Medical Physician Assistant
NUCC 363AM0700X · Physician Assistant
40,580 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 55 states · 45th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Medical Physician Assistant ranks 45th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.57% of all registered NPIs), densest in New York; per resident Alaska leads.
- 40,580
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 45th
- of 690 specialties
- 451
- state-share HHI
- 60.8%
- Part D prescriber share
Alaska is densest per capita (2.5× the national rate; Pennsylvania 2.5×); 19.5% of the Physician Assistant category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Medical Physician Assistant (NUCC 363AM0700X; 60.8% Part D prescribers (24,673 of 40,580); avg 1,077 Part D claims/prescriber (123rd of 567); Open Payments avg $1K/physician (266th of 552; 17,090 paid, $18.1M total); state-share HHI 451; next-larger headcount neighbor Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (+196); next-smaller Diagnostic Radiology Physician (-1,029)).
Next larger: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (40,776) Next smaller: Diagnostic Radiology Physician (39,551)
Population-adjusted state index
Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.
Over-indexed vs national rate
- Alaska 2.5× · 30.3/100k
- Pennsylvania 2.5× · 29.4/100k
- District of Columbia 2.2× · 25.9/100k
- Connecticut 2.1× · 24.8/100k
- New York 1.6× · 19.4/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Mississippi 0.25× · 3/100k
- Alabama 0.40× · 4.8/100k
- Missouri 0.45× · 5.4/100k
- Arkansas 0.48× · 5.7/100k
- Indiana 0.50× · 6/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 3,806 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | 3,805 |
| 3 | California | 3,411 |
| 4 | Florida | 2,867 |
| 5 | Texas | 2,340 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 1,743 |
| 7 | Georgia | 1,315 |
| 8 | Michigan | 1,302 |
| 9 | Washington | 1,160 |
| 10 | Colorado | 1,116 |
| 11 | Arizona | 1,054 |
| 12 | Virginia | 1,020 |
| 13 | Massachusetts | 913 |
| 14 | Maryland | 901 |
| 15 | Connecticut | 897 |
Top Cities for Medical Physician Assistant
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New YorkNew York | 629 |
| 2 | PittsburghPennsylvania | 527 |
| 3 | RochesterNew York | 490 |
| 4 | PhiladelphiaPennsylvania | 482 |
| 5 | BrooklynNew York | 315 |
| 6 | HoustonTexas | 290 |
| 7 | AtlantaGeorgia | 282 |
| 8 | PhoenixArizona | 256 |
| 9 | DallasTexas | 249 |
| 10 | AllentownPennsylvania | 239 |
| 11 | OrlandoFlorida | 237 |
| 12 | AuroraColorado | 235 |
Sample Medical Physician Assistant NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Susan Stewart, P.A.-CWailuku, HI |
| 2 | Sarah Zichella, PA-CSacramento, CA |
| 3 | Sharon Young, PA-CCalipatria, CA |
| 4 | Angela Seeds, PA-CLa Grande, OR |
| 5 | Mary Jo Hart, PA-CGeorgetown, TX |
| 6 | Krista Braud, PA-CEnid, OK |
| 7 | Martina Frost, PA-CTucson, AZ |
| 8 | Jeffrey Kauppi, PADickson, TN |
| 9 | Richard Preciado, PA-CLos Angeles, CA |
| 10 | Pauline Kahng, PABomoseen, VT |
| 11 | Eric Neadel, R, PA-CMiddletown, CT |
| 12 | Frederick Bowles, PA-CLas Vegas, NV |
| 13 | Paul Stamer, PA-CTucson, AZ |
| 14 | Luis Rodas, PALauderdale By The Sea, FL |
| 15 | Larissa Kahle, P.A.-CCincinnati, OH |
| 16 | Carol Scott, PABaltimore, MD |
| 17 | Jennifer Harrington, PA-CWilliamsburg, KY |
| 18 | April Dunning, PAPaducah, KY |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Physician Assistant category.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Data sources and methodology
Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About
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