NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Otolaryngology Physician in North Carolina

403 NPPES records list otolaryngology physician with a practice address in North Carolina, 3.7 per 100,000 residents, the 22nd highest rate of 51. Chapel Hill and Charlotte have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search. Page 9 of 9.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207Y00000X · method

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

Chapel Hill has the most, 47

  1. Chapel Hill47
  2. Charlotte45
  3. Raleigh44
  4. Winston Salem34
  5. Durham31

Otolaryngology Physician records in North Carolina

  1. Adam Zanation, MDHickory, NC 286011780706457
  2. Carlton ZdanskiChapel Hill, NC 275141336194125
  3. Gregory Zwack, MDWilmington, NC 284051104857358

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207Y00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 22 of 51 per resident

  1. Illinois3.8
  2. Maine3.8
  3. Ohio3.7
  4. North Carolina3.7
  5. South Carolina3.7
  6. Alaska3.5
  7. 50 states and D.C.3.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207Y00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

79.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 79.4% 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 Carolina79.7%
  2. United States79.4%

Otolaryngology Physician records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file321 of 403 · 79.7% here, 79.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file269 · 66.7% here, 66.8% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more239 · 59.3% here, 57.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2002 · the 269 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207Y00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

403 NPPES records list otolaryngology physician (207Y00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 3.7 per 100,000 residents against 3.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Chapel Hill has 47 of them (12%).

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. Ohio440
  2. Massachusetts364
  3. Georgia355
  4. Illinois482

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Carolina3.7
  2. Maine3.8
  3. New Hampshire3.9
  4. Minnesota3.9

The largest states

  1. California1,212
  2. Texas790
  3. New York765
  4. Florida659
  5. Pennsylvania531

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.