Physician Assistant, United States
Individual Physician Assistant providers billing Original Medicare Part B nationally: 112,514 in 2024.
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Available data
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant (the provider type on the Medicare claims record; individuals only)
- Geography
- United States.
- Data years
- 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Providers by year
- 2020: 86,292 · 2021: 91,922 · 2022: 99,273 · 2023: 105,478 · 2024: 112,514
Physician Assistant by state
Market Comparisons are prepared for a metro area or a state's area outside metro areas. Pick a state, then a metro. Provider counts are for 2024.
- Alabama (835)
- Alaska (406)
- Arizona (2,639)
- Arkansas (451)
- California (7,073)
- Colorado (2,798)
- Connecticut (2,222)
- Delaware (491)
- District of Columbia (306)
- Florida (6,755)
- Georgia (3,205)
- Guam (18)
- Hawaii (242)
- Idaho (1,084)
- Illinois (3,282)
- Indiana (1,836)
- Iowa (1,050)
- Kansas (953)
- Kentucky (1,307)
- Louisiana (1,149)
- Maine (825)
- Maryland (2,397)
- Massachusetts (3,315)
- Michigan (4,490)
- Minnesota (3,057)
- Mississippi (259)
- Missouri (1,279)
- Montana (659)
- Nebraska (1,047)
- Nevada (837)
- New Hampshire (838)
- New Jersey (2,478)
- New Mexico (629)
- New York (8,690)
- North Carolina (6,303)
- North Dakota (339)
- Northern Mariana Islands (11)
- Ohio (3,858)
- Oklahoma (1,359)
- Oregon (1,947)
- Pennsylvania (7,199)
- Rhode Island (494)
- South Carolina (1,812)
- South Dakota (496)
- Tennessee (2,238)
- Texas (6,198)
- U.S. Virgin Islands (17)
- Utah (1,360)
- Vermont (273)
- Virginia (3,062)
- Washington (2,882)
- West Virginia (776)
- Wisconsin (2,745)
- Wyoming (221)
Groups with the most Physician Assistant providers nationally
- North Shore-Lij Medical PC (624 Physician Assistant providers)
- Cleveland Clinic (558 Physician Assistant providers)
- Geisinger Clinic (539 Physician Assistant providers)
- Phoenix Rehabilitation And Health Services Inc (527 Physician Assistant providers)
- Ihc Health Services Inc (477 Physician Assistant providers)
- University Of Pittsburgh Physicians (459 Physician Assistant providers)
- Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation (437 Physician Assistant providers)
- Allina Health System (431 Physician Assistant providers)
- Spectrum Health Primary Care Partners (431 Physician Assistant providers)
Group affiliation: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file; data year 2024. Ordered by the count of providers of the specialty, then by name; groups tied at the end of the list are left out.
Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; payments go to the billing entity. How every figure is computed: methodology, including known limitations.
Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service).