NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Professional Counselor in Louisiana

2,906 NPPES records list professional counselor with a practice address in Louisiana, 64 per 100,000 residents, the 15th highest rate of 51. New Orleans and Shreveport have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 59 of 59.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 101YP2500X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

New Orleans has the most, 354

  1. New Orleans354
  2. Shreveport289
  3. Baton Rouge277
  4. Lafayette208
  5. Metairie158

Professional Counselor records in Louisiana

  1. Rhonda YousefLafayette, LA 705081043769086
  2. Daniela Zapata, PLPCHarvey, LA 700581568933463
  3. Alan Zaunbrecher, LPCLafayette, LA 705081154575884
  4. Ramon Zelaya, LPCNew Orleans, LA 701171225214059
  5. Teresa Zimmerman Price, M.S.Anacoco, LA 714031568644037
  6. Kathryn Zinaman, LPCLafayette, LA 705031295822542

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101YP2500X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 15 of 51 per resident

  1. Pennsylvania72
  2. Texas68
  3. Maryland66
  4. Louisiana64
  5. Oklahoma63
  6. Idaho61
  7. 50 states and D.C.42

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101YP2500X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

8.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 11.0% 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. Louisiana8.1%
  2. United States11.0%

Professional Counselor records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file235 of 2,906 · 8.1% here, 11.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file387 · 13.3% here, 17.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more1,430 · 49.2% here, 49.5% nationally
  • Median graduation year2014 · the 387 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 101YP2500X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

2,906 NPPES records list professional counselor (101YP2500X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 64 per 100,000 residents against 42 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 354 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. Arizona2,960
  2. Connecticut2,812
  3. South Carolina2,577
  4. Oregon2,558

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Oklahoma62.8
  2. Idaho61.3
  3. Maryland65.9
  4. North Dakota61.0

The largest states

  1. Texas20,712
  2. Illinois9,508
  3. Pennsylvania9,335
  4. Colorado6,935
  5. Ohio6,775

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.