Doctors in Utah: 6,225 enrolled in Medicare
Utah has 6,225 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 178 per 100,000 residents, 43rd of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Salt Lake City, 2,043 in our physician files. Per capita Utah is strongest in sports medicine physicians (2nd, 1.4 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Utah physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Utah, 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 | Utah | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 2,377 | 67.8 | 47th | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 1,741 | 49.7 | 22nd | 40.8 |
| Family Physicians | 966 | 27.6 | 35th | 28.7 |
| Emergency Physicians | 492 | 14.0 | 27th | 13.5 |
| Anesthesiologists | 491 | 14.0 | 19th | 13.3 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 468 | 13.4 | 50th | 30.9 |
| Radiologists | 345 | 9.8 | 33rd | 11.1 |
| Chiropractors | 298 | 8.5 | 41st | 11.8 |
| Optometrists | 286 | 8.2 | 48th | 10.9 |
| OB/GYNs | 285 | 8.1 | 45th | 10.1 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 257 | 7.3 | 30th | 7.4 |
| Hospitalists | 240 | 6.9 | 29th | 7.1 |
| Psychiatrists | 203 | 5.8 | 41st | 8.4 |
| Pediatricians | 199 | 5.7 | 7th | 3.8 |
| Ophthalmologists | 184 | 5.3 | 18th | 5.3 |
| General Surgeons | 183 | 5.2 | 51st | 6.9 |
| Cardiologists | 169 | 4.8 | 49th | 8.7 |
| Neurologists | 160 | 4.6 | 37th | 5.5 |
| Dermatologists | 153 | 4.4 | 15th | 4.0 |
| Podiatrists | 150 | 4.3 | 20th | 4.7 |
| Oncologists | 140 | 4.0 | 40th | 5.0 |
| Pathologists | 130 | 3.7 | 23rd | 3.8 |
| Physiatrists | 120 | 3.4 | 11th | 2.7 |
| Gastroenterologists | 112 | 3.2 | 45th | 4.7 |
| ENTs | 103 | 2.9 | 25th | 2.9 |
| Urologists | 87 | 2.5 | 41st | 3.0 |
| Pulmonologists | 86 | 2.5 | 45th | 3.4 |
| Nephrologists | 70 | 2.0 | 45th | 2.9 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 50 | 1.4 | 17th | 1.4 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 50 | 1.4 | 2nd | 0.7 |
| Neurosurgeons | 49 | 1.4 | 43rd | 1.7 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 48 | 1.4 | 44th | 2.1 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 47 | 1.3 | 35th | 1.6 |
| Critical care physicians | 46 | 1.3 | 30th | 1.8 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 45 | 1.3 | 25th | 1.4 |
| Rheumatologists | 39 | 1.1 | 43rd | 1.6 |
| Endocrinologists | 32 | 0.9 | 48th | 2.1 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 32 | 0.9 | 45th | 1.2 |
| Allergists | 31 | 0.9 | 31st | 1.1 |
| General practice physicians | 18 | 0.5 | 43rd | 1.2 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 18 | 0.5 | 50th | 1.2 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 18 | 0.5 | 10th | 0.3 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 15 | 0.4 | 41st | 0.7 |
| Hematologists | 13 | 0.4 | 18th | 0.3 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 12 | 0.3 | 37th | 0.6 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 11 | 0.3 | 40th | 0.5 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 8 | 0.2 | 30th | 0.3 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 8 | 0.2 | 10th | 0.2 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 7 | 0.2 | 17th | 0.2 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 4 | 0.1 | 32nd | 0.2 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 3 | 0.1 | 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 Utah. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Utah ranks lowest per capita in general surgeons (51st, 5.2 per 100,000), internal medicine physicians (50th, 13.4 per 100,000), cardiologists (49th, 4.8 per 100,000) and optometrists (48th, 8.2 per 100,000).
Where Utah physicians practice
In the 5,809 clinicians Utah has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 26% are women and 25% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2008. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Utah |
|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City | 2,043 | 35% |
| Murray | 462 | 8% |
| Provo | 372 | 6.4% |
| Ogden | 313 | 5.4% |
| St George | 257 | 4.4% |
Largest practice groups in Utah
Groups ranked by the number of Utah clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 78% of Utah 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 | Utah clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Ihc Health Services Inc | 1,759 |
| University of Utah Adult Services | 938 |
| Mountain West Anesthesia LLC | 210 |
| Revere Health PC | 152 |
| Emergency Physicians Integrated Care LLC | 134 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Utah doctors
6,225 MD and DO clinicians in Utah 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, 43rd 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 Utah, with 2,377, then physician assistants with 1,741. 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 Utah 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.