NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Specialist in North Carolina

839 NPPES records list specialist with a practice address in North Carolina, 8 per 100,000 residents, the 41st highest rate of 51. Charlotte and Raleigh have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search. Page 17 of 17.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 174400000X · method

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

Charlotte has the most, 84

  1. Charlotte84
  2. Raleigh70
  3. Durham39
  4. Greensboro39
  5. Asheville35

Specialist records in North Carolina

  1. Ada WigginsHendersonville, NC 287921104107333
  2. Nila Wilbur, M.D.Clyde, NC 287211528065802
  3. Sam Wilcox, M.D.Gastonia, NC 280541275535916
  4. Bruce Wilhelmsen, M.D.Greenville, NC 278341316941958
  5. Ronetta Wilkerson, OTGreensboro, NC 274081447540570
  6. Darlene Williams, CRNARoxboro, NC 275731699726091
  7. Dwight Williams, M.D.Asheboro, NC 272031508059247
  8. Shannon Williams, C.A.S.,Winston Salem, NC 271011790097012
  9. Kelly Williams Wyche, OTR/LRaleigh, NC 276161174729263
  10. Crystal WilsonTurkey, NC 283931245787449
  11. John Wilson, M.D.Asheville, NC 288061902818461
  12. Sue Wilson, RNC-OGNPChapel Hill, NC 275161992921027
  13. Victoria WilsonConcord, NC 280251548100506
  14. Iona WindsorGreensboro, NC 274081619425469
  15. Richard Winters, M.D.New Bern, NC 285621881679918
  16. Andrew Wood, MS, ATC, LAT, CESRaleigh, NC 276071700208436
  17. Jerry Woodard, MDWilson, NC 278931932238169
  18. Leon Woodruff, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276071578523072
  19. Robert Woodrum, M.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275141972590701
  20. Elizabeth Woods, P.T.Salisbury, NC 281441699736322
  21. Robert Woodward, MDReidsville, NC 273201669516068
  22. Deanna Woody, MSBurlington, NC 272171386083749
  23. Patricia Wright, COTA/LRobbins, NC 273251376794065
  24. Lyn Wyble, OTR/LMount Airy, NC 270301972969541
  25. Shayla YanceyElizabethtown, NC 283371043678634
  26. Brandon Young, PTApex, NC 275391164457057
  27. Ernest Younger, MDMPHClinton, NC 283281336202175
  28. Pamilla Yount, HYPNOSIS INSTRUCTORHickory, NC 286011134527484
  29. Richard Yow, M.D.Clemmons, NC 270121831153105
  30. Kathy Yu, M.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275141568414217
  31. Carlo Yuson, MDWinston Salem, NC 271031093991176
  32. Allan Zacher, MDClyde, NC 287211790761096
  33. Dimiter Zafirov, M.D.Fayetteville, NC 283041215960554
  34. Kristen Zembrodt, M.EDCharlotte, NC 282021295967859
  35. Michael Zich, MDDunn, NC 283341083611909
  36. Erik Zirkle, ATCSalisbury, NC 281441083688832
  37. Donna Zorn, LPTAsheville, NC 288061093768103
  38. Heather ZuckerCornelius, NC 280311760582852
  39. Susan Zulinke, C.O.T.A.Zebulon, NC 275971518126200

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 174400000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 41 of 51 per resident

  1. Nevada9
  2. Kentucky8
  3. Kansas8
  4. North Carolina8
  5. Michigan8
  6. Georgia8
  7. 50 states and D.C.18

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 174400000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

19.2% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 17.0% 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. North Carolina19.2%
  2. United States17.0%

Specialist records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file161 of 839 · 19.2% here, 17.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file109 · 13.0% here, 11.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more636 · 75.8% here, 77.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year1991 · the 109 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 174400000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

839 NPPES records list specialist (174400000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 8 per 100,000 residents against 18 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charlotte has 84 of them (10%).

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. Minnesota838
  2. Georgia845
  3. Virginia798
  4. Michigan772

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Kansas7.8
  2. Mississippi7.5
  3. Missouri7.1
  4. Kentucky8.4

The largest states

  1. New York22,636
  2. California5,749
  3. Florida2,685
  4. Washington2,609
  5. Pennsylvania2,031

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.