NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Acupuncturist in North Carolina

478 NPPES records list acupuncturist with a practice address in North Carolina, 4.4 per 100,000 residents, the 26th highest rate of 51. Asheville and Raleigh have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search. Page 2 of 10.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 171100000X · method

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

Asheville has the most, 87

  1. Asheville87
  2. Raleigh43
  3. Charlotte37
  4. Durham29
  5. Wilmington25

Acupuncturist records in North Carolina

  1. Pradip BulsaraGastonia, NC 280541518210459
  2. Tara Bunch, L.AC, DACM, LMBTHendersonville, NC 287911740146760
  3. Ericca Burke, LACWilmington, NC 284031942728530
  4. Amanda Burnett, L.AC., DIPL. O.M.Asheville, NC 288041770861759
  5. Jennifer BurnettAsheville, NC 288051871220137
  6. Evan Bussanich, L.AC.Arden, NC 287041982225637
  7. Zachary Cahn, L.AC.Asheville, NC 288031730485533
  8. Kim Calandra, L.AC.Carrboro, NC 275101356772974
  9. Holly Carr, L.AC.Greensboro, NC 274051558738047
  10. Christopher Carton, L.ACCharlotte, NC 282031114691250
  11. Hope Caywood, L.AC.Cornelius, NC 280311003960956
  12. Gloria Chan, L.AC.Asheville, NC 288041740587195
  13. Amanda Chang, DAHMAsheville, NC 288011356168249
  14. Hui Chen, DIPL. O.M.Morrisville, NC 275601851520423
  15. Hung-Yuan Cheng, DACMRaleigh, NC 276091023433398
  16. Yea-Wen Cheng, L.AC.Raleigh, NC 276091245487396
  17. Ho Choi, L.ACFayetteville, NC 283041205077914
  18. Alyssa Cimafonte, LACWaxhaw, NC 281731962970186
  19. Mary Clark, DACMRaleigh, NC 276151366981839
  20. Crystal Cliff, DACMCharlotte, NC 282051083379457
  21. Shandy Cline, L.AC.,D.O.M.Hickory, NC 286021700011665
  22. Gena Cohen, LACBlack Mountain, NC 287111942169644
  23. Thomas Cohen, LAC, LMBT, ADSCharlotte, NC 282031386949089
  24. Alison Colberg, L.AC.Asheville, NC 288061679903272
  25. Colleen Cole, LACChapel Hill, NC 275141942601521
  26. Steven Collins, STEVEN COLLINS, DOMPilot Mountain, NC 270411851313217
  27. Kelly Conner, LAC, LMBTRaleigh, NC 276151154917854
  28. Nicholas Conte, PHARM.D., L.ACAsheville, NC 288011639310121
  29. Brendan Cook, L.AC.Wilmington, NC 284031154483311
  30. Zacharie Cormier, L.AC.Raleigh, NC 276151629723622
  31. Danielle Corzetto, L.ACHendersonville, NC 287921801784079
  32. Mitchell Criswell, D.T.C.M., LIC. AC.Southern Pines, NC 283871376959130
  33. Monica Dabney, L.AC.Apex, NC 275391962469692
  34. Jessica Davis, L.AC.Asheville, NC 288061134956139
  35. Maegan Davis, L.AC., DIPL. O.M .Asheville, NC 288011013553171
  36. Nancy Davison, LAC, PTRaleigh, NC 276091063471530
  37. Laura Dawson, MAOM, DIPL.AC.Castle Hayne, NC 284291225108400
  38. Christi De Larco, L.AC.Durham, NC 277051083881965
  39. Anisha Desai, LIC. AC.Morrisville, NC 275601154561264
  40. Michael Destri, DACM, MAOM, L.ACAsheville, NC 288011952099459
  41. Anna DimitrukAsheville, NC 288011700729605
  42. Jillian Doan, L.AC.Raleigh, NC 276061578988077
  43. Tracey Dogan, N.D., LAC.Franklin, NC 287341922241652
  44. Margot Dragon, L. AC.Kannapolis, NC 280811245465145
  45. Adrienne Drehmel, L.ACCharlotte, NC 282041831354836
  46. Jiang Du, DOMAsheville, NC 288051912540493
  47. Michael Dunbar, ND, LAC, LMBTCary, NC 275111942571237
  48. Thomas Eddins, L.AC.Boone, NC 286071619485745
  49. Cynthia Edmunds, DACM, LAC.New Bern, NC 285621174013353
  50. Jonathan Edwards, LACDurham, NC 277071508675638

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 171100000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 26 of 51 per resident

  1. Illinois6.1
  2. Idaho5.9
  3. Virginia5.4
  4. North Carolina4.4
  5. Pennsylvania4.3
  6. Wyoming4.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.10.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 171100000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.2% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.2% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. North Carolina0.2%
  2. United States0.2%

Acupuncturist records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file1 of 478 · 0.2% here, 0.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file4 · 0.8% here, 0.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more314 · 65.7% here, 73.8% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 171100000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

478 NPPES records list acupuncturist (171100000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 4.4 per 100,000 residents against 10 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Asheville has 87 of them (18%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. New Mexico476
  2. Virginia471
  3. Wisconsin407
  4. Pennsylvania557

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Wyoming4.1
  2. Texas3.5
  3. Nevada3.3
  4. Utah3.0

The largest states

  1. California10,648
  2. New York3,942
  3. Florida2,291
  4. Oregon1,539
  5. Washington1,485

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.