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  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (6093)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (5278)
  • Aetna (4981)
  • First Health (4965)
  • Cigna (4943)
  • UnitedHealthCare (4202)
  • Curative (3046)
  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (2933)
  • Ambetter (2149)
  • Humana (1491)
  • Anthem (1128)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (807)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (350)
  • MultiPlan (235)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (103)
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (96)
  • Optima Health (75)
  • Tricare (58)
  • MedCost (51)
  • Medicare (48)
  • Connecticare (40)
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (40)
  • Oscar Health (39)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (35)
  • Medicaid (35)
  • Coventry Health Care (32)
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield (31)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia (28)
  • Health Net (25)
  • Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield (23)
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  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (1)
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of South Carolina (1)
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  • Independence Blue Cross (1)
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  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (1)
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  • Kaiser Permanente (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States (1)
  • Medicaid of Alabama (1)
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  • Medicare of Oklahoma (1)
  • Medicare of Texas (1)
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  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah (1)
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  • Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon (1)
  • Regence BlueShield (1)
  • Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • Truli for Health (1)
  • United Concordia (1)
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  • UnitedHealth Group (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Benefits of Texas (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare of California (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley (1)
  • UnitedHealthOne (1)
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Gender
  • Female (6869)
  • Male (3069)

Specialty

Specialty
  • General Practice (Physician Assistant) (270)
  • Dermatology (Physician Assistant) (97)
  • Psychiatry (Physician Assistant) (56)
  • Family Medicine (53)
  • Dermatology (29)
  • Family Medicine (Physician Assistant) (23)
  • Psychiatry (21)
  • Urgent Care Medicine (13)
  • Orthopedic Surgery (12)
  • Internal Medicine (11)
  • Orthopedic Surgery (Physician Assistant) (10)
  • Emergency Medicine (10)
  • Cosmetic Medicine (8)
  • Ear, Nose, and Throat (Physician Assistant) (8)
  • Hospital Medicine (8)
  • Surgery (Physician Assistant) (7)
  • Pain Medicine (Physician Assistant) (7)
  • Gastroenterology (7)
  • Adult Medicine (6)
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology (Physician Assistant) (6)
  • Urgent Care Medicine (Physician Assistant) (6)
  • Urology (Physician Assistant) (6)
  • Cosmetic Dermatology (5)
  • Cardiology (Physician Assistant) (5)
  • Cardiology (5)
  • Neurology (5)
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (5)
  • Surgical Assistance (5)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery (Physician Assistant) (4)
  • Gastroenterology (Physician Assistant) (4)
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Age

Age
  • Under 40 (1288)
  • 41-50 (1744)
  • 51-60 (1213)
  • 61-70 (771)
  • Over 70 (564)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (134)
  • Tomorrow (173)
  • Within 2 weeks (249)
  • Schedules online (130)
  • Accepts new patients (1770)
  • Telehealth (1413)

