NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Medical Physician Assistant in Colorado

1,308 NPPES records list medical physician assistant with a practice address in Colorado, 22 per 100,000 residents, the 6th highest rate of 51. Aurora and Denver have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Colorado license search. Page 27 of 27.

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).

Aurora has the most, 417

  1. Aurora417
  2. Denver147
  3. Colorado Springs108
  4. Fort Collins36
  5. Lakewood35

Medical Physician Assistant records in Colorado

  1. Sarah Youngblood, PAEdwards, CO 816321720184278
  2. Haider Yusufi, PADenver, CO 802061427367895
  3. Luke Zeolla, PACentennial, CO 801221033614730
  4. Jennifer Ziegenbein, PAColorado Springs, CO 809071952406571
  5. Bruce Zieger, P.A.Aurora, CO 800121750459871
  6. Mary Zimmermann, PA-CParker, CO 801341063689701
  7. Bailie Zuber, PAAurora, CO 800451598511131
  8. Courtney Zwirko, PA-CAurora, CO 800451598502270

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

Colorado ranks 6 of 51 per resident

  1. District of Columbia31
  2. Pennsylvania30
  3. Montana24
  4. Colorado22
  5. Idaho19
  6. New York19
  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.

72.1% 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. Colorado72.1%
  2. United States74.0%

Medical Physician Assistant records in Colorado, measured

  • In a Medicare file943 of 1,308 · 72.1% here, 74.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file728 · 55.7% here, 54.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more669 · 51.1% here, 54.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2014 · the 727 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

1,308 NPPES records list medical physician assistant (363AM0700X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Colorado: 22 per 100,000 residents against 12 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Aurora has 417 of them (32%).

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. Georgia1,302
  2. North Carolina1,352
  3. Michigan1,140
  4. Connecticut1,138

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Montana23.7
  2. Idaho18.9
  3. New York18.8
  4. West Virginia18.1

The largest states

  1. Pennsylvania3,897
  2. New York3,670
  3. California3,376
  4. Florida2,776
  5. Texas2,146

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.