Doctors in West Virginia: 3,849 enrolled in Medicare
West Virginia has 3,849 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 217 per 100,000 residents, 24th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Morgantown, 843 in our physician files.
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
West Virginia physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in West 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 | West Virginia | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 2,115 | 119 | 7th | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 957 | 54.1 | 19th | 40.8 |
| Family Physicians | 699 | 39.5 | 9th | 28.7 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 581 | 32.8 | 17th | 30.9 |
| Emergency Physicians | 288 | 16.3 | 13th | 13.5 |
| Anesthesiologists | 200 | 11.3 | 32nd | 13.3 |
| General Surgeons | 182 | 10.3 | 6th | 6.9 |
| Optometrists | 175 | 9.9 | 40th | 10.9 |
| Psychiatrists | 157 | 8.9 | 18th | 8.4 |
| OB/GYNs | 144 | 8.1 | 44th | 10.1 |
| Cardiologists | 140 | 7.9 | 28th | 8.7 |
| Chiropractors | 134 | 7.6 | 44th | 11.8 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 127 | 7.2 | 35th | 7.4 |
| Hospitalists | 127 | 7.2 | 27th | 7.1 |
| Neurologists | 118 | 6.7 | 12th | 5.5 |
| Radiologists | 115 | 6.5 | 49th | 11.1 |
| Oncologists | 88 | 5.0 | 23rd | 5.0 |
| Pediatricians | 87 | 4.9 | 11th | 3.8 |
| Pathologists | 76 | 4.3 | 14th | 3.8 |
| Pulmonologists | 75 | 4.2 | 11th | 3.4 |
| Podiatrists | 68 | 3.8 | 24th | 4.7 |
| Gastroenterologists | 64 | 3.6 | 37th | 4.7 |
| Ophthalmologists | 63 | 3.6 | 49th | 5.3 |
| Urologists | 53 | 3.0 | 30th | 3.0 |
| Endocrinologists | 50 | 2.8 | 7th | 2.1 |
| Nephrologists | 49 | 2.8 | 24th | 2.9 |
| ENTs | 42 | 2.4 | 43rd | 2.9 |
| General practice physicians | 39 | 2.2 | 3rd | 1.2 |
| Critical care physicians | 37 | 2.1 | 17th | 1.8 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 35 | 2.0 | 4th | 1.2 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 33 | 1.9 | 27th | 2.1 |
| Neurosurgeons | 33 | 1.9 | 21st | 1.7 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 33 | 1.9 | 10th | 1.6 |
| Dermatologists | 32 | 1.8 | 50th | 4.0 |
| Physiatrists | 29 | 1.6 | 46th | 2.7 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 25 | 1.4 | 16th | 1.4 |
| Rheumatologists | 23 | 1.3 | 37th | 1.6 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 23 | 1.3 | 16th | 1.2 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 22 | 1.2 | 28th | 1.4 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 13 | 0.7 | 3rd | 0.3 |
| Allergists | 9 | 0.5 | 47th | 1.1 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 9 | 0.5 | 38th | 0.7 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 8 | 0.5 | 39th | 0.7 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 4 | 0.2 | 44th | 0.6 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 4 | 0.2 | 14th | 0.2 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 3 | 0.2 | 49th | 0.5 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 3 | 0.2 | 45th | 0.3 |
| Hematologists | 3 | 0.2 | 31st | 0.3 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 3 | 0.2 | 14th | 0.2 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 2 | 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 West Virginia. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. West Virginia ranks lowest per capita in radiologists (49th, 6.5 per 100,000) and ophthalmologists (49th, 3.6 per 100,000).
Where West Virginia physicians practice
In the 3,680 clinicians West Virginia has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 31% are women and 21% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2006. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of West Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Morgantown | 843 | 23% |
| Charleston | 542 | 15% |
| Huntington | 367 | 10% |
| Martinsburg | 192 | 5.2% |
| South Charleston | 151 | 4.1% |
Largest practice groups in West Virginia
Groups ranked by the number of West Virginia clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 83% of West 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 | West Virginia clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| West Virginia University Medical Corporation | 911 |
| Charleston Area Medical Center Inc | 449 |
| University Physicians and Surgeons, Inc | 224 |
| Ths Physician Partners Inc | 131 |
| Monongalia County General Hospital Company | 113 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about West Virginia doctors
3,849 MD and DO clinicians in West 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 217 per 100,000 residents, 24th 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 West Virginia, with 2,115, then physician assistants with 957. 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 West Virginia 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.