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 99 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. Kamila Zelechowski, PARiver Forest, IL 603051770148967
  2. Marta Zelena, PA-CChicago, IL 606221538534524
  3. Amy Zeller, PA-CBelleville, IL 622261326539859
  4. Teresa Zepka, PA-COrland Park, IL 604621346238466
  5. Myra Zhan, PA-CChicago, IL 606081366181869
  6. Abby Zhang, PANaperville, IL 605401700453792
  7. Alisa Zhang, PA-CNaperville, IL 605401538648076
  8. Hong Zhang, PA-CChicago, IL 606571609863620
  9. Lily Zhao, P.A.Zion, IL 600991093873671
  10. Ying Zheng, PA-CWarrenville, IL 605551669186938
  11. Irene Zhu, PA-CLake Forest, IL 600451043971849
  12. Sara Zidlicky, PA-CBloomingdale, IL 601081306026935
  13. Hannah Ziegler, PA-CGranite City, IL 620401245787472
  14. Kirsten Ziegler, PA-CVernon Hills, IL 600611528816394
  15. Elise Ziemer, PA-CChicago, IL 606571396435855
  16. Nancy Zimmer, PACChicago, IL 606111275085615
  17. Rivka Zimmerman, PA-CChicago, IL 606451063168813
  18. Mary Zingre, PA CRockford, IL 611041528025848
  19. Moses Zirimwabagabo, PARock Island, IL 612011750231577
  20. Chloe ZitoChicago, IL 606121386305191
  21. Alexis Zocher, PA-CGeneva, IL 601341689488264
  22. Jennifer Zorich, PA CMoline, IL 612651144299199
  23. Shannon Zorn, P.A.Lincolnshire, IL 600691225197486
  24. Annie Zupan, PA-CSkokie, IL 600771346888989
  25. Emily Zurliene, PA-CCarbondale, IL 629011770192122
  26. Wesley Zwiefel, PA-CSpringfield, IL 627011619278074

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.