NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Internal Medicine Physician in South Carolina

1,881 NPPES records list internal medicine physician with a practice address in South Carolina, 35 per 100,000 residents, the 34th highest rate of 51. Charleston and Columbia have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Carolina license search. Page 27 of 38.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207R00000X · method

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

Charleston has the most, 427

  1. Charleston427
  2. Columbia269
  3. Greenville253
  4. Spartanburg95
  5. Myrtle Beach76

Internal Medicine Physician records in South Carolina

  1. John Parrish, MDColumbia, SC 292091134140833
  2. Kylie Parrish, DOFlorence, SC 295061124967765
  3. Seth Parsons, M.D.Charleston, SC 294011689990459
  4. Ankitkumar Patel, M.D.Spartanburg, SC 293031659729184
  5. Hardik Patel, M.D.Charleston, SC 294251558756676
  6. Hiral PatelGreenville, SC 296051841930013
  7. Jaiprakash Patel, MDWest Columbia, SC 291691245290402
  8. Kevin Patel, MDCharleston, SC 294031508285966
  9. Kirtenkumar Patel, MDFlorence, SC 295061104403815
  10. Kunaal Patel, MDNorth Charleston, SC 294061912585589
  11. Nihar Patel, DOMt Pleasant, SC 294641861416281
  12. Nitin Patel, MDColumbia, SC 292231871562025
  13. Niyanta Patel, MDLittle River, SC 295661588292015
  14. Pranay Patel, M.D.Spartanburg, SC 293011194729715
  15. Rajantiben Patel, MDWest Columbia, SC 291691538170907
  16. Ravikumar Patel, D.O.Newberry, SC 291081629285150
  17. Rima Patel, MDClio, SC 295251023285665
  18. Rubin Patel, MDOrangeburg, SC 291181336587526
  19. Shilpesh Patel, M.D.Fort Mill, SC 297151669428074
  20. Sudhirkumar Patel, M.D.Greenville, SC 296051962590539
  21. Swapna Patel, M. DLancaster, SC 297201013361567
  22. Tathya Patel, MDCharleston, SC 294251184550527
  23. Zachary Patel, MDCharleston, SC 294251417791971
  24. Michael PatinaCharleston, SC 294251346175767
  25. Javed Patka, D.O.Fort Mill, SC 297081033557806
  26. Cassandra Patterson, MDColumbia, SC 292011851500821
  27. Lakesha Patton, MDColumbia, SC 292031194354720
  28. Michael PavyColumbia, SC 292031497495303
  29. Christina Payne, M.D.Columbia, SC 292031144407271
  30. Alan Paysinger, MDNewberry, SC 291081568470326
  31. John Pease, M.D.Greenville, SC 296051972551869
  32. Daravuth Pel, MDCharleston, SC 294011326149444
  33. Elizabeth Perera, MDCharleston, SC 294251023794237
  34. Mieke Perez, MDColumbia, SC 292031881670305
  35. Bruce Perlman, MDGreenville, SC 296091619037553
  36. Marjory Pesek, MDGreenville, SC 296071255890513
  37. Alan Peterson, MDColumbia, SC 292011720048978
  38. Eric Peterson, D.O.West Columbia, SC 291691861806796
  39. Anthony Petruso, MDGreenville, SC 296091174847800
  40. William Petty, M.D.Hilton Head Island, SC 299261871687665
  41. Huong Phan, MDColumbia, SC 292061326059627
  42. Thomas Philip, M.D.Greenwood, SC 296461124086400
  43. David Philippides, MDSpartanburg, SC 293031427677186
  44. Andre Phillips, MDConway, SC 295261841498169
  45. Kara Phillips, MDGreenville, SC 296151780145920
  46. Robert Phillips, MDCharleston, SC 294011801859210
  47. Ronald Phillips, DOGreenville, SC 296161154388874
  48. Charles Pickens, M.D.Spartanburg, SC 293031407827587
  49. Ralph Piening, MDCharleston, SC 294071306991666
  50. Ranjini Pillai, M.DMount Pleasant, SC 294641679547400

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207R00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

South Carolina ranks 34 of 51 per resident

  1. New Mexico36
  2. Georgia35
  3. Wisconsin35
  4. South Carolina35
  5. Colorado35
  6. Kansas34
  7. 50 states and D.C.44

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207R00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

80.6% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 78.7% 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 Carolina80.6%
  2. United States78.7%

Internal Medicine Physician records in South Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file1,516 of 1,881 · 80.6% here, 78.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1,122 · 59.6% here, 61.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more872 · 46.4% here, 55.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2006 · the 1,119 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207R00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

1,881 NPPES records list internal medicine physician (207R00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Carolina: 35 per 100,000 residents against 44 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charleston has 427 of them (23%).

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. Louisiana1,749
  2. Colorado2,046
  3. Alabama1,705
  4. Wisconsin2,078

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Georgia35.5
  2. Kansas34.3
  3. Puerto Rico35.7
  4. Kentucky33.7

The largest states

  1. California17,696
  2. New York12,067
  3. Florida10,151
  4. Texas9,175
  5. Pennsylvania7,300

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.