NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Medical Physician Assistant in North Carolina

1,352 NPPES records list medical physician assistant with a practice address in North Carolina, 12 per 100,000 residents, the 23rd highest rate of 51. Raleigh and Charlotte have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search. Page 28 of 28.

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).

Raleigh has the most, 142

  1. Raleigh142
  2. Charlotte115
  3. Durham106
  4. Winston Salem99
  5. Asheville57

Medical Physician Assistant records in North Carolina

  1. Amanda Zimmerman, PA-CWinston Salem, NC 271031265525497
  2. David Zuckerman, PA-CZebulon, NC 275971982075073

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

North Carolina ranks 23 of 51 per resident

  1. North Dakota13
  2. Oklahoma13
  3. Massachusetts13
  4. North Carolina12
  5. Florida12
  6. Georgia12
  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.

67.9% 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. North Carolina67.9%
  2. United States74.0%

Medical Physician Assistant records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file918 of 1,352 · 67.9% here, 74.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file665 · 49.2% here, 54.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more774 · 57.2% here, 54.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2013 · the 663 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

1,352 NPPES records list medical physician assistant (363AM0700X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 12 per 100,000 residents against 12 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Raleigh has 142 of them (11%).

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. Colorado1,308
  2. Georgia1,302
  3. Michigan1,140
  4. Connecticut1,138

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Massachusetts12.7
  2. Oklahoma12.7
  3. Florida12.3
  4. North Dakota12.9

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.