Doctors in North Dakota: 1,630 enrolled in Medicare
North Dakota has 1,630 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 205 per 100,000 residents, 30th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Bismarck, 361 in our physician files. Per capita North Dakota is strongest in chiropractors (1st, 42.2 per 100,000), optometrists (1st, 21.2 per 100,000) and hospitalists (2nd, 19.2 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
North Dakota physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in North Dakota, 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 | North Dakota | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 943 | 118 | 8th | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 352 | 44.2 | 24th | 40.8 |
| Chiropractors | 336 | 42.2 | 1st | 11.8 |
| Family Physicians | 269 | 33.8 | 22nd | 28.7 |
| Optometrists | 169 | 21.2 | 1st | 10.9 |
| Hospitalists | 153 | 19.2 | 2nd | 7.1 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 101 | 12.7 | 51st | 30.9 |
| Radiologists | 98 | 12.3 | 15th | 11.1 |
| Anesthesiologists | 87 | 10.9 | 37th | 13.3 |
| Psychiatrists | 78 | 9.8 | 14th | 8.4 |
| General Surgeons | 78 | 9.8 | 7th | 6.9 |
| Emergency Physicians | 70 | 8.8 | 50th | 13.5 |
| OB/GYNs | 70 | 8.8 | 38th | 10.1 |
| Neurologists | 62 | 7.8 | 6th | 5.5 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 56 | 7.0 | 38th | 7.4 |
| Cardiologists | 52 | 6.5 | 43rd | 8.7 |
| Oncologists | 38 | 4.8 | 24th | 5.0 |
| Pediatricians | 33 | 4.1 | 22nd | 3.8 |
| ENTs | 33 | 4.1 | 3rd | 2.9 |
| Gastroenterologists | 32 | 4.0 | 29th | 4.7 |
| Pathologists | 32 | 4.0 | 20th | 3.8 |
| Dermatologists | 29 | 3.6 | 29th | 4.0 |
| Urologists | 29 | 3.6 | 7th | 3.0 |
| Podiatrists | 27 | 3.4 | 34th | 4.7 |
| Ophthalmologists | 26 | 3.3 | 50th | 5.3 |
| Pulmonologists | 26 | 3.3 | 29th | 3.4 |
| Neurosurgeons | 25 | 3.1 | 2nd | 1.7 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 25 | 3.1 | 2nd | 1.2 |
| Critical care physicians | 22 | 2.8 | 5th | 1.8 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 17 | 2.1 | 21st | 2.1 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 17 | 2.1 | 6th | 1.6 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 15 | 1.9 | 6th | 1.4 |
| Nephrologists | 14 | 1.8 | 47th | 2.9 |
| Physiatrists | 14 | 1.8 | 45th | 2.7 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 10 | 1.3 | 28th | 1.4 |
| Endocrinologists | 9 | 1.1 | 47th | 2.1 |
| Rheumatologists | 9 | 1.1 | 42nd | 1.6 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 9 | 1.1 | 30th | 1.2 |
| General practice physicians | 8 | 1.0 | 14th | 1.2 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 8 | 1.0 | 6th | 0.7 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 4 | 0.5 | 24th | 0.5 |
| Allergists | 3 | 0.4 | 49th | 1.1 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 3 | 0.4 | 44th | 0.7 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 3 | 0.4 | 23rd | 0.3 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 2 | 0.3 | 7th | 0.2 |
| Hematologists | 1 | 0.1 | 41st | 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 North Dakota. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. North Dakota ranks lowest per capita in internal medicine physicians (51st, 12.7 per 100,000) and emergency physicians (50th, 8.8 per 100,000).
Where North Dakota physicians practice
In the 1,458 clinicians North Dakota has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 31% 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 North Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Bismarck | 361 | 25% |
| West Fargo | 283 | 19% |
| Fargo | 266 | 18% |
| Grand Forks | 168 | 12% |
| Minot | 120 | 8.2% |
Largest practice groups in North Dakota
Groups ranked by the number of North Dakota clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 87% of North Dakota 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 | North Dakota clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Sanford Medical Center Fargo | 382 |
| Sanford Bismarck | 219 |
| Innovis Health LLC | 165 |
| Altru Health System | 159 |
| Trinity Health | 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 North Dakota doctors
1,630 MD and DO clinicians in North Dakota 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 205 per 100,000 residents, 30th 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 North Dakota, with 943, then physician assistants with 352. 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 North Dakota 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.