Doctors in Kansas: 5,866 enrolled in Medicare
Kansas has 5,866 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 197 per 100,000 residents, 33rd of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Overland Park, 858 in our physician files. Per capita Kansas is strongest in plastic surgeons (3rd, 2.1 per 100,000) and optometrists (4th, 18.0 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Kansas physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Kansas, 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 | Kansas | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 3,401 | 114 | 11th | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 1,162 | 39.1 | 31st | 40.8 |
| Family Physicians | 1,029 | 34.6 | 19th | 28.7 |
| Chiropractors | 745 | 25.1 | 9th | 11.8 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 547 | 18.4 | 46th | 30.9 |
| Optometrists | 535 | 18.0 | 4th | 10.9 |
| Hospitalists | 341 | 11.5 | 6th | 7.1 |
| Emergency Physicians | 340 | 11.4 | 42nd | 13.5 |
| Cardiologists | 326 | 11.0 | 9th | 8.7 |
| Anesthesiologists | 309 | 10.4 | 39th | 13.3 |
| Radiologists | 288 | 9.7 | 34th | 11.1 |
| OB/GYNs | 259 | 8.7 | 39th | 10.1 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 236 | 7.9 | 21st | 7.4 |
| General Surgeons | 205 | 6.9 | 32nd | 6.9 |
| Psychiatrists | 174 | 5.9 | 40th | 8.4 |
| Neurologists | 144 | 4.8 | 32nd | 5.5 |
| Oncologists | 135 | 4.5 | 28th | 5.0 |
| Ophthalmologists | 128 | 4.3 | 33rd | 5.3 |
| Pathologists | 126 | 4.2 | 16th | 3.8 |
| Pulmonologists | 117 | 3.9 | 15th | 3.4 |
| Urologists | 108 | 3.6 | 8th | 3.0 |
| Gastroenterologists | 99 | 3.3 | 42nd | 4.7 |
| ENTs | 92 | 3.1 | 19th | 2.9 |
| Podiatrists | 91 | 3.1 | 44th | 4.7 |
| Pediatricians | 86 | 2.9 | 39th | 3.8 |
| Dermatologists | 80 | 2.7 | 42nd | 4.0 |
| Nephrologists | 75 | 2.5 | 31st | 2.9 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 63 | 2.1 | 3rd | 1.4 |
| Physiatrists | 57 | 1.9 | 40th | 2.7 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 55 | 1.9 | 11th | 1.6 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 53 | 1.8 | 34th | 2.1 |
| Neurosurgeons | 52 | 1.8 | 25th | 1.7 |
| Rheumatologists | 51 | 1.7 | 17th | 1.6 |
| Endocrinologists | 50 | 1.7 | 29th | 2.1 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 42 | 1.4 | 15th | 1.4 |
| Critical care physicians | 41 | 1.4 | 28th | 1.8 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 38 | 1.3 | 19th | 1.2 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 31 | 1.0 | 36th | 1.2 |
| Allergists | 27 | 0.9 | 28th | 1.1 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 27 | 0.9 | 10th | 0.7 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 23 | 0.8 | 23rd | 0.7 |
| General practice physicians | 21 | 0.7 | 31st | 1.2 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 14 | 0.5 | 28th | 0.5 |
| Hematologists | 14 | 0.5 | 10th | 0.3 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 11 | 0.4 | 33rd | 0.6 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 8 | 0.3 | 31st | 0.3 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 5 | 0.2 | 23rd | 0.2 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 4 | 0.1 | 24th | 0.2 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 3 | 0.1 | 45th | 0.3 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 1 | 0.0 | 47th | 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 Kansas. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.
Where Kansas physicians practice
In the 5,379 clinicians Kansas has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 34% are women and 24% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2006. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Overland Park | 858 | 16% |
| Kansas City | 827 | 15% |
| Wichita | 760 | 14% |
| Topeka | 285 | 5.3% |
| Olathe | 249 | 4.6% |
Largest practice groups in Kansas
Groups ranked by the number of Kansas clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 66% of Kansas 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 | Kansas clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Kansas University Physicians Inc | 882 |
| Saint Lukes Physician Group Inc | 278 |
| Cotton-O'Neil Clinic Revocable Trust | 240 |
| Shawnee Mission Medical Center Inc | 141 |
| Lawrence Physicians LLC | 102 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Kansas doctors
5,866 MD and DO clinicians in Kansas 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 197 per 100,000 residents, 33rd 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 Kansas, with 3,401, then physician assistants with 1,162. 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 Kansas 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.