Language

Language
  • Arabic (8)
  • Bengali (1)
  • Chinese (1)
  • Chinese, Cantonese (1)
  • Chinese, Mandarin (2)
  • Farsi (1)
  • French (6)
  • German (5)
  • Greek (3)
  • Hebrew (1)
  • Hindi (4)
  • Hmong (1)
  • Lithuanian (1)
  • Mandarin (1)
  • Russian (2)
  • Spanish (72)
  • Urdu (1)
  • Vietnamese (4)
  • Yiddish (1)
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Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (1286)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (1663)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (1995)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (2088)
  • 1 Star And Higher (2376)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • Duke University Hospital (289)
  • Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (228)
  • Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center (204)
  • Rex Hospital (148)
  • FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital (125)
  • WakeMed Raleigh Campus (99)
  • The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital (83)
  • Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center (82)
  • Duke Regional Hospital (76)
  • University of North Carolina Hospital (76)
  • Mission Hospital (67)
  • Cape Fear Valley Medical Center (58)
  • Catawba Valley Medical Center (57)
  • Pardee Hospital (56)
  • Caromont Regional Medical Center (51)
  • Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (49)
  • Onslow Memorial Hospital (47)
  • Carteret Health Care (42)
  • Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center (40)
  • Nash General Hospital (40)
  • Carolinaeast Medical Center (38)
  • Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center (37)
  • Southeastern Regional Medical Center (37)
  • Wilson Medical Center (36)
  • Frye Regional Medical Center (35)
  • Watauga Medical Center (34)
  • Novant Health Matthews Medical Center (33)
  • Alamance Regional Medical Center (30)
  • AdventHealth Hendersonville (30)
  • Johnston Health (29)
  • Scotland Memorial Hospital (29)
  • ECU Health Medical Center (26)
  • Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center (25)
  • UNC Health Wayne (25)
  • Atrium Health Cabarrus (24)
  • Atrium Health Cleveland (23)
  • Caldwell Memorial Hospital (22)
  • Maria Parham Medical Center (22)
  • Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center (21)
  • Sentara Albemarle Medical Center (21)
  • Atrium Health Pineville (20)
  • Iredell Memorial Hospital (20)
  • Haywood Regional Medical Center (19)
  • Wake Forest Baptist Health-High Point Medical Center (19)
  • Charles A. Cannon, JR. Memorial Hospital (18)
  • Atrium Health Union (18)
  • Wilkes Regional Medical Center (18)
  • Atrium Health Stanly (18)
  • Harris Regional Hospital (17)
  • Novant Health Rowan Medical Center (17)
  • WakeMed Cary Hospital (16)
  • Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital (16)
  • Columbus Regional Healthcare System (16)
  • Northern Regional Hospital (16)
  • Rutherford Regional Medical Center (15)
  • Wake Forest Baptist Health-Lexington Medical Center (15)
  • Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (14)
  • Granville Medical Center (14)
  • Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital (14)
  • UNC Lenoir Health Care (14)
  • Atrium Health Lincoln (13)
  • Novant Health Clemmons Medical Center (13)
  • Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital (12)
  • Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center (12)
  • Ashe Memorial Hospital (11)
  • Sampson Regional Medical Center (11)
  • Blue Ridge Regional Hospital (11)
  • FirstHealth Montgomery Mem Hospital (11)
  • Mission Hospital McDowell (11)
  • Angel Medical Center (11)
  • J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital (10)
  • Central Carolina Hospital (10)
  • Vidant Duplin Hospital (9)
  • Transylvania Regional Hospital (9)
  • ECU Health North Hospital (8)
  • Person Memorial Hospital (8)
  • Atrium Health University City (8)
  • Chatham Hospital (8)
  • Novant Health Medical Park Hospital (8)
  • The Outer Banks Hospital (7)
  • Lake Norman Regional Medical Center (7)
  • Randolph Hospital (7)
  • Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center (6)
  • Swain County Hospital (6)
  • UNC Rockingham (6)
  • Novant Health Pender Medical Center (5)
  • Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital (5)
  • Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (5)
  • McLeod Loris Hospital (4)
  • St Lukes Hospital (4)
  • Highlands Cashiers Hospital (4)
  • Prisma Health Richland Hospital (4)
  • Sentara Leigh Hospital (4)
  • Spartanburg Medical Center (4)
  • Piedmont Medical Network (3)
  • MUSC Health Florence Medical Center (3)
  • Trinity Hospital (3)
  • Cape Fear Valley-Bladen County Hospital (3)
  • Grand Strand Medical Center (3)
  • Poplar Community Hospital (3)
  • MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center (3)
  • Centracare-Melrose Clinic (2)
  • Vidant Edgecombe Hospital (2)
  • VCU Medical Center Main Hospital (2)
  • UTMB Health-Galveston Campus (2)
  • Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center (2)
  • Holston Valley Medical Center (2)
  • Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital (2)
  • Conway Medical Center (2)
  • Singing River Gulfport (2)
  • McLeod Health Cheraw (2)
  • MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center (2)
  • Union General Hospital (2)
  • Erlanger Baroness Hospital (2)
  • Wilkes-Barre General Hospital (2)
  • Suburban Hospital (2)
  • Carilion New River Valley Medical Center (2)
  • Chippenham Hospital (2)
  • Vidant Chowan Hospital (2)
  • UT Southwestern University Hospital (2)
  • AdventHealth Orlando (2)
  • Sharp Grossmont Hospital (2)
  • Presbyterian Hospital (2)
  • Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka (2)
  • HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood (1)
  • Northwest Medical Center Sahuarita (1)
  • Duke Health Raleigh Hospital (1)
  • Portsmouth Regional Hospital (1)
  • Pocahontas Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Saint Anne's Hospital (1)
  • Atrium Health Anson (1)
  • Pascagoula Hospital (1)
  • ThedaCare Medical Center-Shawano (1)
  • AdventHealth Ocala (1)
  • Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Cape Cod Hospital (1)
  • Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus (1)
  • SMYTH County Community Hospital (1)
  • University Hospital (1)
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  • Saint Luke's East Hospital (1)
  • CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System (1)
  • Parrish Medical Center (1)
  • Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital (1)
  • Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center (1)
  • Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center (1)
  • Braxton County Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus (1)
  • PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center (1)
  • OSF Saint Francis Medical Center (1)
  • CHI St Joseph Regional Health Care Center (1)
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  • Porter Medical Center (1)
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  • UC Health West Chester Hospital (1)
  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (1)
  • Sentara Princess Anne Hospital (1)
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  • Emanuel Medical Center (1)
  • Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital (1)
  • Melbourne Regional Medical Center (1)
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  • Kootenai Health (1)
  • Corewell Health Lakeland St Joseph Hospital (1)
  • UAB Hospital (1)
  • Logan Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Swedish American Hospital (1)
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  • Bozeman Health Deaconess Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Franciscan Health Crown Point (1)
  • Ellenville Regional Hospital (1)
  • Cape Coral Hospital (1)
  • Parkland Health and Hospital System (1)
  • Sovah Health Danville (1)
  • HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center (1)
  • Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital (1)
  • El Camino Hospital (1)
  • UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center (1)
  • Lewisgale Medical Center (1)
  • St. Francis Downtown (1)
  • Genesis Medical Center, Davenport, East Rusholme Street (1)
  • UF Health Shands Hospital (1)
  • Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Vassar Brothers Medical Center (1)
  • Commonwealth Health Center (1)
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Affirming Care
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Frequently Asked Questions About Physician Assistants in North Carolina

