Doctors in Minnesota: 15,770 enrolled in Medicare
Minnesota has 15,770 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 272 per 100,000 residents, 5th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Rochester, 2,741 in our physician files. Per capita Minnesota is strongest in sports medicine physicians (1st, 1.9 per 100,000), hematologists (1st, 1.3 per 100,000), radiation oncologists (3rd, 2.3 per 100,000) and family physicians (4th, 45.7 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Minnesota physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Minnesota, 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 | Minnesota | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 5,304 | 91.6 | 27th | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 3,744 | 64.6 | 9th | 40.8 |
| Family Physicians | 2,646 | 45.7 | 4th | 28.7 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 1,950 | 33.7 | 15th | 30.9 |
| Chiropractors | 1,536 | 26.5 | 6th | 11.8 |
| Radiologists | 956 | 16.5 | 5th | 11.1 |
| Emergency Physicians | 869 | 15.0 | 20th | 13.5 |
| Optometrists | 832 | 14.4 | 15th | 10.9 |
| Anesthesiologists | 777 | 13.4 | 22nd | 13.3 |
| OB/GYNs | 702 | 12.1 | 11th | 10.1 |
| Cardiologists | 652 | 11.3 | 7th | 8.7 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 617 | 10.7 | 8th | 7.4 |
| Psychiatrists | 589 | 10.2 | 12th | 8.4 |
| General Surgeons | 512 | 8.8 | 10th | 6.9 |
| Neurologists | 451 | 7.8 | 5th | 5.5 |
| Pathologists | 375 | 6.5 | 4th | 3.8 |
| Oncologists | 372 | 6.4 | 6th | 5.0 |
| Pediatricians | 352 | 6.1 | 6th | 3.8 |
| Ophthalmologists | 348 | 6.0 | 13th | 5.3 |
| Gastroenterologists | 341 | 5.9 | 8th | 4.7 |
| Hospitalists | 326 | 5.6 | 38th | 7.1 |
| Dermatologists | 297 | 5.1 | 6th | 4.0 |
| Pulmonologists | 241 | 4.2 | 13th | 3.4 |
| Physiatrists | 220 | 3.8 | 6th | 2.7 |
| Podiatrists | 218 | 3.8 | 26th | 4.7 |
| Urologists | 214 | 3.7 | 6th | 3.0 |
| ENTs | 213 | 3.7 | 8th | 2.9 |
| Nephrologists | 211 | 3.6 | 6th | 2.9 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 150 | 2.6 | 11th | 2.1 |
| Endocrinologists | 139 | 2.4 | 10th | 2.1 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 133 | 2.3 | 3rd | 1.6 |
| Neurosurgeons | 124 | 2.1 | 8th | 1.7 |
| Rheumatologists | 113 | 2.0 | 11th | 1.6 |
| Critical care physicians | 108 | 1.9 | 20th | 1.8 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 108 | 1.9 | 1st | 0.7 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 93 | 1.6 | 11th | 1.4 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 84 | 1.4 | 12th | 1.2 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 77 | 1.3 | 22nd | 1.4 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 73 | 1.3 | 18th | 1.2 |
| Hematologists | 73 | 1.3 | 1st | 0.3 |
| Allergists | 70 | 1.2 | 11th | 1.1 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 58 | 1.0 | 7th | 0.7 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 44 | 0.8 | 6th | 0.5 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 37 | 0.6 | 19th | 0.6 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 31 | 0.5 | 8th | 0.3 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 31 | 0.5 | 1st | 0.2 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 27 | 0.5 | 1st | 0.2 |
| General practice physicians | 21 | 0.4 | 47th | 1.2 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 16 | 0.3 | 13th | 0.2 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 6 | 0.1 | 32nd | 0.2 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 2 | 0.0 | 50th | 0.3 |
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 Minnesota. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.
Where Minnesota physicians practice
In the 14,783 clinicians Minnesota has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 41% are women and 32% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2008. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| Rochester | 2,741 | 19% |
| Minneapolis | 2,340 | 16% |
| Saint Paul | 1,171 | 7.9% |
| Annandale | 834 | 5.6% |
| Duluth | 566 | 3.8% |
Largest practice groups in Minnesota
Groups ranked by the number of Minnesota clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 93% of Minnesota 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 | Minnesota clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic | 2,660 |
| Allina Health System | 2,012 |
| Fairview Express Care | 844 |
| Park Nicollet Clinic | 808 |
| Group Health Inc | 761 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Minnesota doctors
15,770 MD and DO clinicians in Minnesota 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 272 per 100,000 residents, 5th 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 Minnesota, with 5,304, then physician assistants with 3,744. 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 Minnesota 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.