Medicare providers in Minnesota

63,015 unique NPIs are enrolled in Medicare in Minnesota, number 16 of 51. Practitioners in the 82 specialties tracked here account for 53,953 of them; the largest is nurse practitioner (7,296), and nurse practitioners outnumber family-practice physicians 2.2 to 1.

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1Enrolled NPIs 63,015
2Largest specialty Nurse Practitioner
3Rank of 51 #16
4Specialties present 82

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

Every specialty in Minnesota

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

Specialty	MN	Share of US
Nurse Practitioner	7,296	2%
Physician Assistant	4,529	2.6%
Clinical Social Worker	3,394	3.4%
Family Practice	3,309	2.8%
Mental Health Counselor	2,617	3.6%
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	2,533	2.2%
Internal Medicine	2,419	1.9%
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	2,373	3.8%
Chiropractic	1,691	3.7%
Emergency Medicine	1,436	2.2%
Clinical Psychologist	1,403	3.8%
Marriage and Family Therapist	1,387	8.9%
Diagnostic Radiology	1,356	3.5%
Pediatric Medicine	1,324	2.4%
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	1,148	4.7%
Optometry	1,069	2.3%
Anesthesiology	982	1.9%
Obstetrics/Gynecology	911	2.2%
Psychiatry	877	2.4%
Orthopedic Surgery	710	2.7%
General Surgery	695	2.5%
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	650	4.5%
Neurology	643	3%
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	628	2.6%
Pathology	492	3.4%
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	491	4.3%
Hospitalist	433	1.5%
Gastroenterology	424	2.3%
Ophthalmology	421	2%
Dermatology	370	2.5%
Certified Nurse Midwife (Cnm)	351	3.6%
Qualified Audiologist	336	2.9%
Otolaryngology	301	2.6%
Urology	293	2.5%
Pulmonary Disease	287	2.1%
Hematology/Oncology	285	2.3%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	278	2.5%
Nephrology	268	2.4%
Podiatry	266	1.5%
Infectious Disease	194	2.3%
Radiation Oncology	178	3%
Endocrinology	176	2.1%
Neurosurgery	168	2.6%
Oral Surgery	166	4.5%
Critical Care (Intensivists)	156	1.9%
Medical Oncology	149	2.9%
Rheumatology	144	2.3%
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (Cns)	132	5.9%
Dentist	130	2.2%
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	117	2%
Sports Medicine	117	4.4%
Vascular Surgery	105	2.3%
Interventional Cardiology	99	1.7%
Allergy/Immunology	90	2.1%
Cardiac Electrophysiology	87	2.9%
Hematology	82	6.2%
Interventional Radiology	80	2.2%
Thoracic Surgery	80	2.2%
Hospice/Palliative Care	79	2.7%
Pain Management	72	1.9%
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	58	2.8%
Maxillofacial Surgery	57	5.3%
Geriatric Medicine	53	2%
Sleep Medicine	51	3.8%
Preventive Medicine	51	4.9%
Hand Surgery	49	2.5%
Cardiac Surgery	47	2.8%
General Practice	45	0.5%
Gynecological Oncology	33	2.4%
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	33	3.1%
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (Mds)	32	5.2%
Psychologist Billing Independently	30	2.9%
Interventional Pain Management	27	1.5%
Addiction Medicine	23	2.9%
Medical Genetics and Genomics	21	4.5%
Epileptologists	20	5.5%
Neuropsychiatry	14	3.2%
Surgical Oncology	8	0.5%
Nuclear Medicine	8	1.1%
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	7	0.6%
Other (Non-Physician)	6	1.5%
Other (Physician)	3	0.6%

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