Doctors in Hawaii: 3,381 enrolled in Medicare
Hawaii has 3,381 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 234 per 100,000 residents, 14th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Honolulu, 1,445 in our physician files. Per capita Hawaii is strongest in dermatologists (3rd, 5.3 per 100,000), nephrologists (3rd, 4.4 per 100,000), critical care physicians (3rd, 3.7 per 100,000) and emergency physicians (5th, 19.2 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Hawaii physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Hawaii, 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 | Hawaii | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 754 | 52.1 | 50th | 83.7 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 519 | 35.9 | 10th | 30.9 |
| Family Physicians | 439 | 30.4 | 29th | 28.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 357 | 24.7 | 46th | 40.8 |
| Emergency Physicians | 277 | 19.2 | 5th | 13.5 |
| Optometrists | 223 | 15.4 | 13th | 10.9 |
| Radiologists | 204 | 14.1 | 6th | 11.1 |
| Anesthesiologists | 187 | 12.9 | 24th | 13.3 |
| OB/GYNs | 181 | 12.5 | 9th | 10.1 |
| Hospitalists | 171 | 11.8 | 5th | 7.1 |
| Psychiatrists | 133 | 9.2 | 17th | 8.4 |
| Chiropractors | 122 | 8.4 | 42nd | 11.8 |
| Ophthalmologists | 105 | 7.3 | 6th | 5.3 |
| Cardiologists | 99 | 6.8 | 39th | 8.7 |
| General Surgeons | 99 | 6.8 | 35th | 6.9 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 92 | 6.4 | 47th | 7.4 |
| Dermatologists | 77 | 5.3 | 3rd | 4.0 |
| Gastroenterologists | 65 | 4.5 | 21st | 4.7 |
| Nephrologists | 64 | 4.4 | 3rd | 2.9 |
| Oncologists | 63 | 4.4 | 32nd | 5.0 |
| Neurologists | 60 | 4.1 | 44th | 5.5 |
| Critical care physicians | 53 | 3.7 | 3rd | 1.8 |
| Pathologists | 43 | 3.0 | 42nd | 3.8 |
| Urologists | 42 | 2.9 | 33rd | 3.0 |
| Podiatrists | 41 | 2.8 | 48th | 4.7 |
| ENTs | 40 | 2.8 | 33rd | 2.9 |
| General practice physicians | 38 | 2.6 | 2nd | 1.2 |
| Pulmonologists | 35 | 2.4 | 46th | 3.4 |
| Pediatricians | 32 | 2.2 | 48th | 3.8 |
| Physiatrists | 30 | 2.1 | 35th | 2.7 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 26 | 1.8 | 5th | 1.2 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 25 | 1.7 | 37th | 2.1 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 25 | 1.7 | 18th | 1.6 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 24 | 1.7 | 3rd | 0.6 |
| Endocrinologists | 23 | 1.6 | 31st | 2.1 |
| Neurosurgeons | 18 | 1.2 | 46th | 1.7 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 17 | 1.2 | 34th | 1.4 |
| Rheumatologists | 16 | 1.1 | 44th | 1.6 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 16 | 1.1 | 33rd | 1.4 |
| Allergists | 15 | 1.0 | 19th | 1.1 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 11 | 0.8 | 48th | 1.2 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 11 | 0.8 | 26th | 0.7 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 11 | 0.8 | 17th | 0.7 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 9 | 0.6 | 6th | 0.3 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 7 | 0.5 | 13th | 0.3 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 5 | 0.3 | 9th | 0.2 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 4 | 0.3 | 43rd | 0.5 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 4 | 0.3 | 4th | 0.2 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 3 | 0.2 | 16th | 0.2 |
| Hematologists | 2 | 0.1 | 38th | 0.3 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 1 | 0.1 | 46th | 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 Hawaii. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Hawaii ranks lowest per capita in nurse practitioners (50th, 52.1 per 100,000) and orthopedic surgeons (47th, 6.4 per 100,000).
Where Hawaii physicians practice
In the 3,070 clinicians Hawaii has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 35% are women and 33% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2004. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Hawaii |
|---|---|---|
| Honolulu | 1,445 | 47% |
| Hilo | 223 | 7.3% |
| Wailuku | 223 | 7.3% |
| Aiea | 217 | 7.1% |
| Kailua | 165 | 5.4% |
Largest practice groups in Hawaii
Groups ranked by the number of Hawaii clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 72% of Hawaii 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 | Hawaii clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Hawaii Permanente Medical Group Inc | 487 |
| Queens University Medical Group | 295 |
| Straub Clinic and Hospital | 267 |
| Kauai Medical Clinic | 88 |
| Hawaii Emergency Physicians Associated Inc | 81 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Hawaii doctors
3,381 MD and DO clinicians in Hawaii 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 234 per 100,000 residents, 14th 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 Hawaii, with 754, then internal medicine physicians with 519. 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 Hawaii 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.