Doctors in South Carolina: 10,449 enrolled in Medicare
South Carolina has 10,449 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 191 per 100,000 residents, 36th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Charleston, 1,668 in our physician files.
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
South Carolina physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in South Carolina, 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 | South Carolina | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 4,511 | 82.3 | 34th | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 2,058 | 37.6 | 34th | 40.8 |
| Family Physicians | 1,635 | 29.8 | 30th | 28.7 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 1,360 | 24.8 | 32nd | 30.9 |
| Emergency Physicians | 784 | 14.3 | 25th | 13.5 |
| Chiropractors | 663 | 12.1 | 23rd | 11.8 |
| Anesthesiologists | 618 | 11.3 | 33rd | 13.3 |
| OB/GYNs | 583 | 10.6 | 21st | 10.1 |
| Radiologists | 491 | 9.0 | 37th | 11.1 |
| Optometrists | 472 | 8.6 | 45th | 10.9 |
| Psychiatrists | 421 | 7.7 | 26th | 8.4 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 407 | 7.4 | 29th | 7.4 |
| Cardiologists | 401 | 7.3 | 32nd | 8.7 |
| Hospitalists | 395 | 7.2 | 25th | 7.1 |
| General Surgeons | 361 | 6.6 | 39th | 6.9 |
| Ophthalmologists | 269 | 4.9 | 26th | 5.3 |
| Neurologists | 228 | 4.2 | 43rd | 5.5 |
| Gastroenterologists | 208 | 3.8 | 33rd | 4.7 |
| Oncologists | 196 | 3.6 | 46th | 5.0 |
| Pediatricians | 190 | 3.5 | 32nd | 3.8 |
| Pulmonologists | 172 | 3.1 | 34th | 3.4 |
| Urologists | 166 | 3.0 | 26th | 3.0 |
| Podiatrists | 160 | 2.9 | 46th | 4.7 |
| Dermatologists | 156 | 2.8 | 39th | 4.0 |
| ENTs | 154 | 2.8 | 29th | 2.9 |
| Pathologists | 152 | 2.8 | 45th | 3.8 |
| Nephrologists | 127 | 2.3 | 37th | 2.9 |
| Physiatrists | 117 | 2.1 | 32nd | 2.7 |
| Rheumatologists | 88 | 1.6 | 20th | 1.6 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 87 | 1.6 | 9th | 1.2 |
| Neurosurgeons | 83 | 1.5 | 37th | 1.7 |
| Endocrinologists | 80 | 1.5 | 38th | 2.1 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 78 | 1.4 | 43rd | 2.1 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 77 | 1.4 | 19th | 1.4 |
| Critical care physicians | 71 | 1.3 | 32nd | 1.8 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 69 | 1.3 | 42nd | 1.6 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 54 | 1.0 | 38th | 1.2 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 52 | 0.9 | 41st | 1.4 |
| Allergists | 46 | 0.8 | 35th | 1.1 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 44 | 0.8 | 19th | 0.7 |
| General practice physicians | 38 | 0.7 | 32nd | 1.2 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 33 | 0.6 | 28th | 0.7 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 31 | 0.6 | 18th | 0.5 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 20 | 0.4 | 34th | 0.6 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 12 | 0.2 | 36th | 0.3 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 12 | 0.2 | 13th | 0.2 |
| Hematologists | 9 | 0.2 | 33rd | 0.3 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 6 | 0.1 | 40th | 0.3 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 4 | 0.1 | 41st | 0.2 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 3 | 0.1 | 44th | 0.2 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 2 | 0.0 | 39th | 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 South Carolina. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.
Where South Carolina physicians practice
In the 9,915 clinicians South Carolina has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 33% are women and 19% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2006. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Charleston | 1,668 | 17% |
| Greenville | 1,200 | 12% |
| Columbia | 989 | 10% |
| Spartanburg | 650 | 6.6% |
| Florence | 519 | 5.2% |
Largest practice groups in South Carolina
Groups ranked by the number of South Carolina clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 81% of South Carolina 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 | South Carolina clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Prisma Health University Medical Group | 1,178 |
| University Medical Associates of the Medical University of South Carol | 980 |
| MUSC Community Physicians | 573 |
| Spartanburg Medical Center | 573 |
| Prisma Health Medical Group-Midlands | 540 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about South Carolina doctors
10,449 MD and DO clinicians in South Carolina 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 191 per 100,000 residents, 36th 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 South Carolina, with 4,511, then physician assistants with 2,058. 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 South Carolina rows is one filter in any spreadsheet.
States with a similar count per capita
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National CSVs, one per specialty. City, state and ZIP are on the rows, so any state is one filter away.