NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doula in Louisiana

154 NPPES records list doula with a practice address in Louisiana, 3.4 per 100,000 residents, the 28th highest rate of 51. New Orleans and Baton Rouge have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 4 of 4.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 374J00000X · method

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

New Orleans has the most, 41

  1. New Orleans41
  2. Baton Rouge29
  3. Lafayette6
  4. Slidell5
  5. Lake Charles4

Doula records in Louisiana

  1. Mariah WrenNew Orleans, LA 701241073195525
  2. Natasha ZalewskiMarrero, LA 700721720769250
  3. Bianca Ziegler, A.A.S., BIRTH DOULAMetairie, LA 700031790231322
  4. Jodie Zoll, LMT, HHPNew Orleans, LA 701191124896824

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 374J00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 28 of 51 per resident

  1. Georgia3.6
  2. Kansas3.6
  3. Nevada3.4
  4. Louisiana3.4
  5. Ohio3.2
  6. New Hampshire3.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.5.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 374J00000X 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 under 0.1% 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. Louisiana0.0%
  2. United States0.0%

Doula records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 154 · 0.0% here, under 0.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more31 · 20.1% here, 21.7% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 374J00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

154 NPPES records list doula (374J00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 3.4 per 100,000 residents against 5.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 41 of them (27%).

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. Indiana153
  2. Rhode Island157
  3. Tennessee150
  4. Oklahoma166

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Nevada3.4
  2. Ohio3.2
  3. Kansas3.6
  4. New Hampshire3.1

The largest states

  1. California3,542
  2. Michigan1,335
  3. New York1,284
  4. Florida1,065
  5. Washington1,059

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.