Doctors in Pennsylvania: 32,218 enrolled in Medicare
Pennsylvania has 32,218 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 246 per 100,000 residents, 11th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Philadelphia, 5,652 in our physician files. Per capita Pennsylvania is strongest in podiatrists (3rd, 7.0 per 100,000), physiatrists (5th, 3.9 per 100,000), neurosurgeons (5th, 2.2 per 100,000) and radiation oncologists (5th, 2.1 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Pennsylvania physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Pennsylvania, 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 | Pennsylvania | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 10,160 | 77.7 | 41st | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 8,335 | 63.7 | 10th | 40.8 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 4,498 | 34.4 | 12th | 30.9 |
| Family Physicians | 4,359 | 33.3 | 25th | 28.7 |
| Chiropractors | 1,859 | 14.2 | 21st | 11.8 |
| Emergency Physicians | 1,829 | 14.0 | 28th | 13.5 |
| Anesthesiologists | 1,806 | 13.8 | 21st | 13.3 |
| Radiologists | 1,738 | 13.3 | 7th | 11.1 |
| Optometrists | 1,584 | 12.1 | 28th | 10.9 |
| OB/GYNs | 1,429 | 10.9 | 19th | 10.1 |
| Cardiologists | 1,417 | 10.8 | 10th | 8.7 |
| Psychiatrists | 1,379 | 10.5 | 10th | 8.4 |
| Hospitalists | 1,292 | 9.9 | 13th | 7.1 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 1,106 | 8.5 | 16th | 7.4 |
| General Surgeons | 1,029 | 7.9 | 18th | 6.9 |
| Podiatrists | 916 | 7.0 | 3rd | 4.7 |
| Neurologists | 895 | 6.8 | 11th | 5.5 |
| Ophthalmologists | 801 | 6.1 | 12th | 5.3 |
| Gastroenterologists | 780 | 6.0 | 7th | 4.7 |
| Oncologists | 719 | 5.5 | 12th | 5.0 |
| Pathologists | 588 | 4.5 | 12th | 3.8 |
| Pulmonologists | 579 | 4.4 | 7th | 3.4 |
| Dermatologists | 519 | 4.0 | 19th | 4.0 |
| Physiatrists | 509 | 3.9 | 5th | 2.7 |
| Pediatricians | 478 | 3.7 | 31st | 3.8 |
| Nephrologists | 447 | 3.4 | 12th | 2.9 |
| Urologists | 443 | 3.4 | 14th | 3.0 |
| ENTs | 402 | 3.1 | 20th | 2.9 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 339 | 2.6 | 10th | 2.1 |
| Critical care physicians | 317 | 2.4 | 10th | 1.8 |
| Endocrinologists | 293 | 2.2 | 15th | 2.1 |
| Neurosurgeons | 285 | 2.2 | 5th | 1.7 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 281 | 2.1 | 5th | 1.6 |
| Rheumatologists | 262 | 2.0 | 10th | 1.6 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 219 | 1.7 | 6th | 1.2 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 212 | 1.6 | 10th | 1.4 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 192 | 1.5 | 11th | 1.2 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 148 | 1.1 | 32nd | 1.4 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 136 | 1.0 | 5th | 0.7 |
| Allergists | 121 | 0.9 | 26th | 1.1 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 101 | 0.8 | 16th | 0.7 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 94 | 0.7 | 16th | 0.6 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 94 | 0.7 | 7th | 0.5 |
| General practice physicians | 81 | 0.6 | 38th | 1.2 |
| Hematologists | 68 | 0.5 | 9th | 0.3 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 49 | 0.4 | 24th | 0.3 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 28 | 0.2 | 14th | 0.2 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 27 | 0.2 | 17th | 0.2 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 24 | 0.2 | 20th | 0.2 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 19 | 0.1 | 35th | 0.3 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 11 | 0.1 | 40th | 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 Pennsylvania. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.
Where Pennsylvania physicians practice
In the 30,403 clinicians Pennsylvania has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 37% are women and 27% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2005. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 5,652 | 19% |
| Pittsburgh | 3,084 | 10% |
| Cranberry Township | 1,569 | 5.2% |
| Bethlehem | 1,129 | 3.7% |
| Hershey | 868 | 2.9% |
Largest practice groups in Pennsylvania
Groups ranked by the number of Pennsylvania clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 87% of Pennsylvania 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 | Pennsylvania clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh Physicians | 2,323 |
| University of Penn-Medical Group | 1,853 |
| Phoenix Rehabilitation and Health Services Inc | 1,532 |
| Geisinger Clinic | 1,518 |
| Lehigh Valley Physician Group | 1,155 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Pennsylvania by specialty
Questions about Pennsylvania doctors
32,218 MD and DO clinicians in Pennsylvania 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 246 per 100,000 residents, 11th 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 Pennsylvania, with 10,160, then physician assistants with 8,335. 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 Pennsylvania 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.