NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Physician Assistant in Minnesota

227 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Minnesota, 4 per 100,000 residents, the 32nd highest rate of 51. Minneapolis and Edina have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Minnesota license search. Page 1 of 5.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363AS0400X · method

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

Minneapolis has the most, 32

  1. Minneapolis32
  2. Edina23
  3. Woodbury20
  4. Rochester14
  5. Duluth12

Surgical Physician Assistant records in Minnesota

  1. Kelsey Alexander, PACEdina, MN 554351881037679
  2. Gregory Allen, PA-CSt Louis Park, MN 554161972037059
  3. Andrew Anderson, PA-CEdina, MN 554351316107998
  4. Gerald Anderson, PADuluth, MN 558111194042390
  5. Jordan Anderson, PA-CMaple Grove, MN 553691053066399
  6. Sarah Anderson, PA-CWoodbury, MN 551251235671157
  7. Gary Andrews, PA-CDuluth, MN 558051568479921
  8. Donald Armstrong, OPA-CSaint Paul, MN 551021700858321
  9. Mary Aschenbrener, PA-CWoodbury, MN 551251720057334
  10. Brady Baartman, PA-CSt Louis Park, MN 554261780979104
  11. Carley Bacon, PA-CCambridge, MN 550081316417157
  12. Claude Baker, PABrooklyn Center, MN 554291871612986
  13. Ryan Bakko, MS, PA-CWaconia, MN 553871417276304
  14. Alyssa Barkman, P.A.-C.Woodbury, MN 551251912284282
  15. Tara Barrack, PA-CMaple Grove, MN 553691104266865
  16. Nathan Bates, PA-CWillmar, MN 562011336796739
  17. Dennis Baxley, P.A.Duluth, MN 558051720084593
  18. Susan Bayer, OPA-CBloomington, MN 554311649258831
  19. Matthew Bennett, PA-CWaconia, MN 553871376955971
  20. Jonathan Berger, PA-CMinneapolis, MN 554551184931115
  21. Abby Bernstein, PA-CVadnais Heights, MN 551271881989721
  22. Thomas Bevans, PASaint Cloud, MN 563031871247270
  23. Hakan Binek, PA-CDuluth, MN 558051043705460
  24. Nicholas Bjore, PA-CVadnais Heights, MN 551271235420670
  25. Grayson Blomberg, PA-CPlymouth, MN 554461003057118
  26. Karen Brehmer, OPA-CBurnsville, MN 553371750369963
  27. Gayle Breutzman, PAMinneapolis, MN 554171760588859
  28. Laura Burgstahler, PA-CDuluth, MN 558051659891778
  29. Brandon Byars, PA-C, ATCMinneapolis, MN 554041740317387
  30. Hieu Cabak, PA-CMaple Grove, MN 553691518917731
  31. Rebecca Cantwell, PAFridley, MN 554321558425967
  32. Britta Carlson, PACRoseville, MN 551131295138931
  33. James Cavallaro, PA-CSt Louis Park, MN 554261730166729
  34. Blake Cedarleaf, PA-CSaint Cloud, MN 563031154967156
  35. Britta Chiles, PA-CRobbinsdale, MN 554221295403483
  36. Tracy Chisholm, PA-CRobbinsdale, MN 554221740378033
  37. Danielle Chollett, PA-CRed Wing, MN 550661639583693
  38. Shannon Christopherson, PA-CMaple Grove, MN 553691538138722
  39. Nathan Clapper, PA-CWoodbury, MN 551251194120204
  40. Amanda Cleppe, PAMinneapolis, MN 554071841608551
  41. Ethan Conroy, PACSaint Paul, MN 551021023089547
  42. Patrick Corrigan, PA-CLake Elmo, MN 550421669479267
  43. Melissa Craft, PA-CSt Louis Park, MN 554261386184844
  44. Phillip Craig, PA-CEdina, MN 554351659340669
  45. Jillian Cunningham, PA-CWoodbury, MN 551251912213109
  46. Julia Curry, PA-CMinneapolis, MN 554071851808828
  47. Karl Dennis, PA-CWoodbury, MN 551251205805850
  48. Michael Desorcie, CSARochester, MN 559051871715433
  49. Erika Dierker Birchhill, PADuluth, MN 558051396973137
  50. Jessie Donovan, PA-CBurnsville, MN 553371720395544

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AS0400X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Minnesota ranks 32 of 51 per resident

  1. South Dakota4.4
  2. Utah4.2
  3. Tennessee4.2
  4. Minnesota4.0
  5. Alabama3.9
  6. Kansas3.9
  7. 50 states and D.C.5.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AS0400X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

73.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 76.2% 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. Minnesota73.1%
  2. United States76.2%

Surgical Physician Assistant records in Minnesota, measured

  • In a Medicare file166 of 227 · 73.1% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file156 · 68.7% here, 64.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more151 · 66.5% here, 52.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2012 · the 156 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363AS0400X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

227 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant (363AS0400X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Minnesota: 4 per 100,000 residents against 5.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Minneapolis has 32 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. Maine205
  2. Alabama201
  3. Missouri176
  4. Virginia278

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Kansas3.9
  2. Tennessee4.2
  3. Utah4.2
  4. South Dakota4.4

The largest states

  1. New York2,152
  2. Florida1,444
  3. Texas1,350
  4. California1,075
  5. Pennsylvania832

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.