Doctors in New Jersey: 22,546 enrolled in Medicare
New Jersey has 22,546 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 237 per 100,000 residents, 12th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Hackensack, 1,163 in our physician files. Per capita New Jersey is strongest in podiatrists (1st, 10.1 per 100,000), physiatrists (2nd, 4.6 per 100,000), pain management physicians (4th, 2.1 per 100,000) and allergists (4th, 1.6 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
New Jersey physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in New Jersey, 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 | New Jersey | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 7,178 | 75.6 | 43rd | 83.7 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 3,879 | 40.8 | 7th | 30.9 |
| Physician Assistants | 3,401 | 35.8 | 36th | 40.8 |
| Family Physicians | 1,930 | 20.3 | 50th | 28.7 |
| Chiropractors | 1,605 | 16.9 | 15th | 11.8 |
| Anesthesiologists | 1,572 | 16.5 | 6th | 13.3 |
| Radiologists | 1,253 | 13.2 | 9th | 11.1 |
| Emergency Physicians | 1,246 | 13.1 | 32nd | 13.5 |
| OB/GYNs | 1,206 | 12.7 | 7th | 10.1 |
| Cardiologists | 1,205 | 12.7 | 5th | 8.7 |
| Optometrists | 993 | 10.5 | 35th | 10.9 |
| Podiatrists | 962 | 10.1 | 1st | 4.7 |
| Psychiatrists | 934 | 9.8 | 13th | 8.4 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 748 | 7.9 | 22nd | 7.4 |
| Gastroenterologists | 617 | 6.5 | 5th | 4.7 |
| General Surgeons | 601 | 6.3 | 43rd | 6.9 |
| Ophthalmologists | 592 | 6.2 | 10th | 5.3 |
| Neurologists | 569 | 6.0 | 18th | 5.5 |
| Oncologists | 538 | 5.7 | 8th | 5.0 |
| Physiatrists | 437 | 4.6 | 2nd | 2.7 |
| Pediatricians | 415 | 4.4 | 18th | 3.8 |
| Pulmonologists | 397 | 4.2 | 12th | 3.4 |
| Dermatologists | 381 | 4.0 | 18th | 4.0 |
| Hospitalists | 372 | 3.9 | 44th | 7.1 |
| Nephrologists | 329 | 3.5 | 11th | 2.9 |
| Urologists | 327 | 3.4 | 11th | 3.0 |
| ENTs | 319 | 3.4 | 13th | 2.9 |
| Endocrinologists | 318 | 3.3 | 5th | 2.1 |
| Pathologists | 317 | 3.3 | 34th | 3.8 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 272 | 2.9 | 6th | 2.1 |
| Rheumatologists | 204 | 2.1 | 6th | 1.6 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 196 | 2.1 | 4th | 1.4 |
| Critical care physicians | 177 | 1.9 | 21st | 1.8 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 173 | 1.8 | 9th | 1.4 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 171 | 1.8 | 12th | 1.6 |
| Neurosurgeons | 157 | 1.7 | 30th | 1.7 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 156 | 1.6 | 7th | 1.2 |
| Allergists | 148 | 1.6 | 4th | 1.1 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 113 | 1.2 | 24th | 1.2 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 81 | 0.9 | 17th | 0.7 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 81 | 0.9 | 12th | 0.6 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 75 | 0.8 | 5th | 0.5 |
| General practice physicians | 54 | 0.6 | 40th | 1.2 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 32 | 0.3 | 46th | 0.7 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 29 | 0.3 | 11th | 0.2 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 28 | 0.3 | 6th | 0.2 |
| Hematologists | 27 | 0.3 | 20th | 0.3 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 24 | 0.3 | 27th | 0.3 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 23 | 0.2 | 35th | 0.3 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 17 | 0.2 | 21st | 0.2 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 13 | 0.1 | 22nd | 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 New Jersey. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. New Jersey ranks lowest per capita in family physicians (50th, 20.3 per 100,000).
Where New Jersey physicians practice
In the 22,361 clinicians New Jersey has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 38% are women and 27% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2003. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| Hackensack | 1,163 | 5.2% |
| Berkeley Heights | 734 | 3.3% |
| New Brunswick | 660 | 3% |
| Newark | 627 | 2.8% |
| Morristown | 618 | 2.8% |
Largest practice groups in New Jersey
Groups ranked by the number of New Jersey clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 76% of New Jersey 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 | New Jersey clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group - Specialty Care PC | 1,280 |
| Virtua Medical Group, PA | 886 |
| Practice Associates Medical Group | 885 |
| Summit Medical Group PA | 726 |
| Barnabas Health Medical Group PC | 561 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about New Jersey doctors
22,546 MD and DO clinicians in New Jersey 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, 12th 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 New Jersey, with 7,178, then internal medicine physicians with 3,879. 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 New Jersey 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.