Medicare providers in Kentucky

44,545 unique NPIs are enrolled in Medicare in Kentucky, number 25 of 51. Practitioners in the 82 specialties tracked here account for 36,776 of them; the largest is nurse practitioner (9,724), and nurse practitioners outnumber family-practice physicians 5.5 to 1.

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1Enrolled NPIs 44,545
2Largest specialty Nurse Practitioner
3Rank of 51 #25
4Specialties present 82

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

Every specialty in Kentucky

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

Specialty	KY	Share of US
Nurse Practitioner	9,724	2.7%
Physician Assistant	2,044	1.2%
Clinical Social Worker	1,860	1.9%
Family Practice	1,782	1.5%
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	1,782	2.8%
Internal Medicine	1,779	1.4%
Mental Health Counselor	1,426	2%
Diagnostic Radiology	1,390	3.6%
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	1,374	1.2%
Emergency Medicine	1,300	2%
Pediatric Medicine	843	1.5%
Optometry	751	1.6%
Anesthesiology	730	1.4%
Obstetrics/Gynecology	664	1.6%
Chiropractic	614	1.3%
Neurology	573	2.7%
General Surgery	459	1.7%
Orthopedic Surgery	459	1.7%
Hospitalist	433	1.5%
Psychiatry	427	1.2%
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	388	1.6%
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	324	1.3%
Ophthalmology	298	1.4%
Clinical Psychologist	297	0.8%
Gastroenterology	270	1.5%
Pulmonary Disease	260	1.9%
Pathology	239	1.6%
Nephrology	229	2.1%
Podiatry	222	1.3%
Urology	207	1.8%
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	199	1.4%
Hematology/Oncology	177	1.4%
Qualified Audiologist	175	1.5%
Otolaryngology	175	1.5%
Interventional Cardiology	172	3%
Dermatology	170	1.1%
Dentist	150	2.5%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	135	1.2%
Neurosurgery	133	2%
Marriage and Family Therapist	131	0.8%
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	115	1%
Infectious Disease	107	1.3%
Critical Care (Intensivists)	105	1.3%
Radiation Oncology	104	1.8%
Vascular Surgery	101	2.2%
Certified Nurse Midwife (Cnm)	98	1%
Thoracic Surgery	89	2.5%
General Practice	87	0.9%
Endocrinology	87	1%
Rheumatology	84	1.3%
Pain Management	81	2.2%
Interventional Radiology	73	2%
Cardiac Electrophysiology	73	2.4%
Allergy/Immunology	70	1.7%
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	69	1.2%
Oral Surgery	67	1.8%
Medical Oncology	50	1%
Hospice/Palliative Care	44	1.5%
Sports Medicine	42	1.6%
Interventional Pain Management	42	2.3%
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (Cns)	40	1.8%
Hand Surgery	34	1.7%
Cardiac Surgery	31	1.8%
Sleep Medicine	31	2.3%
Geriatric Medicine	26	1%
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	25	1.2%
Surgical Oncology	25	1.5%
Addiction Medicine	25	3.2%
Neuropsychiatry	25	5.7%
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	23	2.2%
Gynecological Oncology	20	1.5%
Other (Non-Physician)	20	5.1%
Maxillofacial Surgery	19	1.8%
Preventive Medicine	17	1.6%
Psychologist Billing Independently	12	1.2%
Nuclear Medicine	12	1.6%
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	9	0.8%
Hematology	8	0.6%
Medical Genetics and Genomics	8	1.7%
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (Mds)	6	1%
Other (Physician)	6	1.2%
Epileptologists	1	0.3%

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