Doctors in Florida: 48,580 enrolled in Medicare
Florida has 48,580 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 208 per 100,000 residents, 27th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Miami, 3,725 in our physician files. Per capita Florida is strongest in general practice physicians (1st, 5.3 per 100,000) and pain management physicians (3rd, 2.1 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Florida physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Florida, 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 | Florida | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 23,010 | 98.5 | 22nd | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 8,126 | 34.8 | 38th | 40.8 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 7,597 | 32.5 | 19th | 30.9 |
| Family Physicians | 5,509 | 23.6 | 43rd | 28.7 |
| Radiologists | 2,960 | 12.7 | 12th | 11.1 |
| Anesthesiologists | 2,741 | 11.7 | 30th | 13.3 |
| Emergency Physicians | 2,720 | 11.6 | 41st | 13.5 |
| Chiropractors | 2,383 | 10.2 | 33rd | 11.8 |
| Cardiologists | 2,251 | 9.6 | 15th | 8.7 |
| OB/GYNs | 2,120 | 9.1 | 36th | 10.1 |
| Optometrists | 1,911 | 8.2 | 47th | 10.9 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 1,619 | 6.9 | 39th | 7.4 |
| Psychiatrists | 1,431 | 6.1 | 39th | 8.4 |
| Hospitalists | 1,377 | 5.9 | 36th | 7.1 |
| General Surgeons | 1,342 | 5.7 | 48th | 6.9 |
| Ophthalmologists | 1,275 | 5.5 | 16th | 5.3 |
| Podiatrists | 1,255 | 5.4 | 13th | 4.7 |
| General practice physicians | 1,228 | 5.3 | 1st | 1.2 |
| Neurologists | 1,198 | 5.1 | 25th | 5.5 |
| Oncologists | 1,188 | 5.1 | 21st | 5.0 |
| Gastroenterologists | 1,179 | 5.0 | 14th | 4.7 |
| Dermatologists | 1,073 | 4.6 | 12th | 4.0 |
| Pathologists | 820 | 3.5 | 28th | 3.8 |
| Pulmonologists | 767 | 3.3 | 27th | 3.4 |
| Urologists | 754 | 3.2 | 20th | 3.0 |
| Nephrologists | 621 | 2.7 | 27th | 2.9 |
| ENTs | 612 | 2.6 | 36th | 2.9 |
| Pediatricians | 596 | 2.6 | 44th | 3.8 |
| Critical care physicians | 596 | 2.6 | 7th | 1.8 |
| Physiatrists | 590 | 2.5 | 21st | 2.7 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 537 | 2.3 | 13th | 2.1 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 492 | 2.1 | 3rd | 1.4 |
| Endocrinologists | 465 | 2.0 | 19th | 2.1 |
| Neurosurgeons | 436 | 1.9 | 20th | 1.7 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 398 | 1.7 | 20th | 1.6 |
| Rheumatologists | 368 | 1.6 | 22nd | 1.6 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 342 | 1.5 | 14th | 1.4 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 311 | 1.3 | 15th | 1.2 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 300 | 1.3 | 17th | 1.2 |
| Allergists | 196 | 0.8 | 36th | 1.1 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 148 | 0.6 | 30th | 0.7 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 139 | 0.6 | 29th | 0.7 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 132 | 0.6 | 19th | 0.5 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 84 | 0.4 | 35th | 0.6 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 77 | 0.3 | 21st | 0.3 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 52 | 0.2 | 12th | 0.2 |
| Hematologists | 50 | 0.2 | 28th | 0.3 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 46 | 0.2 | 41st | 0.3 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 27 | 0.1 | 31st | 0.2 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 25 | 0.1 | 31st | 0.2 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 16 | 0.1 | 40th | 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 Florida. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Florida ranks lowest per capita in general surgeons (48th, 5.7 per 100,000) and optometrists (47th, 8.2 per 100,000).
Where Florida physicians practice
In the 45,227 clinicians Florida has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 32% are women and 25% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2003. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Florida |
|---|---|---|
| Miami | 3,725 | 8.2% |
| Jacksonville | 2,835 | 6.3% |
| Tampa | 2,641 | 5.8% |
| Orlando | 2,286 | 5.1% |
| Gainesville | 1,384 | 3.1% |
Largest practice groups in Florida
Groups ranked by the number of Florida clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 74% of Florida 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 | Florida clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| University of Miami | 1,421 |
| Orlando Health Medical Group Inc | 1,153 |
| Florida Clinical Practice Association Inc | 1,067 |
| Florida Hospital Medical Group Inc | 957 |
| Mayo Clinic Jacksonville | 750 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Florida by specialty
Questions about Florida doctors
48,580 MD and DO clinicians in Florida 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 208 per 100,000 residents, 27th 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 Florida, with 23,010, then physician assistants with 8,126. 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 Florida rows is one filter in any spreadsheet.
States with a similar count per capita
Specialty email lists
National CSVs, one per specialty. City, state and ZIP are on the rows, so any state is one filter away.