Doctors in Rhode Island: 2,571 enrolled in Medicare
Rhode Island has 2,571 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 231 per 100,000 residents, 16th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Providence, 1,072 in our physician files. Per capita Rhode Island is strongest in internal medicine physicians (3rd, 51.9 per 100,000), psychiatrists (4th, 17.0 per 100,000), oncologists (5th, 6.7 per 100,000) and pediatricians (5th, 6.2 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Rhode Island physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Rhode Island, 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 | Rhode Island | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 1,106 | 99.4 | 20th | 83.7 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 577 | 51.9 | 3rd | 30.9 |
| Physician Assistants | 522 | 46.9 | 23rd | 40.8 |
| Family Physicians | 271 | 24.4 | 39th | 28.7 |
| Emergency Physicians | 198 | 17.8 | 8th | 13.5 |
| Psychiatrists | 189 | 17.0 | 4th | 8.4 |
| Optometrists | 177 | 15.9 | 7th | 10.9 |
| OB/GYNs | 142 | 12.8 | 6th | 10.1 |
| Anesthesiologists | 103 | 9.3 | 47th | 13.3 |
| Chiropractors | 98 | 8.8 | 38th | 11.8 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 92 | 8.3 | 18th | 7.4 |
| Cardiologists | 89 | 8.0 | 27th | 8.7 |
| Neurologists | 79 | 7.1 | 9th | 5.5 |
| Oncologists | 74 | 6.7 | 5th | 5.0 |
| Pediatricians | 69 | 6.2 | 5th | 3.8 |
| General Surgeons | 64 | 5.8 | 47th | 6.9 |
| Gastroenterologists | 62 | 5.6 | 9th | 4.7 |
| Ophthalmologists | 53 | 4.8 | 27th | 5.3 |
| Pathologists | 51 | 4.6 | 10th | 3.8 |
| Dermatologists | 50 | 4.5 | 13th | 4.0 |
| Pulmonologists | 49 | 4.4 | 8th | 3.4 |
| Podiatrists | 47 | 4.2 | 21st | 4.7 |
| Radiologists | 40 | 3.6 | 51st | 11.1 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 40 | 3.6 | 3rd | 2.1 |
| Urologists | 36 | 3.2 | 19th | 3.0 |
| ENTs | 29 | 2.6 | 37th | 2.9 |
| Neurosurgeons | 27 | 2.4 | 4th | 1.7 |
| Nephrologists | 23 | 2.1 | 42nd | 2.9 |
| Rheumatologists | 23 | 2.1 | 9th | 1.6 |
| Physiatrists | 21 | 1.9 | 41st | 2.7 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 20 | 1.8 | 13th | 1.6 |
| Endocrinologists | 17 | 1.5 | 36th | 2.1 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 17 | 1.5 | 13th | 1.4 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 16 | 1.4 | 5th | 0.6 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 13 | 1.2 | 26th | 1.2 |
| Hospitalists | 11 | 1.0 | 51st | 7.1 |
| Allergists | 10 | 0.9 | 30th | 1.1 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 8 | 0.7 | 20th | 0.7 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 7 | 0.6 | 11th | 0.5 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 7 | 0.6 | 2nd | 0.2 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 6 | 0.5 | 50th | 1.4 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 6 | 0.5 | 49th | 1.2 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 5 | 0.4 | 42nd | 0.7 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 5 | 0.4 | 13th | 0.3 |
| Critical care physicians | 4 | 0.4 | 51st | 1.8 |
| General practice physicians | 4 | 0.4 | 48th | 1.2 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 2 | 0.2 | 42nd | 0.3 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 2 | 0.2 | 20th | 0.2 |
| Hematologists | 1 | 0.1 | 42nd | 0.3 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 1 | 0.1 | 38th | 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 Rhode Island. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Rhode Island ranks lowest per capita in anesthesiologists (47th, 9.3 per 100,000) and general surgeons (47th, 5.8 per 100,000).
Where Rhode Island physicians practice
In the 2,535 clinicians Rhode Island has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 42% are women and 24% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2006. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Rhode Island |
|---|---|---|
| Providence | 1,072 | 42% |
| Warwick | 503 | 20% |
| Pawtucket | 89 | 3.5% |
| Riverside | 85 | 3.4% |
| East Providence | 84 | 3.3% |
Largest practice groups in Rhode Island
Groups ranked by the number of Rhode Island clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 81% of Rhode Island 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 | Rhode Island clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Lifespan Physician Group Inc | 730 |
| Affinity Physicians LLC. | 347 |
| Rhode Island Hospital | 157 |
| Coastal Medical Physicians Inc | 118 |
| University Orthopedics Inc | 56 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Rhode Island doctors
2,571 MD and DO clinicians in Rhode Island 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 231 per 100,000 residents, 16th 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 Rhode Island, with 1,106, then internal medicine physicians with 577. 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 Rhode Island 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.