Physical Therapy Assistant

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

NUCC 225200000X

60,245 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 55 states · 35th of 690 specialties by headcount.

60,245

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

Florida

Top state

5,832 providers

$205

Open Pay avg

462nd of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Physical Therapy Assistant ranks 35th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.85% of all registered NPIs), densest in Florida; per resident Kansas leads.

60,245
NPPES providers in specialty: 35th
of 690 specialties: 406
state-share HHI: 0.1%
Part D prescriber share

Kansas is densest per capita (2.7× the national rate; Arkansas 2.1×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Physical Therapy Assistant (NUCC 225200000X; 0.1% Part D prescribers (40 of 60,245); avg 704 Part D claims/prescriber (220th of 567); Open Payments avg $205/physician (462nd of 552; 22 paid, $5K total); state-share HHI 406; next-larger headcount neighbor Optometrist (+239); next-smaller Anesthesiology Physician (-3,813)).

Next larger: Optometrist (60,484) Next smaller: Anesthesiology Physician (56,432)

Population-adjusted state index

Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.

Over-indexed vs national rate

Kansas 2.7× · 48.2/100k
Arkansas 2.1× · 38.4/100k
Wisconsin 2.1× · 37.1/100k
West Virginia 2× · 35/100k
Nebraska 1.9× · 33.2/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

Puerto Rico 0.16× · 2.9/100k
Guam 0.29× · 5.2/100k
Louisiana 0.37× · 6.7/100k
Utah 0.43× · 7.7/100k
District of Columbia 0.45× · 8/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	Florida	5,832	9.7%
2	Texas	5,411	9.0%
3	California	3,468	5.8%
4	Pennsylvania	3,009	5.0%
5	Ohio	2,888	4.8%
6	Illinois	2,659	4.4%
7	New York	2,326	3.9%
8	Wisconsin	2,191	3.6%
9	Michigan	1,946	3.2%
10	North Carolina	1,925	3.2%
11	Virginia	1,746	2.9%
12	Indiana	1,708	2.8%
13	Tennessee	1,673	2.8%
14	Kansas	1,417	2.4%
15	Washington	1,379	2.3%

Top Cities for Physical Therapy Assistant

#	City	Providers
1	North CantonOhio	555
2	San AntonioTexas	461
3	HoustonTexas	416
4	LouisvilleKentucky	378
5	MiamiFlorida	364
6	PhoenixArizona	305
7	OrlandoFlorida	271
8	ChicagoIllinois	252
9	OmahaNebraska	237
10	BrooklynNew York	214
11	Colorado SpringsColorado	208
12	TopekaKansas	205

Sample Physical Therapy Assistant NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#	Provider	State
1	Karen Mayes, PAJacksonville, FL	Florida
2	Dale McPeak, PTAVoorhees, NJ	New Jersey
3	Patrice Lassa, PTAChicago, IL	Illinois
4	Dana Fussell, LPTAUnion City, TN	Tennessee
5	Ashen KixmillerCrawfordsville, IN	Indiana
6	Stephen Seftchick, P.T.A.Philadelphia, PA	Pennsylvania
7	Kara Mathews, LPTACharlottesville, VA	Virginia
8	Matthew Brannon, PTAPaso Robles, CA	California
9	Amanda Conlan, PTACarlisle, PA	Pennsylvania
10	Thomas Carver, PTACotuit, MA	Massachusetts
11	Betsy Suggs, P.T.A.Littleton, NH	New Hampshire
12	Christopher Morgan, PTALubbock, TX	Texas
13	Michael Weems, PTALubbock, TX	Texas
14	Amanda Grindel, P.T.A.Kansas City, MO	Missouri
15	Eric Hoffmaster, PTARobesonia, PA	Pennsylvania
16	Melissa Jensen, P.T.A.Mission, KS	Kansas
17	Gregory Cherbukovsky, P.T.A.Cedarburg, WI	Wisconsin
18	Cynthia Jones, PTAUnion City, TN	Tennessee

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Physical Therapy Assistant providers are in the US?

There are 60,245 Physical Therapy Assistant providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 55 US states and territories. Florida has the most with 5,832 providers. Leading metros include North Canton, OH; San Antonio, TX; Houston, TX; Louisville, KY. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 35th by headcount.

Do Physical Therapy Assistant clinicians appear in Open Payments?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 22 Physical Therapy Assistant physicians receiving industry payments totaling $5K (174 payments; average $205 per paid physician, 462nd of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?

Among Physical Therapy Assistant NPIs, 40 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 704 claims and $208K drug cost per prescriber; 220th of 567 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.

Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-20.