NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Physician Assistant in Louisiana

1,556 NPPES records list physician assistant with a practice address in Louisiana, 34 per 100,000 residents, the 45th highest rate of 51. Baton Rouge and New Orleans have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 2 of 32.

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).

Baton Rouge has the most, 327

  1. Baton Rouge327
  2. New Orleans274
  3. Shreveport189
  4. Lafayette85
  5. Jefferson55

Physician Assistant records in Louisiana

  1. Caroline AyersThibodaux, LA 703011588278246
  2. Brandt Aymond, PA-CMetairie, LA 700051154979078
  3. Mark AymondBaton Rouge, LA 708081932575206
  4. Asil Ayyad, PANew Orleans, LA 701121003506189
  5. Mark Azel, PA-CFort Polk, LA 714591053477950
  6. Sarah Babin, PA-CBaton Rouge, LA 708091164313813
  7. Amy Bains, PA-CBaton Rouge, LA 708091477995637
  8. Caitlin Baker, PA-CNew Orleans, LA 701211275905572
  9. Daudreanna Baker, PABaton Rouge, LA 708081770457905
  10. Nathan Baker, PA-CShreveport, LA 711051366822256
  11. Kristina Balamane, PA-CNew Orleans, LA 701181174903348
  12. Arden Ballard, PA-CMandeville, LA 704711891001772
  13. Paul Ballard, PA-C, ATCBossier City, LA 711111114445798
  14. Christopher Bamburg, PAMonroe, LA 712011780994277
  15. Lauren Bandy, PA-CAbbeville, LA 705101508347469
  16. Lauren Banet, PA-CBossier City, LA 711111922348887
  17. Brett Bankston, PA-CBaton Rouge, LA 708091831932243
  18. Makayla Barber, PA-CNew Orleans, LA 701301346083359
  19. Allyson Barker, PA-CHouma, LA 703601356992416
  20. Amy Barkerding, PACovington, LA 704331023245222
  21. Dakota Barlow, PAShreveport, LA 711051023667813
  22. Nicole Barnard, PA-CShreveport, LA 711051750925822
  23. Claire Barnett, PA-CFranklin, LA 705381639497951
  24. Anna Barthelemy, PA-CNew Orleans, LA 701191144742487
  25. Daniel Bartlett, PA-CAlexandria, LA 713011811326606
  26. Courtney Bartz, PANew Orleans, LA 701301366970600
  27. Ryan Bartz, PA-CBaton Rouge, LA 708161275298333
  28. Kristen Bass, PA-CShreveport, LA 711051093015885
  29. Matthew Bassett, PA-CSlidell, LA 704581679909873
  30. Bruce Baudoin, PA-CLafayette, LA 705081699944272
  31. Haley Baudoin-Willem, DMSC, PA-CNew Orleans, LA 701151891289302
  32. Robert Baye, PA-CShreveport, LA 711191780607549
  33. Karen Beabout, PA-C, MPASShreveport, LA 711051083916605
  34. Kevin Beall, PA-CBaton Rouge, LA 708081811923337
  35. Celeste Bear, PANew Orleans, LA 701211104015718
  36. Madeline Beard, PA-CBaton Rouge, LA 708101609436211
  37. Willard Beard, PA-CPineville, LA 713601598916330
  38. Taylor Beauregard, PABaton Rouge, LA 708081700526050
  39. Taylor Bech, P.A.Hammond, LA 704031861762130
  40. Virginia Becker, PAShreveport, LA 711031568726131
  41. Kelly Becnel, P.ALafayette, LA 705081316275332
  42. Miriam Becnel, P.A.Jefferson, LA 701211871992305
  43. Steven Becnel, PACovington, LA 704331952406175
  44. Sadie Beebe, PA-CShreveport, LA 711051801182258
  45. Olivia BellNew Orleans, LA 701191942905203
  46. Kentra Bellard, PA-CNew Orleans, LA 701171073463048
  47. Catherine Benoit, PA-CNew Orleans, LA 701211790233286
  48. Michael BenoitMetairie, LA 700061609017771
  49. Kaley Bent, PAKenner, LA 700651497439269
  50. Amanda Berdon, PA-CBaton Rouge, LA 708101376198572

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

Louisiana ranks 45 of 51 per resident

  1. New Jersey37
  2. Texas36
  3. Indiana35
  4. Louisiana34
  5. Nevada34
  6. Missouri29
  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.

80.0% 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. Louisiana80.0%
  2. United States77.9%

Physician Assistant records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file1,245 of 1,556 · 80.0% here, 77.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1,032 · 66.3% here, 62.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more644 · 41.4% here, 39.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2018 · the 1,031 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

1,556 NPPES records list physician assistant (363A00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 34 per 100,000 residents against 49 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Baton Rouge has 327 of them (21%).

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. Iowa1,525
  2. Nebraska1,352
  3. Kansas1,329
  4. Missouri1,790

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Nevada33.9
  2. Indiana35.3
  3. Texas36.1
  4. New Jersey36.5

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.