Medicare providers in Alaska

7,039 unique NPIs are enrolled in Medicare in Alaska, number 51 of 51. Practitioners in the 73 specialties tracked here account for 5,737 of them; the largest is nurse practitioner (816), and nurse practitioners outnumber family-practice physicians 2 to 1.

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1Enrolled NPIs 7,039
2Largest specialty Nurse Practitioner
3Rank of 51 #51
4Specialties present 73

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

Every specialty in Alaska

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

Specialty	AK	Share of US
Nurse Practitioner	816	0.2%
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	670	0.6%
Physician Assistant	599	0.3%
Family Practice	412	0.4%
Emergency Medicine	247	0.4%
Clinical Social Worker	246	0.2%
Chiropractic	201	0.4%
Mental Health Counselor	198	0.3%
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	179	0.3%
Diagnostic Radiology	166	0.4%
Anesthesiology	159	0.3%
Optometry	158	0.3%
Internal Medicine	133	0.1%
Psychiatry	127	0.3%
Obstetrics/Gynecology	126	0.3%
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	104	0.4%
Hospitalist	90	0.3%
General Surgery	89	0.3%
Orthopedic Surgery	86	0.3%
Pediatric Medicine	84	0.1%
Clinical Psychologist	55	0.2%
Pathology	52	0.4%
Neurology	50	0.2%
Ophthalmology	44	0.2%
Certified Nurse Midwife (Cnm)	41	0.4%
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	40	0.2%
Qualified Audiologist	37	0.3%
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	36	0.3%
Gastroenterology	28	0.2%
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	28	0.2%
Podiatry	27	0.2%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	27	0.2%
Dermatology	26	0.2%
Otolaryngology	26	0.2%
Urology	22	0.2%
Hematology/Oncology	21	0.2%
Interventional Cardiology	21	0.4%
Radiation Oncology	17	0.3%
Nephrology	16	0.1%
Neurosurgery	16	0.2%
General Practice	15	0.2%
Critical Care (Intensivists)	15	0.2%
Pulmonary Disease	14	0.1%
Vascular Surgery	14	0.3%
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	13	1.2%
Marriage and Family Therapist	10	0.1%
Allergy/Immunology	10	0.2%
Hospice/Palliative Care	10	0.3%
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	9	0.2%
Interventional Radiology	9	0.2%
Addiction Medicine	9	1.1%
Infectious Disease	8	0.1%
Medical Oncology	8	0.2%
Pain Management	8	0.2%
Endocrinology	7	0.1%
Rheumatology	7	0.1%
Oral Surgery	7	0.2%
Thoracic Surgery	6	0.2%
Cardiac Electrophysiology	6	0.2%
Interventional Pain Management	4	0.2%
Other (Physician)	4	0.8%
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	3	0.1%
Cardiac Surgery	3	0.2%
Gynecological Oncology	3	0.2%
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	3	0.3%
Geriatric Medicine	2	0.1%
Hand Surgery	2	0.1%
Surgical Oncology	2	0.1%
Maxillofacial Surgery	2	0.2%
Dentist	1	0%
Sports Medicine	1	0%
Psychologist Billing Independently	1	0.1%
Neuropsychiatry	1	0.2%

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