NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Assistant in Alabama

18 NPPES records list surgical assistant with a practice address in Alabama, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 35th highest rate of 49. Athens and Birmingham have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 246ZC0007X · method

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

Athens has the most, 2

  1. Athens2
  2. Birmingham2
  3. Fort Payne2
  4. Montgomery2
  5. Albertville1

Surgical Assistant records in Alabama

  1. Kevin Bass, CSFAFort Payne, AL 359681497496269
  2. Natalie BrownPhenix City, AL 368701336884766
  3. Matthew Caffey, CSFA, SA-CMadison, AL 357581427920727
  4. William Davenport, CSFAFort Payne, AL 359671639576408
  5. Sallie Ellis, NURSEAnniston, AL 362071356508527
  6. Will GoodwinChickasaw, AL 366111508218991
  7. Carolyn Goss, SA-C, ST-CAlexander City, AL 350101710156187
  8. Lana Lacy, LPN/CFABirmingham, AL 352051801147715
  9. Terri Leibee, CSFA, CSTAthens, AL 356131154271120
  10. Susan Looney, SA-CAlbertville, AL 359501104153873
  11. Ariana Perkins, CSFAMontgomery, AL 361091578262044
  12. Brian Shepard, CSFAMobile, AL 366931578815676
  13. Ashley Stegall, CSFADaphne, AL 365261043985476
  14. Stephanie Taylor, CSFAHuntsville, AL 358011962862524
  15. Robert TraoreBessemer, AL 350221790238202
  16. Virginia Wade, CSFAMontgomery, AL 361061114790730
  17. Coty Webster, SA-CAthens, AL 356111487162673
  18. Kendall WoodsBirmingham, AL 352091407271943

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 35 of 49 per resident

  1. Kansas0.4
  2. Minnesota0.4
  3. Nebraska0.4
  4. Alabama0.4
  5. Arkansas0.3
  6. Pennsylvania0.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.5% 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. Alabama0.0%
  2. United States0.5%

Surgical Assistant records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 18 · 0.0% here, 0.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more12 · 66.7% here, 55.7% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

18 NPPES records list surgical assistant (246ZC0007X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 1.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Athens has 2 of them (11%).

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. Michigan20
  2. Utah16
  3. Iowa15
  4. Massachusetts15

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Minnesota0.4
  2. Arkansas0.3
  3. Pennsylvania0.3
  4. Kansas0.4

The largest states

  1. Texas1,118
  2. Florida900
  3. Georgia325
  4. Virginia302
  5. Illinois261

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.