NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Physician Assistant in North Dakota

464 NPPES records list physician assistant with a practice address in North Dakota, 59 per 100,000 residents, the 19th highest rate of 51. Fargo and Bismarck have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Dakota license search. Page 10 of 10.

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).

Fargo has the most, 171

  1. Fargo171
  2. Bismarck77
  3. Grand Forks68
  4. Minot18
  5. Dickinson11

Physician Assistant records in North Dakota

  1. Christopher Whited, MPASFargo, ND 581031184873796
  2. Jessica Wichmann, PA-CGrand Forks, ND 582011326373317
  3. Jordan Wiedmann, PA-CFargo, ND 581041750908455
  4. Aaron Wiger, PA-C, MPASGrand Forks, ND 582011649807041
  5. Tyson Williams, PA-CFargo, ND 581031205512688
  6. Kaitlyn Wirtz, PA-CWashburn, ND 585771649839846
  7. Kaitlyn Wolden, PA-CFargo, ND 581031437600525
  8. Lori Wolff, PA-CBismarck, ND 585011932455094
  9. Leslie Worrel, PA-CBismarck, ND 585011942426788
  10. Breanna Wuori, PAFargo, ND 581021346601507
  11. Debbie ZabelBismarck, ND 585011578375333
  12. Molly Zak, PA-CGrand Forks, ND 582011396590790
  13. Benjamin Zimmel, PA-CFargo, ND 581031578406856
  14. Beth Zimmerman, PA-CBeulah, ND 585231073587085

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

North Dakota ranks 19 of 51 per resident

  1. Rhode Island62
  2. Pennsylvania62
  3. Montana62
  4. North Dakota59
  5. Wisconsin59
  6. Connecticut57
  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.

81.5% 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. North Dakota81.5%
  2. United States77.9%

Physician Assistant records in North Dakota, measured

  • In a Medicare file378 of 464 · 81.5% here, 77.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file344 · 74.1% here, 62.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more180 · 38.8% here, 39.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2017 · the 343 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

464 NPPES records list physician assistant (363A00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Dakota: 59 per 100,000 residents against 49 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Fargo has 171 of them (37%).

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. Hawaii387
  2. Alaska542
  3. District of Columbia558
  4. Mississippi338

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Wisconsin58.8
  2. Montana61.6
  3. Connecticut56.6
  4. Pennsylvania61.9

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.