Medicare providers in Nebraska

21,070 unique NPIs are enrolled in Medicare in Nebraska, number 37 of 51. Practitioners in the 79 specialties tracked here account for 15,890 of them; the largest is nurse practitioner (2,841), and nurse practitioners outnumber family-practice physicians 3 to 1.

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1Enrolled NPIs 21,070
2Largest specialty Nurse Practitioner
3Rank of 51 #37
4Specialties present 79

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

Every specialty in Nebraska

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

Specialty	NE	Share of US
Nurse Practitioner	2,841	0.8%
Physician Assistant	1,590	0.9%
Mental Health Counselor	1,153	1.6%
Family Practice	946	0.8%
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	919	0.8%
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	730	1.2%
Chiropractic	588	1.3%
Internal Medicine	475	0.4%
Optometry	405	0.9%
Clinical Social Worker	384	0.4%
Emergency Medicine	371	0.6%
Anesthesiology	367	0.7%
Diagnostic Radiology	351	0.9%
Pediatric Medicine	294	0.5%
Obstetrics/Gynecology	288	0.7%
Hospitalist	284	1%
Clinical Psychologist	256	0.7%
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	253	1%
Orthopedic Surgery	251	0.9%
Psychiatry	246	0.7%
Neurology	204	0.9%
General Surgery	203	0.7%
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	156	0.6%
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	150	1%
Pathology	131	0.9%
Ophthalmology	128	0.6%
Otolaryngology	115	1%
Qualified Audiologist	107	0.9%
Gastroenterology	105	0.6%
Pulmonary Disease	104	0.8%
Podiatry	101	0.6%
Urology	92	0.8%
Interventional Cardiology	78	1.4%
Infectious Disease	77	0.9%
Neurosurgery	71	1.1%
Dermatology	70	0.5%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	70	0.6%
Nephrology	68	0.6%
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	64	0.6%
Hematology/Oncology	56	0.5%
Radiation Oncology	55	0.9%
Endocrinology	54	0.6%
Thoracic Surgery	49	1.3%
Certified Nurse Midwife (Cnm)	46	0.5%
Rheumatology	39	0.6%
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	37	0.6%
Vascular Surgery	36	0.8%
Medical Oncology	31	0.6%
Pain Management	30	0.8%
Cardiac Electrophysiology	29	1%
Critical Care (Intensivists)	26	0.3%
Interventional Radiology	24	0.7%
Hematology	24	1.8%
Allergy/Immunology	23	0.5%
Geriatric Medicine	21	0.8%
Hand Surgery	21	1.1%
General Practice	20	0.2%
Dentist	20	0.3%
Sports Medicine	17	0.6%
Hospice/Palliative Care	16	0.5%
Surgical Oncology	16	1%
Oral Surgery	14	0.4%
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	14	0.7%
Gynecological Oncology	13	1%
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	13	1.2%
Sleep Medicine	9	0.7%
Marriage and Family Therapist	8	0.1%
Maxillofacial Surgery	8	0.7%
Interventional Pain Management	6	0.3%
Cardiac Surgery	5	0.3%
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (Mds)	5	0.8%
Psychologist Billing Independently	4	0.4%
Nuclear Medicine	3	0.4%
Medical Genetics and Genomics	3	0.6%
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (Cns)	2	0.1%
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	2	0.2%
Neuropsychiatry	2	0.5%
Other (Non-Physician)	2	0.5%
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.