Doctors in Tennessee: 12,898 enrolled in Medicare

Tennessee has 12,898 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 178 per 100,000 residents, 42nd of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Nashville, 2,907 in our physician files. Per capita Tennessee is strongest in nurse practitioners (5th, 130 per 100,000).

By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.

12,898

MD and DO clinicians in Tennessee

178

per 100,000 residents, 42nd of 51

930

practices and hospitals in our physician files

33%

women, US 37%

80%

in groups of 50+, US 80%

Tennessee physicians by specialty

Every specialty with at least one clinician in Tennessee, 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	Tennessee	Per 100,000	Rank	US per 100,000
Nurse Practitioners	9,407	130	5th	83.7
Physician Assistants	2,640	36.5	35th	40.8
Internal Medicine Physicians	2,078	28.8	23rd	30.9
Family Physicians	1,740	24.1	40th	28.7
Emergency Physicians	895	12.4	38th	13.5
Optometrists	851	11.8	31st	10.9
Anesthesiologists	700	9.7	44th	13.3
Chiropractors	691	9.6	36th	11.8
OB/GYNs	659	9.1	33rd	10.1
Radiologists	618	8.6	43rd	11.1
Cardiologists	571	7.9	29th	8.7
General Surgeons	545	7.5	23rd	6.9
Orthopedic Surgeons	465	6.4	46th	7.4
Psychiatrists	355	4.9	49th	8.4
Neurologists	352	4.9	31st	5.5
Oncologists	342	4.7	25th	5.0
Hospitalists	328	4.5	42nd	7.1
Ophthalmologists	287	4.0	40th	5.3
Pediatricians	277	3.8	28th	3.8
Pulmonologists	250	3.5	22nd	3.4
Gastroenterologists	240	3.3	43rd	4.7
Podiatrists	233	3.2	39th	4.7
Pathologists	218	3.0	41st	3.8
Dermatologists	209	2.9	38th	4.0
Urologists	169	2.3	43rd	3.0
ENTs	169	2.3	44th	2.9
Nephrologists	159	2.2	41st	2.9
Infectious Disease Physicians	136	1.9	26th	2.1
Physiatrists	134	1.9	42nd	2.7
Neurosurgeons	108	1.5	39th	1.7
Endocrinologists	103	1.4	41st	2.1
Rheumatologists	99	1.4	33rd	1.6
Plastic Surgeons	92	1.3	26th	1.4
Vascular Surgeons	87	1.2	22nd	1.2
Cardiothoracic Surgeons	85	1.2	25th	1.2
Radiation Oncologists	83	1.1	46th	1.6
Pain Management Physicians	70	1.0	39th	1.4
Critical care physicians	68	0.9	46th	1.8
Sports medicine physicians	63	0.9	11th	0.7
Allergists	60	0.8	37th	1.1
General practice physicians	59	0.8	23rd	1.2
Hospice and palliative care physicians	36	0.5	36th	0.7
Addiction medicine physicians	33	0.5	4th	0.2
Geriatric medicine physicians	30	0.4	29th	0.6
Sleep medicine physicians	29	0.4	20th	0.3
Colorectal surgeons	24	0.3	39th	0.5
Micrographic dermatologic surgeons	23	0.3	3rd	0.2
Hematologists	14	0.2	30th	0.3
Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians	14	0.2	32nd	0.3
Preventive medicine physicians	7	0.1	34th	0.2
Nuclear medicine physicians	4	0.1	37th	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 Tennessee. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Tennessee ranks lowest per capita in psychiatrists (49th, 4.9 per 100,000).

Where Tennessee physicians practice

In the 12,358 clinicians Tennessee has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 33% are women and 17% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2005. These are the cities with the most of them.

City	Clinicians	Share of Tennessee
Nashville	2,907	24%
Memphis	1,095	8.9%
Knoxville	1,043	8.4%
Chattanooga	736	6%
Brentwood	491	4%

Largest practice groups in Tennessee

Groups ranked by the number of Tennessee clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 80% of Tennessee 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	Tennessee clinicians listed
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	1,664
Saint Thomas Medical Partners	275
Southeastern Physician Services PC	243
University Health System, INC.	241
Erlanger Health	234

A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.

Questions about Tennessee doctors

How many doctors are in Tennessee?

12,898 MD and DO clinicians in Tennessee 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 178 per 100,000 residents, 42nd of 51 among the states and DC. Physicians who bill no Medicare patients are not in the file.

Which specialty has the most clinicians in Tennessee?

Nurse Practitioners are the largest group in Tennessee, with 9,407, then physician assistants with 2,640. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are counted in their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.

Can I buy a Tennessee physician list?

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 Tennessee rows is one filter in any spreadsheet.

States with a similar count per capita

Georgia, 39th Nebraska, 40th New Mexico, 41st Utah, 43rd Arkansas, 44th Alabama, 45th Every state Every specialty list in one file

Specialty email lists

National CSVs, one per specialty. City, state and ZIP are on the rows, so any state is one filter away.

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