Doctors in Missouri: 12,474 enrolled in Medicare
Missouri has 12,474 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 200 per 100,000 residents, 32nd of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Saint Louis, 3,735 in our physician files. Per capita Missouri is strongest in critical care physicians (4th, 3.2 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Missouri physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Missouri, 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 | Missouri | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 5,747 | 92.0 | 26th | 83.7 |
| Family Physicians | 1,747 | 28.0 | 34th | 28.7 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 1,572 | 25.2 | 31st | 30.9 |
| Physician Assistants | 1,494 | 23.9 | 48th | 40.8 |
| Chiropractors | 1,063 | 17.0 | 13th | 11.8 |
| Emergency Physicians | 807 | 12.9 | 33rd | 13.5 |
| Optometrists | 737 | 11.8 | 30th | 10.9 |
| Anesthesiologists | 688 | 11.0 | 35th | 13.3 |
| Radiologists | 668 | 10.7 | 24th | 11.1 |
| OB/GYNs | 612 | 9.8 | 27th | 10.1 |
| Hospitalists | 608 | 9.7 | 14th | 7.1 |
| Psychiatrists | 517 | 8.3 | 21st | 8.4 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 456 | 7.3 | 31st | 7.4 |
| Cardiologists | 442 | 7.1 | 34th | 8.7 |
| General Surgeons | 435 | 7.0 | 30th | 6.9 |
| Neurologists | 312 | 5.0 | 28th | 5.5 |
| Oncologists | 311 | 5.0 | 22nd | 5.0 |
| Pediatricians | 281 | 4.5 | 16th | 3.8 |
| Gastroenterologists | 277 | 4.4 | 23rd | 4.7 |
| Ophthalmologists | 259 | 4.1 | 36th | 5.3 |
| Pulmonologists | 213 | 3.4 | 24th | 3.4 |
| Dermatologists | 204 | 3.3 | 33rd | 4.0 |
| Critical care physicians | 198 | 3.2 | 4th | 1.8 |
| Pathologists | 195 | 3.1 | 39th | 3.8 |
| Podiatrists | 192 | 3.1 | 43rd | 4.7 |
| Nephrologists | 175 | 2.8 | 23rd | 2.9 |
| ENTs | 168 | 2.7 | 35th | 2.9 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 136 | 2.2 | 19th | 2.1 |
| Endocrinologists | 136 | 2.2 | 17th | 2.1 |
| Physiatrists | 135 | 2.2 | 31st | 2.7 |
| Urologists | 134 | 2.1 | 50th | 3.0 |
| Neurosurgeons | 126 | 2.0 | 12th | 1.7 |
| Rheumatologists | 90 | 1.4 | 27th | 1.6 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 90 | 1.4 | 13th | 1.2 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 88 | 1.4 | 17th | 1.4 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 83 | 1.3 | 36th | 1.6 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 82 | 1.3 | 15th | 1.2 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 77 | 1.2 | 30th | 1.4 |
| Allergists | 59 | 0.9 | 23rd | 1.1 |
| General practice physicians | 56 | 0.9 | 18th | 1.2 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 56 | 0.9 | 10th | 0.7 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 32 | 0.5 | 33rd | 0.7 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 29 | 0.5 | 26th | 0.6 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 27 | 0.4 | 30th | 0.5 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 25 | 0.4 | 21st | 0.3 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 20 | 0.3 | 5th | 0.2 |
| Hematologists | 16 | 0.3 | 23rd | 0.3 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 15 | 0.2 | 28th | 0.3 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 10 | 0.2 | 25th | 0.2 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 8 | 0.1 | 26th | 0.2 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 5 | 0.1 | 39th | 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 Missouri. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Missouri ranks lowest per capita in urologists (50th, 2.1 per 100,000) and physician assistants (48th, 23.9 per 100,000).
Where Missouri physicians practice
In the 11,565 clinicians Missouri has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 35% are women and 16% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2006. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Louis | 3,735 | 32% |
| Kansas City | 941 | 8.1% |
| Columbia | 698 | 6% |
| Springfield | 614 | 5.3% |
| Chesterfield | 366 | 3.2% |
Largest practice groups in Missouri
Groups ranked by the number of Missouri clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 82% of Missouri 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 | Missouri clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Washington University | 1,667 |
| The Curators of the University of Missouri | 559 |
| SSM Health Care Group | 494 |
| Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities | 464 |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | 363 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Missouri doctors
12,474 MD and DO clinicians in Missouri 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 200 per 100,000 residents, 32nd 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 Missouri, with 5,747, then family physicians with 1,747. 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 Missouri 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.