Doctors in Washington DC: 3,824 enrolled in Medicare
Washington DC has 3,824 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 545 per 100,000 residents, 1st of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Washington, 3,499 in our physician files. Per capita Washington DC is strongest in nurse practitioners (1st, 149 per 100,000), internal medicine physicians (1st, 86.4 per 100,000), physician assistants (1st, 79.5 per 100,000) and radiologists (1st, 40.0 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Washington DC physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Washington DC, 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 | Washington DC | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 1,048 | 149 | 1st | 83.7 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 607 | 86.4 | 1st | 30.9 |
| Physician Assistants | 558 | 79.5 | 1st | 40.8 |
| Radiologists | 281 | 40.0 | 1st | 11.1 |
| Family Physicians | 244 | 34.7 | 18th | 28.7 |
| Anesthesiologists | 232 | 33.0 | 1st | 13.3 |
| OB/GYNs | 204 | 29.0 | 1st | 10.1 |
| Emergency Physicians | 185 | 26.3 | 1st | 13.5 |
| Cardiologists | 177 | 25.2 | 1st | 8.7 |
| Psychiatrists | 171 | 24.4 | 1st | 8.4 |
| Hospitalists | 148 | 21.1 | 1st | 7.1 |
| General Surgeons | 143 | 20.4 | 1st | 6.9 |
| Pediatricians | 142 | 20.2 | 1st | 3.8 |
| Oncologists | 119 | 16.9 | 1st | 5.0 |
| Neurologists | 106 | 15.1 | 1st | 5.5 |
| Ophthalmologists | 105 | 15.0 | 1st | 5.3 |
| Gastroenterologists | 101 | 14.4 | 1st | 4.7 |
| Critical care physicians | 89 | 12.7 | 1st | 1.8 |
| Pathologists | 87 | 12.4 | 1st | 3.8 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 75 | 10.7 | 7th | 7.4 |
| Dermatologists | 65 | 9.3 | 1st | 4.0 |
| Nephrologists | 54 | 7.7 | 1st | 2.9 |
| Pulmonologists | 50 | 7.1 | 1st | 3.4 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 47 | 6.7 | 1st | 2.1 |
| Podiatrists | 45 | 6.4 | 6th | 4.7 |
| ENTs | 44 | 6.3 | 1st | 2.9 |
| Physiatrists | 42 | 6.0 | 1st | 2.7 |
| Endocrinologists | 39 | 5.6 | 1st | 2.1 |
| Urologists | 37 | 5.3 | 1st | 3.0 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 37 | 5.3 | 1st | 1.6 |
| Optometrists | 34 | 4.8 | 51st | 10.9 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 31 | 4.4 | 1st | 1.2 |
| Neurosurgeons | 28 | 4.0 | 1st | 1.7 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 26 | 3.7 | 1st | 1.4 |
| Rheumatologists | 24 | 3.4 | 1st | 1.6 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 24 | 3.4 | 1st | 0.7 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 23 | 3.3 | 1st | 1.2 |
| Chiropractors | 16 | 2.3 | 51st | 11.8 |
| Allergists | 16 | 2.3 | 1st | 1.1 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 13 | 1.9 | 1st | 0.6 |
| General practice physicians | 8 | 1.1 | 12th | 1.2 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 8 | 1.1 | 1st | 0.5 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 7 | 1.0 | 38th | 1.4 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 7 | 1.0 | 1st | 0.2 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 6 | 0.9 | 16th | 0.7 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 5 | 0.7 | 4th | 0.3 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 4 | 0.6 | 3rd | 0.3 |
| Hematologists | 3 | 0.4 | 11th | 0.3 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 2 | 0.3 | 5th | 0.2 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 1 | 0.1 | 26th | 0.2 |
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 Washington DC. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.
Where Washington DC physicians practice
In the 3,499 clinicians Washington DC has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 46% are women and 34% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2006. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Washington DC |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 3,499 | 100% |
Largest practice groups in Washington DC
Groups ranked by the number of Washington DC clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 93% of Washington DC 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 | Washington DC clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Medstar Medical Group II LLC | 1,441 |
| Medical Faculty Associates, Inc | 405 |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid Atlantic States, Inc | 191 |
| Children's Hospital | 159 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 154 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Washington DC doctors
3,824 MD and DO clinicians in Washington DC 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 545 per 100,000 residents, 1st of 51 among the states and DC. Physicians who bill no Medicare patients are not in the file.
Nurse Practitioners are the largest group in Washington DC, with 1,048, then internal medicine physicians with 607. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are counted in their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.
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 Washington DC rows is one filter in any spreadsheet.
States with a similar count per capita
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National CSVs, one per specialty. City, state and ZIP are on the rows, so any state is one filter away.