Doctors in New Mexico: 3,876 enrolled in Medicare
New Mexico has 3,876 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 182 per 100,000 residents, 41st of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Albuquerque, 1,895 in our physician files.
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
New Mexico physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in New Mexico, 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 Mexico | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 2,115 | 99.3 | 21st | 83.7 |
| Family Physicians | 755 | 35.4 | 17th | 28.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 738 | 34.6 | 39th | 40.8 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 601 | 28.2 | 25th | 30.9 |
| Emergency Physicians | 348 | 16.3 | 11th | 13.5 |
| OB/GYNs | 194 | 9.1 | 34th | 10.1 |
| Optometrists | 177 | 8.3 | 46th | 10.9 |
| General Surgeons | 167 | 7.8 | 19th | 6.9 |
| Radiologists | 158 | 7.4 | 47th | 11.1 |
| Psychiatrists | 153 | 7.2 | 30th | 8.4 |
| Anesthesiologists | 146 | 6.9 | 49th | 13.3 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 139 | 6.5 | 44th | 7.4 |
| Chiropractors | 136 | 6.4 | 47th | 11.8 |
| Cardiologists | 125 | 5.9 | 46th | 8.7 |
| Podiatrists | 102 | 4.8 | 15th | 4.7 |
| Neurologists | 91 | 4.3 | 40th | 5.5 |
| Hospitalists | 87 | 4.1 | 43rd | 7.1 |
| Oncologists | 85 | 4.0 | 41st | 5.0 |
| Pediatricians | 85 | 4.0 | 26th | 3.8 |
| Ophthalmologists | 77 | 3.6 | 46th | 5.3 |
| Gastroenterologists | 76 | 3.6 | 38th | 4.7 |
| Pathologists | 68 | 3.2 | 36th | 3.8 |
| Nephrologists | 50 | 2.3 | 36th | 2.9 |
| Pulmonologists | 49 | 2.3 | 48th | 3.4 |
| Urologists | 49 | 2.3 | 44th | 3.0 |
| Dermatologists | 42 | 2.0 | 49th | 4.0 |
| ENTs | 40 | 1.9 | 50th | 2.9 |
| Critical care physicians | 34 | 1.6 | 25th | 1.8 |
| Physiatrists | 31 | 1.5 | 48th | 2.7 |
| Endocrinologists | 31 | 1.5 | 39th | 2.1 |
| Rheumatologists | 27 | 1.3 | 40th | 1.6 |
| General practice physicians | 26 | 1.2 | 8th | 1.2 |
| Neurosurgeons | 24 | 1.1 | 48th | 1.7 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 24 | 1.1 | 48th | 1.6 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 23 | 1.1 | 48th | 2.1 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 23 | 1.1 | 35th | 1.4 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 20 | 0.9 | 41st | 1.2 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 15 | 0.7 | 49th | 1.2 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 14 | 0.7 | 48th | 1.4 |
| Allergists | 13 | 0.6 | 44th | 1.1 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 12 | 0.6 | 4th | 0.3 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 11 | 0.5 | 12th | 0.3 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 10 | 0.5 | 41st | 0.7 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 10 | 0.5 | 37th | 0.7 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 6 | 0.3 | 40th | 0.6 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 6 | 0.3 | 42nd | 0.5 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 4 | 0.2 | 19th | 0.2 |
| Hematologists | 3 | 0.1 | 37th | 0.3 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 3 | 0.1 | 21st | 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 Mexico. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. New Mexico ranks lowest per capita in anesthesiologists (49th, 6.9 per 100,000), radiologists (47th, 7.4 per 100,000) and chiropractors (47th, 6.4 per 100,000).
Where New Mexico physicians practice
In the 3,772 clinicians New Mexico has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 39% are women and 21% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2006. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of New Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque | 1,895 | 50% |
| Las Cruces | 313 | 8.3% |
| Santa Fe | 312 | 8.3% |
| Farmington | 146 | 3.9% |
| Rio Rancho | 128 | 3.4% |
Largest practice groups in New Mexico
Groups ranked by the number of New Mexico clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 78% of New Mexico 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 Mexico clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Presbyterian Healthcare Services | 762 |
| Unm Medical Group Inc | 718 |
| St Vincent Hospital | 145 |
| Southwest Medical Associates, LLC | 139 |
| San Juan Regional Medical Center, INC. | 110 |
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 Mexico doctors
3,876 MD and DO clinicians in New Mexico 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 182 per 100,000 residents, 41st 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 Mexico, with 2,115, then family physicians with 755. 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 Mexico 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.