Medicare providers in Mississippi

24,303 unique NPIs are enrolled in Medicare in Mississippi, number 35 of 51. Practitioners in the 78 specialties tracked here account for 18,812 of them; the largest is nurse practitioner (5,936), and nurse practitioners outnumber family-practice physicians 5.8 to 1.

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1Enrolled NPIs 24,303
2Largest specialty Nurse Practitioner
3Rank of 51 #35
4Specialties present 78

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

Every specialty in Mississippi

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

Specialty	MS	Share of US
Nurse Practitioner	5,936	1.6%
Family Practice	1,018	0.9%
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	1,014	1.6%
Internal Medicine	959	0.7%
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	882	0.8%
Emergency Medicine	760	1.2%
Diagnostic Radiology	636	1.7%
Physician Assistant	523	0.3%
Obstetrics/Gynecology	416	1%
Mental Health Counselor	411	0.6%
Clinical Social Worker	396	0.4%
Pediatric Medicine	379	0.7%
Optometry	368	0.8%
Anesthesiology	345	0.7%
Orthopedic Surgery	306	1.1%
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	293	1.2%
Psychiatry	254	0.7%
General Surgery	253	0.9%
Neurology	252	1.2%
Chiropractic	207	0.5%
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	203	1.4%
Hospitalist	198	0.7%
Pathology	190	1.3%
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	188	0.8%
Ophthalmology	182	0.9%
Gastroenterology	153	0.8%
Nephrology	143	1.3%
Pulmonary Disease	125	0.9%
Urology	108	0.9%
Dermatology	105	0.7%
Interventional Cardiology	103	1.8%
Hematology/Oncology	101	0.8%
Clinical Psychologist	95	0.3%
Otolaryngology	94	0.8%
Neurosurgery	92	1.4%
Qualified Audiologist	90	0.8%
Infectious Disease	70	0.8%
Podiatry	66	0.4%
Endocrinology	65	0.8%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	54	0.5%
Radiation Oncology	53	0.9%
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	48	0.4%
Vascular Surgery	48	1%
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	47	0.8%
General Practice	42	0.4%
Interventional Radiology	41	1.1%
Thoracic Surgery	40	1.1%
Critical Care (Intensivists)	39	0.5%
Allergy/Immunology	36	0.9%
Pain Management	36	1%
Rheumatology	35	0.6%
Dentist	33	0.5%
Cardiac Electrophysiology	33	1.1%
Medical Oncology	28	0.6%
Hospice/Palliative Care	21	0.7%
Certified Nurse Midwife (Cnm)	20	0.2%
Interventional Pain Management	20	1.1%
Marriage and Family Therapist	18	0.1%
Gynecological Oncology	18	1.3%
Oral Surgery	16	0.4%
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	14	1.3%
Sports Medicine	13	0.5%
Cardiac Surgery	13	0.8%
Geriatric Medicine	12	0.5%
Sleep Medicine	9	0.7%
Hand Surgery	8	0.4%
Preventive Medicine	7	0.7%
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	5	0.2%
Addiction Medicine	5	0.6%
Nuclear Medicine	4	0.5%
Surgical Oncology	3	0.2%
Maxillofacial Surgery	3	0.3%
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	3	0.3%
Hematology	2	0.2%
Medical Genetics and Genomics	2	0.4%
Neuropsychiatry	2	0.5%
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (Cns)	1	0%
Psychologist Billing Independently	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.