NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Physician Assistant in Tennessee

3,055 NPPES records list physician assistant with a practice address in Tennessee, 43 per 100,000 residents, the 36th highest rate of 51. Nashville and Knoxville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search. Page 53 of 62.

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).

Nashville has the most, 700

  1. Nashville700
  2. Knoxville399
  3. Memphis191
  4. Chattanooga150
  5. Murfreesboro100

Physician Assistant records in Tennessee

  1. Lauren Souza, PA-C, DMS, MSWHixson, TN 373431609206473
  2. Darice Spackman, PAC ATCNashville, TN 372031689656910
  3. Kristen Spano, PANashville, TN 372031508241563
  4. Chelsea Sparkman, PA-CMount Juliet, TN 371221548667199
  5. Norma Sparks, PASouth Pittsburg, TN 373801427092949
  6. Emily Spears, PA-CSevierville, TN 378621952108698
  7. Lee Speed, PAKnoxville, TN 379231558313106
  8. Alexis Spence, PASmyrna, TN 371671861093478
  9. Haverly Spence, PA-CDecatur, TN 373221982450326
  10. Emily Spires, CPTKnoxville, TN 379211669940052
  11. Emily Spring, PA-CNashville, TN 372321992910228
  12. Lana Spry, PA-CMurfreesboro, TN 371291134470529
  13. Paige SpurgeonNashville, TN 372041740829530
  14. Joshua Stacy, PANashville, TN 372321033383104
  15. Elli Stafford, PA-CNashville, TN 372051356291348
  16. Erick Stafford, PA-CJackson, TN 383051053067405
  17. Julie Stafford, PA-CClinton, TN 377161023690658
  18. Kylie Stafford, PA-CNashville, TN 372321356147664
  19. Sara Staley, PANashville, TN 372041568859858
  20. Jennifer Stanfield, P.A.Chattanooga, TN 374031790701209
  21. Tyler Stanfield, PASelmer, TN 383751780243915
  22. Todd Stanford, PA-CChattanooga, TN 374041518010537
  23. Laura Stanley, PA-CNashville, TN 372321336571496
  24. Travis Stanley, PAOneida, TN 378411881487783
  25. Leslie Stark, PA-CNashville, TN 372321417682311
  26. Teresa Starke, PAKingsport, TN 376601073965679
  27. Kenneth Starnes, PAPiney Flats, TN 376861003904723
  28. Mattison Starnes, PA-CGreeneville, TN 377451306414578
  29. Warren StarrettChattanooga, TN 374121992236772
  30. Benjamin Stasik, PA-CMurfreesboro, TN 371291013277052
  31. Tiffanie Stauffer, PA-CSpringfield, TN 371721083035489
  32. Katherine Steen, PAChattanooga, TN 374041417148545
  33. Jaime Steffey, PAJohnson City, TN 376041861743114
  34. Stephen Steffey, PAJohnson City, TN 376041174932107
  35. Matthew Steidl, PA-CNashville, TN 372091720385156
  36. Jonathan SteinerMcMinnville, TN 371101104594365
  37. Kara Stencel, PA-CNashville, TN 372321790219798
  38. Chandler Stengel, PA-CMemphis, TN 381201467097956
  39. Caroline Stephens, PAJohnson City, TN 376041124637905
  40. Hope Stephens, PA-CMt Juliet, TN 371221376127308
  41. Michael Stephens, PANew Tazewell, TN 378251881063857
  42. Samantha Stephens, PA-CFayetteville, TN 373341023202223
  43. Lillie Sternenberg, PAColumbia, TN 384011336005537
  44. Samantha Sternhagen, PA-CNashville, TN 372321568095016
  45. Gregory StevensLenoir City, TN 377721467472084
  46. Leslie Stevens, PAKingsport, TN 376601588330435
  47. Warren Stevens, PA-CElizabethton, TN 376431053621466
  48. Ashley Stevenson, PA-CBristol, TN 376201235301144
  49. Kate Stewart, PA-CNashville, TN 372321689191132
  50. Rebecca Stewart, PA-CNashville, TN 372321134674120

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

Tennessee ranks 36 of 51 per resident

  1. Ohio45
  2. Wyoming45
  3. Kentucky43
  4. Tennessee43
  5. South Carolina43
  6. Georgia42
  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.

80.1% 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. Tennessee80.1%
  2. United States77.9%

Physician Assistant records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file2,448 of 3,055 · 80.1% here, 77.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file2,031 · 66.5% here, 62.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more902 · 29.5% here, 39.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2019 · the 2,030 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

3,055 NPPES records list physician assistant (363A00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 43 per 100,000 residents against 49 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Nashville has 700 of them (23%).

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. Maryland3,224
  2. New Jersey3,393
  3. Wisconsin3,475
  4. Arizona3,666

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Carolina42.7
  2. Kentucky43.3
  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.