BCBABehavior Analyst1417793514
  26. Sarah Bakr, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1134972078
  27. Stefan Balciunas, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1629792890
  28. Benjamin Baldwin, MSN, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1386270627
  29. Monterica BaldwinAssistant Behavior Analyst1417817032
  30. Shenett Baldwin, RBTBehavior Technician1568233690
  31. Bantwal Baliga, MD,DGOFamily Medicine Physician1730272584
  32. Michael Balkcum, P.T.Physical Therapist1639401953
  33. Lorrie Ball, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1144982430
  34. Saeed Baloch, MDInfectious Disease Physician1174714695
  35. Charlene BaltimoreMental Health Counselor1720501448
  36. Michael Baltimore, PH.D.Marriage & Family Therapist1942661848
  37. Peggy Baltimore, LCSWClinical Social Worker1063421220
  38. Justin Baman, MDPsychiatry Physician1942049655
  39. Kimmie BambaraCase Manager/Care Coordinator1083450795
  40. Kristen Bambrick, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1538420799
  41. Lauren Bandi, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1538563051
  42. Lien BanhPharmacist1952907776
  43. Christine BanksCommunity Health Worker1881002244
  44. Latisha BanksCase Manager/Care Coordinator1831903475
  45. Meredith Banks, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1710386883
  46. Wanda BanksCommunity Health Worker1720793862
  47. Faith BankstonSocial Worker1770745150
  48. Roger Bannon, OTR, CHTHand Occupational Therapist1447589767
  49. Wendy BarbBehavior Technician1790615508
  50. Leigh Ann Barbaree, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1184889867

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.