NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Physician Assistant in Kentucky

1,958 NPPES records list physician assistant with a practice address in Kentucky, 43 per 100,000 residents, the 35th highest rate of 51. Lexington and Louisville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky license search. Page 40 of 40.

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).

Lexington has the most, 585

  1. Lexington585
  2. Louisville345
  3. Fort Campbell131
  4. Owensboro64
  5. Edgewood51

Physician Assistant records in Kentucky

  1. Kaitlin Zagami, PA-CLouisville, KY 402071508109844
  2. Giulio Zampogna, PA-CFort Campbell, KY 422231417614306
  3. Sarah Zanger, PA-CLouisville, KY 402131811391469
  4. Ana Zapata Gonzalez, PARadcliff, KY 401601497401400
  5. Melanie Zegar, PA-CLexington, KY 405081083170088
  6. Dennis Zelenak, PALexington, KY 405361053073361
  7. Mingxi Zhang, PALexington, KY 405361750274452
  8. Daniel Zydel, PA-CFort Campbell, KY 422231649237405

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

Kentucky ranks 35 of 51 per resident

  1. Kansas45
  2. Ohio45
  3. Wyoming45
  4. Kentucky43
  5. Tennessee43
  6. South Carolina43
  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.

76.5% 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. Kentucky76.5%
  2. United States77.9%

Physician Assistant records in Kentucky, measured

  • In a Medicare file1,497 of 1,958 · 76.5% here, 77.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1,218 · 62.2% here, 62.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more757 · 38.7% here, 39.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2018 · the 1,216 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

1,958 NPPES records list physician assistant (363A00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 43 per 100,000 residents against 49 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Lexington has 585 of them (30%).

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. Utah1,887
  2. Oklahoma1,870
  3. Connecticut2,047
  4. Oregon2,094

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Tennessee42.9
  2. South Carolina42.7
  3. Georgia42.3
  4. Wyoming44.5

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.