Doctors in Alabama: 9,098 enrolled in Medicare

Alabama has 9,098 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 176 per 100,000 residents, 45th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Birmingham, 2,393 in our physician files.

By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.

9,098

MD and DO clinicians in Alabama

176

per 100,000 residents, 45th of 51

1,104

practices and hospitals in our physician files

29%

women, US 37%

58%

in groups of 50+, US 80%

Alabama physicians by specialty

Every specialty with at least one clinician in Alabama, largest first. Rank is among the states and DC (51 in all) by clinicians per 100,000 residents. Where we have a state page or a list for the specialty, the name links to it.

Specialty	Alabama	Per 100,000	Rank	US per 100,000
Nurse Practitioners	5,319	103	19th	83.7
Family Physicians	1,415	27.4	36th	28.7
Internal Medicine Physicians	1,404	27.2	27th	30.9
Physician Assistants	1,029	20.0	49th	40.8
Optometrists	567	11.0	34th	10.9
Chiropractors	532	10.3	32nd	11.8
Emergency Physicians	515	10.0	45th	13.5
Anesthesiologists	508	9.8	43rd	13.3
OB/GYNs	445	8.6	40th	10.1
Radiologists	444	8.6	42nd	11.1
Orthopedic Surgeons	364	7.1	37th	7.4
Cardiologists	360	7.0	37th	8.7
General Surgeons	359	7.0	31st	6.9
Psychiatrists	296	5.7	42nd	8.4
Neurologists	261	5.1	27th	5.5
Oncologists	212	4.1	38th	5.0
Ophthalmologists	209	4.1	37th	5.3
Hospitalists	186	3.6	47th	7.1
Gastroenterologists	177	3.4	39th	4.7
Pathologists	175	3.4	32nd	3.8
Pulmonologists	174	3.4	25th	3.4
Dermatologists	163	3.2	34th	4.0
Nephrologists	163	3.2	15th	2.9
Urologists	153	3.0	31st	3.0
ENTs	148	2.9	27th	2.9
Pediatricians	140	2.7	41st	3.8
Podiatrists	137	2.7	49th	4.7
Infectious Disease Physicians	94	1.8	33rd	2.1
Physiatrists	92	1.8	44th	2.7
Neurosurgeons	81	1.6	32nd	1.7
Rheumatologists	74	1.4	28th	1.6
Radiation Oncologists	66	1.3	41st	1.6
Cardiothoracic Surgeons	64	1.2	21st	1.2
Endocrinologists	61	1.2	45th	2.1
Critical care physicians	59	1.1	39th	1.8
Pain Management Physicians	57	1.1	34th	1.4
Plastic Surgeons	52	1.0	42nd	1.4
General practice physicians	45	0.9	20th	1.2
Vascular Surgeons	45	0.9	44th	1.2
Sports medicine physicians	39	0.8	27th	0.7
Allergists	28	0.5	46th	1.1
Geriatric medicine physicians	20	0.4	31st	0.6
Colorectal surgeons	19	0.4	35th	0.5
Hospice and palliative care physicians	14	0.3	48th	0.7
Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians	8	0.2	34th	0.3
Sleep medicine physicians	7	0.1	49th	0.3
Nuclear medicine physicians	6	0.1	29th	0.2
Micrographic dermatologic surgeons	6	0.1	36th	0.2
Preventive medicine physicians	3	0.1	46th	0.2
Addiction medicine physicians	2	0.0	46th	0.2
Hematologists	1	0.0	48th	0.3

Counts are one row per NPI under the clinician's primary Medicare specialty, from the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026. Rates use the Census Bureau's July 2024 estimate for Alabama. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Alabama ranks lowest per capita in physician assistants (49th, 20.0 per 100,000), podiatrists (49th, 2.7 per 100,000) and hospitalists (47th, 3.6 per 100,000).

Where Alabama physicians practice

In the 8,746 clinicians Alabama has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 29% are women and 13% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2004. These are the cities with the most of them.

City	Clinicians	Share of Alabama
Birmingham	2,393	27%
Mobile	857	9.8%
Huntsville	673	7.7%
Montgomery	472	5.4%
Dothan	386	4.4%

Largest practice groups in Alabama

Groups ranked by the number of Alabama clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 58% of Alabama physicians with a group on file are in a group of 50 or more listed clinicians, against 80% across the US.

Practice or health system, as CMS prints it	Alabama clinicians listed
University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC	1,327
USA Health Physician Billing Services LLC	195
Houston County Healthcare Authority	131
Hospital Physician Services - Southeast Professional Corporation	128
Health Care Authority for Baptist Health, an Affiliate of Uabhs	118

A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.

Questions about Alabama doctors

How many doctors are in Alabama?

9,098 MD and DO clinicians in Alabama are enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026, one per NPI, in the state of their main practice location. That is 176 per 100,000 residents, 45th of 51 among the states and DC. Physicians who bill no Medicare patients are not in the file.

Which specialty has the most clinicians in Alabama?

Nurse Practitioners are the largest group in Alabama, with 5,319, then family physicians with 1,415. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are counted in their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.

Can I buy a Alabama physician list?

We sell national lists, one CSV per specialty for $295, or every specialty in one file for $995. We don't sell a state-only file. City, state and ZIP are on nearly every row, so keeping the Alabama rows is one filter in any spreadsheet.

States with a similar count per capita

Tennessee, 42nd Utah, 43rd Arkansas, 44th Oklahoma, 46th Idaho, 47th Texas, 48th Every state Every specialty list in one file

Specialty email lists

National CSVs, one per specialty. City, state and ZIP are on the rows, so any state is one filter away.

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