Doctors in Louisiana: 9,535 enrolled in Medicare
Louisiana has 9,535 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 207 per 100,000 residents, 28th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in New Orleans, 1,855 in our physician files. Per capita Louisiana is strongest in ENTs (4th, 4.1 per 100,000) and pain management physicians (5th, 1.9 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Louisiana physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Louisiana, 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 | Louisiana | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 4,770 | 104 | 18th | 83.7 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 1,463 | 31.8 | 20th | 30.9 |
| Physician Assistants | 1,366 | 29.7 | 43rd | 40.8 |
| Family Physicians | 1,187 | 25.8 | 37th | 28.7 |
| Emergency Physicians | 739 | 16.1 | 14th | 13.5 |
| OB/GYNs | 511 | 11.1 | 16th | 10.1 |
| Radiologists | 485 | 10.5 | 27th | 11.1 |
| Anesthesiologists | 461 | 10.0 | 41st | 13.3 |
| Cardiologists | 413 | 9.0 | 17th | 8.7 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 352 | 7.7 | 26th | 7.4 |
| General Surgeons | 349 | 7.6 | 21st | 6.9 |
| Chiropractors | 338 | 7.4 | 45th | 11.8 |
| Optometrists | 334 | 7.3 | 50th | 10.9 |
| Psychiatrists | 311 | 6.8 | 33rd | 8.4 |
| Ophthalmologists | 260 | 5.7 | 14th | 5.3 |
| Hospitalists | 237 | 5.2 | 39th | 7.1 |
| Pediatricians | 220 | 4.8 | 12th | 3.8 |
| Neurologists | 218 | 4.7 | 34th | 5.5 |
| Gastroenterologists | 210 | 4.6 | 19th | 4.7 |
| Dermatologists | 201 | 4.4 | 14th | 4.0 |
| Oncologists | 190 | 4.1 | 37th | 5.0 |
| ENTs | 187 | 4.1 | 4th | 2.9 |
| Pulmonologists | 171 | 3.7 | 17th | 3.4 |
| Pathologists | 169 | 3.7 | 25th | 3.8 |
| Nephrologists | 162 | 3.5 | 9th | 2.9 |
| Urologists | 155 | 3.4 | 15th | 3.0 |
| Podiatrists | 148 | 3.2 | 40th | 4.7 |
| Physiatrists | 106 | 2.3 | 26th | 2.7 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 88 | 1.9 | 5th | 1.4 |
| Neurosurgeons | 87 | 1.9 | 19th | 1.7 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 74 | 1.6 | 40th | 2.1 |
| Endocrinologists | 71 | 1.5 | 33rd | 2.1 |
| Rheumatologists | 65 | 1.4 | 29th | 1.6 |
| General practice physicians | 65 | 1.4 | 7th | 1.2 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 56 | 1.2 | 43rd | 1.6 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 56 | 1.2 | 31st | 1.4 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 55 | 1.2 | 23rd | 1.2 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 52 | 1.1 | 29th | 1.2 |
| Allergists | 52 | 1.1 | 12th | 1.1 |
| Critical care physicians | 45 | 1.0 | 44th | 1.8 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 29 | 0.6 | 31st | 0.7 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 29 | 0.6 | 10th | 0.5 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 18 | 0.4 | 43rd | 0.7 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 9 | 0.2 | 31st | 0.3 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 8 | 0.2 | 47th | 0.6 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 8 | 0.2 | 43rd | 0.3 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 6 | 0.1 | 26th | 0.2 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 4 | 0.1 | 44th | 0.2 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 4 | 0.1 | 38th | 0.2 |
| Hematologists | 3 | 0.1 | 44th | 0.3 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 3 | 0.1 | 45th | 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 Louisiana. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Louisiana ranks lowest per capita in optometrists (50th, 7.3 per 100,000).
Where Louisiana physicians practice
In the 9,154 clinicians Louisiana has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 31% are women and 17% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2005. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans | 1,855 | 20% |
| Baton Rouge | 1,144 | 12% |
| Shreveport | 932 | 10% |
| Lafayette | 728 | 8% |
| Metairie | 579 | 6.3% |
Largest practice groups in Louisiana
Groups ranked by the number of Louisiana clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 66% of Louisiana 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 | Louisiana clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Ochsner Clinic LLC | 1,488 |
| LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport Faculty Group Practice | 353 |
| Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group LLC | 333 |
| Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans Faculty G | 272 |
| Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | 266 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Louisiana doctors
9,535 MD and DO clinicians in Louisiana 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 207 per 100,000 residents, 28th 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 Louisiana, with 4,770, then internal medicine physicians with 1,463. 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 Louisiana 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.