Doctors in Virginia: 16,419 enrolled in Medicare

Virginia has 16,419 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 186 per 100,000 residents, 38th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Richmond, 1,721 in our physician files.

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

16,419

MD and DO clinicians in Virginia

186

per 100,000 residents, 38th of 51

1,068

practices and hospitals in our physician files

37%

women, US 37%

78%

in groups of 50+, US 80%

Virginia physicians by specialty

Every specialty with at least one clinician in Virginia, 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	Virginia	Per 100,000	Rank	US per 100,000
Nurse Practitioners	6,885	78.1	40th	83.7
Physician Assistants	3,434	39.0	32nd	40.8
Internal Medicine Physicians	2,219	25.2	30th	30.9
Family Physicians	2,206	25.0	38th	28.7
Emergency Physicians	1,049	11.9	40th	13.5
Anesthesiologists	980	11.1	34th	13.3
Optometrists	872	9.9	39th	10.9
Radiologists	840	9.5	36th	11.1
OB/GYNs	827	9.4	31st	10.1
Chiropractors	764	8.7	39th	11.8
Hospitalists	763	8.7	21st	7.1
Cardiologists	738	8.4	24th	8.7
Psychiatrists	692	7.9	24th	8.4
General Surgeons	566	6.4	42nd	6.9
Orthopedic Surgeons	553	6.3	48th	7.4
Ophthalmologists	436	4.9	24th	5.3
Gastroenterologists	406	4.6	18th	4.7
Neurologists	404	4.6	36th	5.5
Oncologists	383	4.3	33rd	5.0
Dermatologists	336	3.8	22nd	4.0
Podiatrists	324	3.7	28th	4.7
Pulmonologists	272	3.1	35th	3.4
Urologists	238	2.7	38th	3.0
Nephrologists	229	2.6	28th	2.9
Pathologists	222	2.5	46th	3.8
Physiatrists	217	2.5	22nd	2.7
ENTs	211	2.4	41st	2.9
Pediatricians	202	2.3	47th	3.8
Endocrinologists	164	1.9	24th	2.1
Critical care physicians	158	1.8	23rd	1.8
Infectious Disease Physicians	156	1.8	36th	2.1
Plastic Surgeons	128	1.5	15th	1.4
Rheumatologists	123	1.4	30th	1.6
Neurosurgeons	122	1.4	44th	1.7
Radiation Oncologists	113	1.3	40th	1.6
Vascular Surgeons	102	1.2	26th	1.2
Allergists	99	1.1	14th	1.1
Pain Management Physicians	88	1.0	37th	1.4
Cardiothoracic Surgeons	85	1.0	41st	1.2
General practice physicians	70	0.8	26th	1.2
Sports medicine physicians	54	0.6	33rd	0.7
Geriatric medicine physicians	51	0.6	21st	0.6
Hospice and palliative care physicians	44	0.5	35th	0.7
Colorectal surgeons	42	0.5	27th	0.5
Sleep medicine physicians	32	0.4	25th	0.3
Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians	24	0.3	25th	0.3
Nuclear medicine physicians	23	0.3	8th	0.2
Hematologists	19	0.2	27th	0.3
Micrographic dermatologic surgeons	18	0.2	16th	0.2
Addiction medicine physicians	17	0.2	18th	0.2
Preventive medicine physicians	11	0.1	28th	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 Virginia. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Virginia ranks lowest per capita in orthopedic surgeons (48th, 6.3 per 100,000) and pediatricians (47th, 2.3 per 100,000).

Where Virginia physicians practice

In the 15,458 clinicians Virginia has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 37% are women and 27% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2004. These are the cities with the most of them.

City	Clinicians	Share of Virginia
Richmond	1,721	11%
Charlottesville	1,131	7.3%
Norfolk	878	5.7%
Roanoke	811	5.2%
Leesburg	752	4.9%

Largest practice groups in Virginia

Groups ranked by the number of Virginia clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 78% of Virginia 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	Virginia clinicians listed
Mcv Associated Physicians	1,016
University of Virginia Physicians Group	952
Inova Health Care Services	774
Sentara Medical Group	614
Carilion Medical Center	517

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

Questions about Virginia doctors

How many doctors are in Virginia?

16,419 MD and DO clinicians in Virginia 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 186 per 100,000 residents, 38th 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 Virginia?

Nurse Practitioners are the largest group in Virginia, with 6,885, then physician assistants with 3,434. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are counted in their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.

Can I buy a Virginia 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 Virginia rows is one filter in any spreadsheet.

States with a similar count per capita

Arizona, 35th South Carolina, 36th Kentucky, 37th Georgia, 39th Nebraska, 40th New Mexico, 41st 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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