NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Physician Assistant in Minnesota

4,007 NPPES records list physician assistant with a practice address in Minnesota, 70 per 100,000 residents, the 7th highest rate of 51. Minneapolis and Rochester have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Minnesota license search. Page 81 of 81.

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).

Minneapolis has the most, 500

  1. Minneapolis500
  2. Rochester488
  3. Saint Paul386
  4. Duluth179
  5. Edina146

Physician Assistant records in Minnesota

  1. Anna Zinnel, PA-CSaint Paul, MN 551021194336412
  2. Alison ZismerSt Louis Park, MN 554161497116339
  3. Catherine Zomok, PA-CRochester, MN 559051124387071
  4. Melody Zortman, PA-CMinneapolis, MN 554551497790372
  5. Christine Zwicky, PA-CCoon Rapids, MN 554331134406200
  6. Kristine Zwieg, PA-CEdina, MN 554351851761738
  7. Emily Zygmunt, PA-CSt Paul, MN 551011164757225

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

Minnesota ranks 7 of 51 per resident

  1. Alaska74
  2. South Dakota73
  3. Maine70
  4. Minnesota70
  5. Michigan70
  6. Nebraska68
  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.

84.7% 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. Minnesota84.7%
  2. United States77.9%

Physician Assistant records in Minnesota, measured

  • In a Medicare file3,392 of 4,007 · 84.7% here, 77.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file3,133 · 78.2% here, 62.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more1,592 · 39.7% here, 39.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2017 · the 3,131 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

4,007 NPPES records list physician assistant (363A00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Minnesota: 70 per 100,000 residents against 49 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Minneapolis has 500 of them (12%).

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. Colorado3,767
  2. Washington3,718
  3. Arizona3,666
  4. Virginia4,408

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Michigan69.6
  2. Maine70.1
  3. Nebraska68.3
  4. New Hampshire67.5

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.