NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Assistant in Minnesota

21 NPPES records list surgical assistant with a practice address in Minnesota, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 33rd highest rate of 49. Edina and Rochester have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Minnesota 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).

Edina has the most, 3

  1. Edina3
  2. Rochester3
  3. Saint Paul3
  4. Bloomington2
  5. Coon Rapids2

Surgical Assistant records in Minnesota

  1. Muhammad Ali, SA-CShakopee, MN 553791497404669
  2. Robert Bachschneider, OPA-CEdina, MN 554351750392080
  3. Anna Bennett, CSTMinnetonka, MN 553051265779714
  4. Lindzee BischelEdina, MN 554351639046626
  5. Rhand Bishop, CSFARochester, MN 559051558001214
  6. Angela Brown, SFABlue Earth, MN 560131720367766
  7. Amy Campeau, CST/CSFAMaple Grove, MN 553691801818281
  8. Mannou Douti, SURGICAL ASSISTANTAndover, MN 553041720954712
  9. Robert Ezike, SA-C, CSACoon Rapids, MN 554331407366537
  10. Tina KretschSaint Paul, MN 551021932635547
  11. Marissa MalleyRochester, MN 559011639710940
  12. Monica McKay, CSTSaint Paul, MN 551021831628478
  13. Tracy MorrisBloomington, MN 554371588415665
  14. Katelyn Rehbein, CSFA, CSTRochester, MN 559021912828161
  15. Augustus Sarpong, ST, SABurnsville, MN 553371487116547
  16. Meghan Thull, CST-SACoon Rapids, MN 554331447962337
  17. William Turnquist, SA-CVadnais Heights, MN 551271912420704
  18. Lori Vonbehren, B.S., C.F.A.Bloomington, MN 554381871739524
  19. Andrea WeberEdina, MN 554351316700438
  20. Kelley Wichman, CSFAWoodbury, MN 551251407390511
  21. Cassandra Wittner, CSTSaint Paul, MN 551021922534536

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

Minnesota ranks 33 of 49 per resident

  1. Utah0.5
  2. Iowa0.5
  3. Kansas0.4
  4. Minnesota0.4
  5. Nebraska0.4
  6. Alabama0.4
  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. Minnesota0.0%
  2. United States0.5%

Surgical Assistant records in Minnesota, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 21 · 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 · 57.1% 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

21 NPPES records list surgical assistant (246ZC0007X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Minnesota: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 1.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Edina has 3 of them (14%).

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. Alabama18
  3. Utah16
  4. Iowa15

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Arkansas0.3
  2. Pennsylvania0.3
  3. Kansas0.4
  4. New York0.3

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.