Doctors in Indiana: 14,541 enrolled in Medicare
Indiana has 14,541 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 210 per 100,000 residents, 25th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Indianapolis, 4,461 in our physician files. Per capita Indiana is strongest in anesthesiologists (5th, 16.6 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Indiana physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Indiana, 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 | Indiana | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 7,813 | 113 | 13th | 83.7 |
| Family Physicians | 2,215 | 32.0 | 27th | 28.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 2,162 | 31.2 | 41st | 40.8 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 1,665 | 24.0 | 34th | 30.9 |
| Emergency Physicians | 1,177 | 17.0 | 9th | 13.5 |
| Anesthesiologists | 1,152 | 16.6 | 5th | 13.3 |
| Optometrists | 1,072 | 15.5 | 12th | 10.9 |
| Radiologists | 727 | 10.5 | 29th | 11.1 |
| Chiropractors | 716 | 10.3 | 31st | 11.8 |
| OB/GYNs | 702 | 10.1 | 26th | 10.1 |
| Cardiologists | 690 | 10.0 | 12th | 8.7 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 562 | 8.1 | 19th | 7.4 |
| General Surgeons | 506 | 7.3 | 27th | 6.9 |
| Hospitalists | 500 | 7.2 | 24th | 7.1 |
| Psychiatrists | 382 | 5.5 | 45th | 8.4 |
| Neurologists | 342 | 4.9 | 30th | 5.5 |
| Podiatrists | 333 | 4.8 | 14th | 4.7 |
| Oncologists | 322 | 4.7 | 26th | 5.0 |
| Pulmonologists | 299 | 4.3 | 9th | 3.4 |
| Gastroenterologists | 296 | 4.3 | 26th | 4.7 |
| Pathologists | 253 | 3.7 | 26th | 3.8 |
| Ophthalmologists | 250 | 3.6 | 47th | 5.3 |
| Nephrologists | 235 | 3.4 | 13th | 2.9 |
| Urologists | 227 | 3.3 | 18th | 3.0 |
| ENTs | 216 | 3.1 | 18th | 2.9 |
| Pediatricians | 201 | 2.9 | 38th | 3.8 |
| Dermatologists | 186 | 2.7 | 43rd | 4.0 |
| Physiatrists | 154 | 2.2 | 29th | 2.7 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 140 | 2.0 | 24th | 2.1 |
| Endocrinologists | 133 | 1.9 | 20th | 2.1 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 113 | 1.6 | 27th | 1.6 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 111 | 1.6 | 10th | 1.4 |
| Critical care physicians | 110 | 1.6 | 26th | 1.8 |
| Neurosurgeons | 108 | 1.6 | 33rd | 1.7 |
| Rheumatologists | 93 | 1.3 | 34th | 1.6 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 92 | 1.3 | 16th | 1.2 |
| Allergists | 77 | 1.1 | 17th | 1.1 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 73 | 1.1 | 40th | 1.4 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 71 | 1.0 | 37th | 1.2 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 69 | 1.0 | 8th | 0.7 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 48 | 0.7 | 22nd | 0.7 |
| General practice physicians | 46 | 0.7 | 34th | 1.2 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 41 | 0.6 | 15th | 0.5 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 34 | 0.5 | 12th | 0.3 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 29 | 0.4 | 28th | 0.6 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 20 | 0.3 | 23rd | 0.3 |
| Hematologists | 10 | 0.1 | 36th | 0.3 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 9 | 0.1 | 28th | 0.2 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 7 | 0.1 | 41st | 0.2 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 5 | 0.1 | 43rd | 0.2 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 4 | 0.1 | 36th | 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 Indiana. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Indiana ranks lowest per capita in ophthalmologists (47th, 3.6 per 100,000).
Where Indiana physicians practice
In the 13,845 clinicians Indiana has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 32% are women and 16% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2005. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis | 4,461 | 32% |
| Fort Wayne | 838 | 6.1% |
| Carmel | 490 | 3.5% |
| Evansville | 478 | 3.5% |
| South Bend | 308 | 2.2% |
Largest practice groups in Indiana
Groups ranked by the number of Indiana clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 84% of Indiana 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 | Indiana clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| IU Health Medical Group LLC | 2,577 |
| Community Physicians of Indiana Inc | 735 |
| Parkview Health System Inc | 667 |
| Franciscan Physician Network | 488 |
| St Vincent Medical Group Inc | 389 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Indiana doctors
14,541 MD and DO clinicians in Indiana 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 210 per 100,000 residents, 25th 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 Indiana, with 7,813, then family physicians with 2,215. 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 Indiana 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.