NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Medical Physician Assistant in California

3,376 NPPES records list medical physician assistant with a practice address in California, 9 per 100,000 residents, the 36th highest rate of 51. Los Angeles and San Diego have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the California license search. Page 68 of 68.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363AM0700X · method

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

Los Angeles has the most, 225

  1. Los Angeles225
  2. San Diego169
  3. Sacramento105
  4. Fresno81
  5. San Francisco74

Medical Physician Assistant records in California

  1. Fatimah Zaghari, PAIrvine, CA 926181194295519
  2. Madison Zagurski, PA-CRedlands, CA 923731013426154
  3. Julian Zajkowski, M.D.;PA-CPalm Springs, CA 922621215102926
  4. Tiffany Zaken, PA-CBrea, CA 928211780228445
  5. Carlee ZakiVan Nuys, CA 914051649655663
  6. Dorothy Zamborsky, PA-CRoseville, CA 956781043305733
  7. Fiorella Zambrano, PAPomona, CA 917681689885675
  8. James ZapataMoreno Valley, CA 925551407414477
  9. Jorge Zarate, P.A.-CSan Diego, CA 921031891899837
  10. Lidia Zargari, PA-CGlendale, CA 912041790142917
  11. Elham Zarnegar, DMSC, MPAS, PA-CDanville, CA 945261518920339
  12. Jason Zartman, RPATurlock, CA 953821730141748
  13. Luz Zavala-Salcedo, PA-CLos Angeles, CA 900031609939412
  14. Sophia ZavaletaLancaster, CA 935341730010851
  15. Halyna Zeineh, PA-CLos Angeles, CA 900481326348269
  16. Li Zeng, PA-CNewport Beach, CA 926631083020606
  17. Kassandra Zepeda, CMASouth Gate, CA 902801629869938
  18. Kimberly Zerillo, PA-CCorona, CA 928831225527880
  19. Bihon Zeweldemariam, NPCalexico, CA 922311437322518
  20. Justina Zhang, PA-CFountain Valley, CA 927081184344103
  21. Shanqiang ZhangAlhambra, CA 918011619166626
  22. Yijun Zhu, PA-CSan Jose, CA 951121639981277
  23. David Zibello, PA-CReseda, CA 913351538366513
  24. Sarah Zichella, PA-CSacramento, CA 958161801899836
  25. Zoey Zoerner, PA-COrange, CA 928681932920246
  26. Tamar Zwick, PAOrange, CA 928681477068765

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AM0700X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 36 of 51 per resident

  1. Nevada10
  2. Kansas9
  3. South Carolina9
  4. California9
  5. Tennessee9
  6. New Jersey9
  7. 50 states and D.C.12

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AM0700X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

69.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 74.0% 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. California69.1%
  2. United States74.0%

Medical Physician Assistant records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file2,332 of 3,376 · 69.1% here, 74.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1,348 · 39.9% here, 54.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more1,823 · 54.0% here, 54.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2012 · the 1,347 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363AM0700X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

3,376 NPPES records list medical physician assistant (363AM0700X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 9 per 100,000 residents against 12 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Los Angeles has 225 of them (7%).

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 York3,670
  2. Pennsylvania3,897
  3. Florida2,776
  4. Texas2,146

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Tennessee8.6
  2. New Jersey8.5
  3. South Carolina9.2
  4. Minnesota8.0

The largest states

  1. Pennsylvania3,897
  2. New York3,670
  3. Florida2,776
  4. Texas2,146
  5. North Carolina1,352

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.