Specialties / Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Medicare specialty 25 · #38 of 83 by enrollment

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Medicare enrollment by state

10,933 NPIs are enrolled in Medicare as physical medicine and rehabilitation (provider type 14-25), number 38 of 83 practitioner specialties. The most are in California (1,222), then New York (1,158). As a share of each state's Medicare-enrolled NPIs, the specialty is largest in New Jersey (0.7%) and smallest in Wyoming (0.2%). Another 1,110 are enrolled in the same specialty only to order and refer, not to bill.

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  1. 1Enrolled NPIs 10,933
  2. 2Most in California
  3. 3Taxonomy codes mapped 7
  4. 4Medicare specialty code 25
California1,222New York1,158Texas847Florida761Pennsylvania711New Jersey624Illinois498Michigan474Ohio442Georgia341North Carolina337Washington300
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Medicare-enrolled NPIs in the 12 states with the most, bars to scale. Source: CMS PPEF, 2026-09-29.

Taxonomy codes for physical medicine and rehabilitation

CMS's crosswalk maps 7 NUCC taxonomy codes to Medicare specialty 25. A provider enrolling as physical medicine and rehabilitation should hold one of them as the primary taxonomy on their NPI.

CodeName
208100000XPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
2081H0002XHospice and Palliative Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician
2081N0008XNeuromuscular Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician
2081P0004XSpinal Cord Injury Medicine Physician
2081P0010XPediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Physician
2081P2900XPain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician
2081S0010XSports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician

Where it is concentrated

Raw counts follow population, so the more telling figure is each state's share: what fraction of the state's Medicare-enrolled NPIs are physical medicine and rehabilitation. Nationally the specialty is 0.4% of enrolled NPIs. The highest shares are in New Jersey (0.7%), New York (0.6%), Pennsylvania (0.6%); the lowest in Wyoming (0.2%), North Dakota (0.2%), West Virginia (0.2%). 51 of the 51 (50 states and DC) have at least one enrolled.

Billing versus order-and-refer enrollment

Medicare enrolls practitioners in two ways. A full enrollment lets the provider bill Medicare for their own services; it is what the 10,933 above count. An order-and-refer-only enrollment lets a provider who never bills Medicare — a resident, a VA or military physician, a dentist ordering imaging — still order tests, equipment and referrals that Medicare pays for. 1,110 physical medicine and rehabilitation NPIs hold that limited enrollment.

Every state

Counts are unique NPIs enrolled in each state; a provider enrolled in two states counts in both. The share is of all Medicare-enrolled NPIs in that state.

StateEnrolledShare of state
California1,2220.5%
New York1,1580.6%
Texas8470.4%
Florida7610.4%
Pennsylvania7110.6%
New Jersey6240.7%
Illinois4980.4%
Michigan4740.5%
Ohio4420.4%
Georgia3410.4%
North Carolina3370.3%
Washington3000.4%
Massachusetts2970.4%
Virginia2930.4%
Minnesota2780.4%
Wisconsin2780.5%
Colorado2770.5%
District of Columbia2450.5%
Maryland2320.4%
Indiana2210.4%
Arizona2040.3%
Tennessee2030.3%
Missouri2010.4%
South Carolina1970.4%
Utah1580.6%
Connecticut1570.4%
Alabama1490.4%
Louisiana1390.4%
Kentucky1350.3%
Oregon1250.3%
Nevada1130.5%
Kansas880.3%
Oklahoma840.3%
Idaho830.5%
Iowa830.3%
Delaware710.5%
Nebraska700.3%
Arkansas690.3%
New Hampshire670.4%
Montana580.4%
Maine570.3%
New Mexico540.3%
Mississippi540.2%
West Virginia510.2%
Hawaii460.4%
Rhode Island350.3%
South Dakota340.3%
Vermont290.3%
Alaska270.4%
North Dakota210.2%
Wyoming140.2%

Sources: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment, extract of 2026-09-29; CMS Medicare Provider and Supplier Taxonomy Crosswalk, August 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.