NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatric Physical Therapist in California

652 NPPES records list pediatric physical therapist with a practice address in California, 1.7 per 100,000 residents, the 29th 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 14 of 14.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2251P0200X · method

Los Angeles has the most, 55

Pediatric Physical Therapist records in California

  1. Leah Zialcita, DPTPalo Alto, CA 943061669640173
  2. Cristina Zink, PTMonrovia, CA 910161811252299

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2251P0200X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 29 of 51 per resident

  1. Missouri1.9
  2. Idaho1.9
  3. Pennsylvania1.8
  4. California1.7
  5. Oregon1.7
  6. Oklahoma1.7
  7. 50 states and D.C.2.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2251P0200X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

1.2% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 2.5% 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. California1.2%
  2. United States2.5%

Pediatric Physical Therapist records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file8 of 652 · 1.2% here, 2.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file8 · 1.2% here, 3.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more461 · 70.7% here, 73.7% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2251P0200X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

652 NPPES records list pediatric physical therapist (2251P0200X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 1.7 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Los Angeles has 55 of them (8%).

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. Texas624
  2. Florida275
  3. New York1,032
  4. Illinois258

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Oregon1.7
  2. Oklahoma1.7
  3. Delaware1.6
  4. Indiana1.6

The largest states

  1. New York1,032
  2. Texas624
  3. Florida275
  4. Illinois258
  5. Ohio254

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.