Doctors in Montana: 2,695 enrolled in Medicare
Montana has 2,695 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 237 per 100,000 residents, 13th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Billings, 658 in our physician files. Per capita Montana is strongest in physician assistants (3rd, 74.1 per 100,000), family physicians (3rd, 45.7 per 100,000), anesthesiologists (3rd, 20.1 per 100,000) and orthopedic surgeons (4th, 11.2 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Montana physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Montana, 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 | Montana | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 1,028 | 90.4 | 31st | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 843 | 74.1 | 3rd | 40.8 |
| Family Physicians | 520 | 45.7 | 3rd | 28.7 |
| Chiropractors | 288 | 25.3 | 7th | 11.8 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 252 | 22.2 | 39th | 30.9 |
| Anesthesiologists | 229 | 20.1 | 3rd | 13.3 |
| Emergency Physicians | 187 | 16.4 | 10th | 13.5 |
| Optometrists | 183 | 16.1 | 6th | 10.9 |
| Radiologists | 140 | 12.3 | 14th | 11.1 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 127 | 11.2 | 4th | 7.4 |
| OB/GYNs | 116 | 10.2 | 24th | 10.1 |
| Cardiologists | 113 | 9.9 | 13th | 8.7 |
| General Surgeons | 110 | 9.7 | 8th | 6.9 |
| Hospitalists | 103 | 9.1 | 18th | 7.1 |
| Psychiatrists | 87 | 7.7 | 27th | 8.4 |
| Oncologists | 63 | 5.5 | 11th | 5.0 |
| Gastroenterologists | 61 | 5.4 | 10th | 4.7 |
| Ophthalmologists | 54 | 4.7 | 28th | 5.3 |
| Neurologists | 53 | 4.7 | 35th | 5.5 |
| Podiatrists | 50 | 4.4 | 19th | 4.7 |
| Dermatologists | 44 | 3.9 | 20th | 4.0 |
| Pulmonologists | 40 | 3.5 | 20th | 3.4 |
| ENTs | 40 | 3.5 | 10th | 2.9 |
| Urologists | 39 | 3.4 | 12th | 3.0 |
| Pediatricians | 38 | 3.3 | 34th | 3.8 |
| Pathologists | 36 | 3.2 | 37th | 3.8 |
| Neurosurgeons | 31 | 2.7 | 3rd | 1.7 |
| Nephrologists | 26 | 2.3 | 40th | 2.9 |
| Physiatrists | 26 | 2.3 | 28th | 2.7 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 21 | 1.8 | 30th | 2.1 |
| Rheumatologists | 20 | 1.8 | 15th | 1.6 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 20 | 1.8 | 14th | 1.6 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 19 | 1.7 | 7th | 1.2 |
| General practice physicians | 17 | 1.5 | 5th | 1.2 |
| Critical care physicians | 14 | 1.2 | 35th | 1.8 |
| Endocrinologists | 13 | 1.1 | 46th | 2.1 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 12 | 1.1 | 39th | 1.4 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 11 | 1.0 | 39th | 1.2 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 10 | 0.9 | 42nd | 1.4 |
| Allergists | 8 | 0.7 | 41st | 1.1 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 8 | 0.7 | 21st | 0.7 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 6 | 0.5 | 24th | 0.6 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 6 | 0.5 | 10th | 0.3 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 5 | 0.4 | 16th | 0.3 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 4 | 0.4 | 47th | 0.7 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 4 | 0.4 | 2nd | 0.2 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 3 | 0.3 | 46th | 0.5 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 3 | 0.3 | 9th | 0.2 |
| Hematologists | 1 | 0.1 | 43rd | 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 Montana. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.
Where Montana physicians practice
In the 2,576 clinicians Montana has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 33% are women and 22% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2006. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Montana |
|---|---|---|
| Billings | 658 | 26% |
| Missoula | 382 | 15% |
| Kalispell | 270 | 10% |
| Great Falls | 259 | 10% |
| Bozeman | 255 | 9.9% |
Largest practice groups in Montana
Groups ranked by the number of Montana clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 74% of Montana 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 | Montana clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Billings Clinic | 421 |
| Kalispell Regional Medical Center Inc | 222 |
| Benefis Hospitals Inc | 185 |
| Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital | 157 |
| Scl Health Medical Group - Billings LLC | 128 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Montana doctors
2,695 MD and DO clinicians in Montana 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 237 per 100,000 residents, 13th 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 Montana, with 1,028, then physician assistants with 843. 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 Montana 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.