NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Physician Assistant in Illinois

4,926 NPPES records list physician assistant with a practice address in Illinois, 39 per 100,000 residents, the 40th highest rate of 51. Chicago and Naperville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Illinois license search. Page 8 of 99.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363A00000X · method

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

Chicago has the most, 1,445

  1. Chicago1,445
  2. Naperville117
  3. Rockford115
  4. Springfield103
  5. Peoria95

Physician Assistant records in Illinois

  1. Nikki BharuchaNaperville, IL 605401780357442
  2. Sheela Bhayani, PA-CWinfield, IL 601901841789583
  3. Kimberly Bialek, PA-CAlgonquin, IL 601021942525910
  4. Jennifer Biel, PA-CElgin, IL 601201912336082
  5. Amanda Bielman, MMS, PA-COrland Park, IL 604621144739640
  6. Kathleen Bienia, PA-C, MMSCChicago, IL 606161144545237
  7. Dean Bieniak, PA-CGeneva, IL 601341386724581
  8. Bonnie Brianna Bierbaum, PA-CChicago, IL 606391831842343
  9. Nicolette Bigham, PA-CBelleville, IL 622261801222930
  10. Nicholas Bila, PAHazel Crest, IL 604291205660578
  11. Lauren BilinskiChicago, IL 606111932732443
  12. Kristen BilkaChicago, IL 606371598090904
  13. Lynn Billhartz, PAHighland, IL 622491326175670
  14. Colleen Bird, PAGeneva, IL 601341356367601
  15. Paige Birge, PA-CChicago, IL 606111871063263
  16. Elizabeth BirnbaumWilmette, IL 600911780550731
  17. Lauren Birschbach, PA-CArlington Heights, IL 600051801330527
  18. Cheryl Bisbee, PA-CBloomingdale, IL 601081386988533
  19. Raneen Bishawi, PA-COak Lawn, IL 604531417808668
  20. Nirja Biswas, PA-CHinsdale, IL 605211346571445
  21. Andrea Black, PA-CMoline, IL 612651487922738
  22. McKenna Black, PA-CChicago, IL 606121376387472
  23. Patricia BlackburnOglesby, IL 613481790157642
  24. Karen Blackwell, P.A.O Fallon, IL 622691487983664
  25. Michaela Blackwell, PA-CRockford, IL 611141407553019
  26. Lauren Blade, PA-CWinfield, IL 601901932908217
  27. Joseph Blahut, PA-CNaperville, IL 605631083779342
  28. Jessica Blair, PAPeoria, IL 616151497267207
  29. Gayle Blake, P.A.C.Chicago, IL 606141487693461
  30. Grace BlakeChicago, IL 606111124971395
  31. Lindsay Blakley, PASpringfield, IL 627041477062404
  32. Elizabeth Blanco, PA-CMorton Grove, IL 600531902783731
  33. Melissa Blanco, PA-CSchaumburg, IL 601951578642518
  34. Daniel Blaney, PA-CNaperville, IL 605401063940823
  35. Alexander Blank, PA-CChicago, IL 606021356961015
  36. Erica Blankemeyer, PA-CChicago, IL 606111386301570
  37. Jacob Blasingame, PA-CMonticello, IL 618561720619232
  38. Sharon Blattner, PACDowners Grove, IL 605151932264173
  39. James Blatzer, P.A.-C.Danville, IL 618321922015130
  40. Jeremy Blauser, MS, PA-CChicago, IL 606341669008702
  41. Lindsay Blazek, PA-CMaywood, IL 601531588049100
  42. Matthew Blazo, PA-CChicago, IL 606111134825854
  43. Katherine Blesch, PA-CCharleston, IL 619201922212448
  44. Liesl Blethen, PA-CArlington Heights, IL 600041730600271
  45. Allison Blicharz, PA-SPeoria, IL 616031982442315
  46. Kathi Bliler, P.A.-CCrystal Lake, IL 600121265543557
  47. Kelly Bliss, PABelleville, IL 622261831334150
  48. Hanna Block, PA-CChicago, IL 606131821612532
  49. Renata Block, PAChicago, IL 606011639129554
  50. Aric Blom, PA-CChicago, IL 606741114905411

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363A00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Illinois ranks 40 of 51 per resident

  1. South Carolina43
  2. Georgia42
  3. New Mexico40
  4. Illinois39
  5. California37
  6. New Jersey37
  7. 50 states and D.C.49

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363A00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

82.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 77.9% 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. Illinois82.1%
  2. United States77.9%

Physician Assistant records in Illinois, measured

  • In a Medicare file4,045 of 4,926 · 82.1% here, 77.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file3,408 · 69.2% here, 62.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more1,716 · 34.8% here, 39.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2019 · the 3,407 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363A00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

4,926 NPPES records list physician assistant (363A00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Illinois: 39 per 100,000 residents against 49 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Chicago has 1,445 of them (29%).

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. Massachusetts4,713
  2. Georgia4,662
  3. Ohio5,325
  4. Virginia4,408

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Mexico40.1
  2. California37.1
  3. New Jersey36.5
  4. Texas36.1

The largest states

  1. New York15,555
  2. California14,451
  3. Texas10,999
  4. Florida10,257
  5. North Carolina9,279

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.