Doctors in Oregon: 9,930 enrolled in Medicare
Oregon has 9,930 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 232 per 100,000 residents, 15th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Portland, 2,800 in our physician files. Per capita Oregon is strongest in radiation oncologists (4th, 2.2 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Oregon physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Oregon, 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 | Oregon | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 2,966 | 69.4 | 46th | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 2,478 | 58.0 | 16th | 40.8 |
| Family Physicians | 1,739 | 40.7 | 7th | 28.7 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 1,354 | 31.7 | 21st | 30.9 |
| Anesthesiologists | 688 | 16.1 | 9th | 13.3 |
| Chiropractors | 665 | 15.6 | 20th | 11.8 |
| Emergency Physicians | 647 | 15.1 | 19th | 13.5 |
| Optometrists | 590 | 13.8 | 18th | 10.9 |
| OB/GYNs | 480 | 11.2 | 14th | 10.1 |
| Radiologists | 462 | 10.8 | 21st | 11.1 |
| Hospitalists | 375 | 8.8 | 20th | 7.1 |
| General Surgeons | 369 | 8.6 | 12th | 6.9 |
| Psychiatrists | 348 | 8.1 | 23rd | 8.4 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 331 | 7.7 | 25th | 7.4 |
| Cardiologists | 294 | 6.9 | 38th | 8.7 |
| Ophthalmologists | 285 | 6.7 | 7th | 5.3 |
| Oncologists | 231 | 5.4 | 15th | 5.0 |
| Neurologists | 218 | 5.1 | 26th | 5.5 |
| Gastroenterologists | 193 | 4.5 | 20th | 4.7 |
| Dermatologists | 182 | 4.3 | 16th | 4.0 |
| Podiatrists | 180 | 4.2 | 22nd | 4.7 |
| Pediatricians | 180 | 4.2 | 20th | 3.8 |
| Pathologists | 158 | 3.7 | 24th | 3.8 |
| Urologists | 146 | 3.4 | 13th | 3.0 |
| ENTs | 135 | 3.2 | 15th | 2.9 |
| Pulmonologists | 129 | 3.0 | 36th | 3.4 |
| Nephrologists | 98 | 2.3 | 39th | 2.9 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 95 | 2.2 | 4th | 1.6 |
| Neurosurgeons | 89 | 2.1 | 10th | 1.7 |
| Physiatrists | 86 | 2.0 | 37th | 2.7 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 79 | 1.8 | 29th | 2.1 |
| Endocrinologists | 67 | 1.6 | 32nd | 2.1 |
| Rheumatologists | 66 | 1.5 | 24th | 1.6 |
| Critical care physicians | 55 | 1.3 | 33rd | 1.8 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 53 | 1.2 | 29th | 1.4 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 47 | 1.1 | 32nd | 1.2 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 44 | 1.0 | 34th | 1.2 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 40 | 0.9 | 8th | 0.7 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 36 | 0.8 | 45th | 1.4 |
| Allergists | 34 | 0.8 | 38th | 1.1 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 29 | 0.7 | 1st | 0.3 |
| General practice physicians | 27 | 0.6 | 37th | 1.2 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 26 | 0.6 | 34th | 0.7 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 26 | 0.6 | 14th | 0.5 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 19 | 0.4 | 27th | 0.6 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 16 | 0.4 | 16th | 0.3 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 12 | 0.3 | 7th | 0.2 |
| Hematologists | 11 | 0.3 | 22nd | 0.3 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 9 | 0.2 | 16th | 0.2 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 7 | 0.2 | 15th | 0.2 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 5 | 0.1 | 28th | 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 Oregon. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.
Where Oregon physicians practice
In the 9,378 clinicians Oregon has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 41% are women and 28% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2007. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| Portland | 2,800 | 30% |
| Clackamas | 825 | 8.8% |
| Salem | 529 | 5.6% |
| Beaverton | 494 | 5.3% |
| Bend | 462 | 4.9% |
Largest practice groups in Oregon
Groups ranked by the number of Oregon clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 81% of Oregon 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 | Oregon clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest | 1,103 |
| University Professional Services | 1,028 |
| Providence Health and Services Oregon | 846 |
| Legacy Clinics LLC | 369 |
| St Charles Health System Inc | 235 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Oregon doctors
9,930 MD and DO clinicians in Oregon 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 232 per 100,000 residents, 15th 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 Oregon, with 2,966, then physician assistants with 2,478. 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 Oregon 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.