NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse in South Carolina

12 NPPES records list ambulatory care registered nurse with a practice address in South Carolina, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 48th highest rate of 51. Charleston and Aiken have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Carolina license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 163WP2201X · method

Charleston has the most, 5

Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse records in South Carolina

  1. Debra Chalker, RNAiken, SC 298031043985831
  2. Nicole Diebold, RNGreer, SC 296511700472164
  3. Ginny ForneyMt Pleasant, SC 294641508234675
  4. Beverly Hynes, RNCharleston, SC 294031457798035
  5. Oruaro Idudhe, RNCharleston, SC 294041881491306
  6. Lisa KesterPawleys Island, SC 295851922964766
  7. Fiona Kinard, RNColumbia, SC 292121376476580
  8. Stephanie Maiorano, BSN, RNBlythewood, SC 290161730859471
  9. Mary NeidhardtCharleston, SC 294121871477489
  10. Suzanne O'Shea, RNCharleston, SC 294041295092328
  11. Kisha PennSummerville, SC 294861821850108
  12. Tiffani RossCharleston, SC 294251073457156

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WP2201X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

South Carolina ranks 48 of 51 per resident

  1. North Carolina0.3
  2. Florida0.3
  3. Mississippi0.2
  4. South Carolina0.2
  5. Louisiana0.2
  6. Connecticut0.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WP2201X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 1.3% 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. South Carolina0.0%
  2. United States1.3%

Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse records in South Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 12 · 0.0% here, 1.3% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more6 · 50.0% here, 42.7% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 163WP2201X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

12 NPPES records list ambulatory care registered nurse (163WP2201X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Carolina: 0.2 per 100,000 residents against 1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charleston has 5 of them (42%).

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. Utah12
  2. Montana14
  3. Nevada14
  4. New Jersey15

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Florida0.3
  2. North Carolina0.3
  3. Illinois0.3
  4. Pennsylvania0.3

The largest states

  1. California940
  2. Ohio199
  3. Massachusetts164
  4. Texas159
  5. Wisconsin151

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.