Medicare providers in Alabama

40,380 unique NPIs are enrolled in Medicare in Alabama, number 28 of 51. Practitioners in the 82 specialties tracked here account for 31,629 of them; the largest is nurse practitioner (7,636), and nurse practitioners outnumber family-practice physicians 3.6 to 1.

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1Enrolled NPIs 40,380
2Largest specialty Nurse Practitioner
3Rank of 51 #28
4Specialties present 82

Medicare-enrolled practitioners in Alabama by specialty, 15 largest, bars to scale. Source: CMS PPEF, 2026-09-29.

Every specialty in Alabama

Each figure is the number of NPIs enrolled in Medicare in Alabama under that specialty, beside its share of the specialty's national total.

Specialty	AL	Share of US
Nurse Practitioner	7,636	2.1%
Internal Medicine	2,209	1.7%
Family Practice	2,117	1.8%
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	2,080	3.3%
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	1,686	1.5%
Physician Assistant	1,485	0.9%
Emergency Medicine	1,211	1.9%
Diagnostic Radiology	916	2.4%
Optometry	741	1.6%
Anesthesiology	737	1.5%
Obstetrics/Gynecology	691	1.6%
Chiropractic	584	1.3%
Pediatric Medicine	544	1%
General Surgery	543	2%
Clinical Social Worker	536	0.5%
Psychiatry	504	1.4%
Orthopedic Surgery	504	1.9%
Mental Health Counselor	502	0.7%
Neurology	423	2%
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	342	1.4%
Pathology	331	2.3%
Hospitalist	301	1%
Ophthalmology	298	1.4%
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	280	1.1%
Gastroenterology	272	1.5%
Pulmonary Disease	235	1.7%
Nephrology	220	2%
Dermatology	212	1.4%
Urology	205	1.8%
Otolaryngology	199	1.7%
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	186	1.3%
Clinical Psychologist	183	0.5%
Hematology/Oncology	182	1.5%
Podiatry	164	0.9%
Infectious Disease	154	1.8%
Qualified Audiologist	152	1.3%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	149	1.4%
Neurosurgery	123	1.9%
General Practice	111	1.2%
Critical Care (Intensivists)	106	1.3%
Rheumatology	103	1.6%
Radiation Oncology	98	1.7%
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	97	0.9%
Interventional Cardiology	96	1.7%
Endocrinology	92	1.1%
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	78	1.3%
Thoracic Surgery	71	2%
Dentist	67	1.1%
Vascular Surgery	63	1.4%
Medical Oncology	60	1.2%
Sports Medicine	59	2.2%
Oral Surgery	53	1.4%
Anesthesiology Assistant	52	1.1%
Interventional Radiology	49	1.3%
Cardiac Electrophysiology	48	1.6%
Pain Management	47	1.3%
Allergy/Immunology	40	0.9%
Geriatric Medicine	35	1.3%
Hospice/Palliative Care	33	1.1%
Marriage and Family Therapist	32	0.2%
Surgical Oncology	31	1.9%
Certified Nurse Midwife (Cnm)	30	0.3%
Cardiac Surgery	29	1.7%
Interventional Pain Management	25	1.4%
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	21	1%
Gynecological Oncology	21	1.5%
Maxillofacial Surgery	20	1.8%
Hand Surgery	13	0.7%
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	13	1.2%
Preventive Medicine	13	1.3%
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	12	1.1%
Psychologist Billing Independently	11	1.1%
Medical Genetics and Genomics	11	2.3%
Sleep Medicine	10	0.8%
Nuclear Medicine	9	1.2%
Other (Non-Physician)	9	2.3%
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (Mds)	7	1.1%
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (Cns)	5	0.2%
Other (Physician)	5	1%
Addiction Medicine	3	0.4%
Neuropsychiatry	3	0.7%
Hematology	1	0.1%

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment, extract of 2026-09-29; unique NPIs per state. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.