Doctors in Michigan: 22,513 enrolled in Medicare
Michigan has 22,513 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 222 per 100,000 residents, 22nd of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Ann Arbor, 2,197 in our physician files.
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Michigan physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Michigan, 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 | Michigan | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 7,567 | 74.6 | 45th | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 5,639 | 55.6 | 18th | 40.8 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 3,463 | 34.2 | 13th | 30.9 |
| Family Physicians | 3,402 | 33.5 | 24th | 28.7 |
| Chiropractors | 1,843 | 18.2 | 11th | 11.8 |
| Emergency Physicians | 1,613 | 15.9 | 17th | 13.5 |
| Anesthesiologists | 1,198 | 11.8 | 29th | 13.3 |
| Optometrists | 1,152 | 11.4 | 32nd | 10.9 |
| OB/GYNs | 1,123 | 11.1 | 18th | 10.1 |
| Radiologists | 1,088 | 10.7 | 23rd | 11.1 |
| Psychiatrists | 973 | 9.6 | 15th | 8.4 |
| Cardiologists | 910 | 9.0 | 18th | 8.7 |
| General Surgeons | 742 | 7.3 | 26th | 6.9 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 739 | 7.3 | 32nd | 7.4 |
| Ophthalmologists | 630 | 6.2 | 11th | 5.3 |
| Podiatrists | 584 | 5.8 | 11th | 4.7 |
| Neurologists | 578 | 5.7 | 19th | 5.5 |
| Pediatricians | 439 | 4.3 | 19th | 3.8 |
| Pathologists | 432 | 4.3 | 15th | 3.8 |
| Oncologists | 398 | 3.9 | 42nd | 5.0 |
| Physiatrists | 381 | 3.8 | 7th | 2.7 |
| Gastroenterologists | 377 | 3.7 | 36th | 4.7 |
| Pulmonologists | 370 | 3.6 | 18th | 3.4 |
| Hospitalists | 352 | 3.5 | 48th | 7.1 |
| Dermatologists | 343 | 3.4 | 32nd | 4.0 |
| Urologists | 304 | 3.0 | 28th | 3.0 |
| ENTs | 283 | 2.8 | 30th | 2.9 |
| Nephrologists | 254 | 2.5 | 33rd | 2.9 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 216 | 2.1 | 22nd | 2.1 |
| Endocrinologists | 188 | 1.9 | 25th | 2.1 |
| Neurosurgeons | 187 | 1.8 | 22nd | 1.7 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 166 | 1.6 | 25th | 1.6 |
| Rheumatologists | 139 | 1.4 | 32nd | 1.6 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 137 | 1.4 | 13th | 1.2 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 133 | 1.3 | 22nd | 1.4 |
| Allergists | 130 | 1.3 | 8th | 1.1 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 129 | 1.3 | 20th | 1.2 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 120 | 1.2 | 30th | 1.4 |
| Critical care physicians | 115 | 1.1 | 40th | 1.8 |
| General practice physicians | 96 | 0.9 | 15th | 1.2 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 71 | 0.7 | 28th | 0.7 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 71 | 0.7 | 8th | 0.5 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 67 | 0.7 | 18th | 0.6 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 58 | 0.6 | 31st | 0.7 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 54 | 0.5 | 9th | 0.3 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 42 | 0.4 | 19th | 0.3 |
| Hematologists | 40 | 0.4 | 16th | 0.3 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 22 | 0.2 | 15th | 0.2 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 15 | 0.1 | 24th | 0.2 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 12 | 0.1 | 30th | 0.2 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 11 | 0.1 | 38th | 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 Michigan. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Michigan ranks lowest per capita in hospitalists (48th, 3.5 per 100,000).
Where Michigan physicians practice
In the 21,733 clinicians Michigan has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 37% are women and 27% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2005. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Arbor | 2,197 | 10% |
| Detroit | 1,909 | 8.8% |
| Grand Rapids | 1,517 | 7% |
| Royal Oak | 710 | 3.3% |
| Southfield | 595 | 2.7% |
Largest practice groups in Michigan
Groups ranked by the number of Michigan clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 76% of Michigan 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 | Michigan clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | 1,981 |
| Henry Ford Health System | 1,376 |
| Spectrum Health Primary Care Partners | 1,028 |
| IHA Health Services Corporation | 652 |
| Beaumont Medical Group- Specialty Services | 426 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Michigan doctors
22,513 MD and DO clinicians in Michigan 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 222 per 100,000 residents, 22nd 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 Michigan, with 7,567, then physician assistants with 5,639. 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 Michigan 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.