You can find top-rated group practices in North Carolina using our group practice search feature (link to group practice state page). Simply select your city, and we'll provide you with a list of highly-rated group practices in your area.

Many physician assistants within our network are open to new patients. To locate them, initiatate a search for physician assistants in North Carolina, and you'll see the available options. You can then use the filter option to specify physician assistants who are currently accepting new patients.

Certainly, to find physician assistants in North Carolina that accept Cigna, simply perform a search for physician assistants in North Carolina and use our filter options to refine your search by selecting 'Cigna' as your insurance provider. This will help you identify the physician assistants near you who are currently accepting Cigna insurance.

Female physician assistants in North Carolina, can be located by using our doctor search tool. After performing a search for physician assistants near you, select 'Female' under gender to narrow your results.

To make the most of your upcoming doctor's appointment, start by gathering your medical records and listing your current medications. Take note of your symptoms and any questions you have. Don't forget to bring your insurance card and identification, and try to arrive a bit early. If your doctor provided specific instructions, be sure to follow them. Consider taking a trusted friend or family member for support during the appointment, and remember to be open and honest with your doctor about any changes in your health or concerns you may have.

Seeking a second opinion is your right as a patient. To do so, begin by discussing your desire for a second opinion with your current doctor. They can often recommend another specialist. You can also research and contact a specialist directly using our doctor finder. Ensure that your medical records and test results are shared between both doctors for a comprehensive evaluation.

You may need to see a specialist if you have a specific medical condition or symptoms beyond the scope of your primary care doctor. To get a referral, start by discussing your concerns with your primary care physician. They can evaluate your condition and provide a referral if necessary. Many insurance plans require referrals for specialist visits, so be sure to check your coverage.

When selecting a healthcare provider, consider factors such as their qualifications, experience, location, and whether they accept your insurance. Additionally, ask for recommendations from friends, family, or your current doctor. It's important to choose someone you feel comfortable with and trust.

Some signs that warrant immediate medical attention include severe chest pain, difficulty breathing, sudden weakness or numbness, severe injuries, severe allergic reactions, loss of consciousness, and signs of stroke or heart attack. If you experience any of these symptoms, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.

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