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 32 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. Linzee Zeringue, PALafayette, LA 705061518449081
  2. Kevin Zheng, PA-CNew Orleans, LA 701211376460048
  3. Kathryn Zimmerman, PALake Charles, LA 706011659884385
  4. Kayla Zumo, PA-CBaton Rouge, LA 708081306212675
  5. Anna Zwiebel, PA-CNew Orleans, LA 701151891566683
  6. Harold Zylicz, PABaton Rouge, LA 708091366096950

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.

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.