NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Sports Physical Therapist in North Carolina

51 NPPES records list sports physical therapist with a practice address in North Carolina, 0.5 per 100,000 residents, the 6th highest rate of 50. Durham and Charlotte have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2251S0007X · method

Durham has the most, 14

Sports Physical Therapist records in North Carolina

  1. Brian Wurzinger, DPT, ATCDurham, NC 277051477093581

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2251S0007X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 6 of 50 per resident

  1. Vermont0.6
  2. Delaware0.6
  3. Alaska0.5
  4. North Carolina0.5
  5. Massachusetts0.5
  6. Oregon0.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.3

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2251S0007X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

25.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 23.0% 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 Carolina25.5%
  2. United States23.0%

Sports Physical Therapist records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file13 of 51 · 25.5% here, 23.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file14 · 27.5% here, 25.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more21 · 41.2% here, 50.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year2018 · the 14 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2251S0007X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

51 NPPES records list sports physical therapist (2251S0007X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 0.5 per 100,000 residents against 0.3 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Durham has 14 of them (27%).

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. Ohio52
  2. New York49
  3. Colorado60
  4. Florida64

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Massachusetts0.5
  2. Oregon0.4
  3. Missouri0.4
  4. Texas0.4

The largest states

  1. California111
  2. Texas111
  3. Florida64
  4. Colorado60
  5. Ohio52

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.