Doctors in Texas: 51,954 enrolled in Medicare
Texas has 51,954 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 166 per 100,000 residents, 48th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Houston, 9,146 in our physician files.
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Texas physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Texas, 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 | Texas | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 20,762 | 66.4 | 48th | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 7,782 | 24.9 | 45th | 40.8 |
| Family Physicians | 7,337 | 23.4 | 44th | 28.7 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 7,172 | 22.9 | 35th | 30.9 |
| Anesthesiologists | 3,702 | 11.8 | 28th | 13.3 |
| Emergency Physicians | 3,092 | 9.9 | 47th | 13.5 |
| Optometrists | 2,967 | 9.5 | 41st | 10.9 |
| Radiologists | 2,603 | 8.3 | 44th | 11.1 |
| OB/GYNs | 2,480 | 7.9 | 46th | 10.1 |
| Cardiologists | 2,112 | 6.7 | 41st | 8.7 |
| Chiropractors | 1,989 | 6.4 | 48th | 11.8 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 1,718 | 5.5 | 51st | 7.4 |
| General Surgeons | 1,670 | 5.3 | 49th | 6.9 |
| Psychiatrists | 1,572 | 5.0 | 47th | 8.4 |
| Oncologists | 1,309 | 4.2 | 36th | 5.0 |
| Pediatricians | 1,282 | 4.1 | 24th | 3.8 |
| Ophthalmologists | 1,256 | 4.0 | 38th | 5.3 |
| Neurologists | 1,198 | 3.8 | 45th | 5.5 |
| Hospitalists | 1,192 | 3.8 | 46th | 7.1 |
| Gastroenterologists | 1,174 | 3.8 | 34th | 4.7 |
| Pathologists | 1,082 | 3.5 | 30th | 3.8 |
| Dermatologists | 1,063 | 3.4 | 31st | 4.0 |
| Podiatrists | 1,022 | 3.3 | 36th | 4.7 |
| Nephrologists | 899 | 2.9 | 21st | 2.9 |
| Pulmonologists | 737 | 2.4 | 47th | 3.4 |
| ENTs | 710 | 2.3 | 49th | 2.9 |
| Urologists | 695 | 2.2 | 48th | 3.0 |
| Physiatrists | 642 | 2.1 | 36th | 2.7 |
| Endocrinologists | 527 | 1.7 | 28th | 2.1 |
| Neurosurgeons | 464 | 1.5 | 41st | 1.7 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 460 | 1.5 | 41st | 2.1 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 446 | 1.4 | 13th | 1.4 |
| Rheumatologists | 403 | 1.3 | 39th | 1.6 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 399 | 1.3 | 24th | 1.4 |
| Critical care physicians | 360 | 1.2 | 38th | 1.8 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 360 | 1.2 | 45th | 1.6 |
| General practice physicians | 358 | 1.1 | 11th | 1.2 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 307 | 1.0 | 39th | 1.2 |
| Allergists | 294 | 0.9 | 24th | 1.1 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 277 | 0.9 | 43rd | 1.2 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 175 | 0.6 | 20th | 0.5 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 159 | 0.5 | 34th | 0.7 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 147 | 0.5 | 40th | 0.7 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 126 | 0.4 | 30th | 0.6 |
| Hematologists | 52 | 0.2 | 32nd | 0.3 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 45 | 0.1 | 19th | 0.2 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 44 | 0.1 | 29th | 0.2 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 38 | 0.1 | 51st | 0.3 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 36 | 0.1 | 30th | 0.2 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 32 | 0.1 | 44th | 0.3 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 15 | 0.0 | 45th | 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 Texas. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Texas ranks lowest per capita in orthopedic surgeons (51st, 5.5 per 100,000), general surgeons (49th, 5.3 per 100,000), ENTs (49th, 2.3 per 100,000) and nurse practitioners (48th, 66.4 per 100,000).
Where Texas physicians practice
In the 49,358 clinicians Texas has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 36% are women and 24% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2005. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Houston | 9,146 | 19% |
| Dallas | 5,483 | 11% |
| San Antonio | 3,497 | 7.1% |
| Austin | 2,211 | 4.5% |
| Fort Worth | 1,793 | 3.6% |
Largest practice groups in Texas
Groups ranked by the number of Texas clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 74% of Texas 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 | Texas clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | 1,969 |
| Healthtexas Provider Network | 1,421 |
| Scott and White Clinic | 1,314 |
| Physicians Referral Service | 1,166 |
| UT Physicians | 1,163 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Texas by specialty
Questions about Texas doctors
51,954 MD and DO clinicians in Texas 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 166 per 100,000 residents, 48th 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 Texas, with 20,762, then physician assistants with 7,782. 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 Texas 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.