Medicare providers in South Carolina

47,793 unique NPIs are enrolled in Medicare in South Carolina, number 24 of 51. Practitioners in the 82 specialties tracked here account for 38,990 of them; the largest is nurse practitioner (7,343), and nurse practitioners outnumber family-practice physicians 3.2 to 1.

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1Enrolled NPIs 47,793
2Largest specialty Nurse Practitioner
3Rank of 51 #24
4Specialties present 82

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

Every specialty in South Carolina

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

Specialty	SC	Share of US
Nurse Practitioner	7,343	2%
Physician Assistant	3,270	1.9%
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	2,493	2.2%
Family Practice	2,327	2%
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	2,249	3.6%
Internal Medicine	2,248	1.8%
Emergency Medicine	1,552	2.4%
Diagnostic Radiology	1,264	3.3%
Mental Health Counselor	1,060	1.5%
Clinical Social Worker	947	1%
Anesthesiology	936	1.8%
Pediatric Medicine	878	1.6%
Obstetrics/Gynecology	866	2%
Chiropractic	776	1.7%
Psychiatry	743	2%
Optometry	710	1.5%
Orthopedic Surgery	567	2.1%
General Surgery	556	2%
Hospitalist	550	1.9%
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	493	2%
Neurology	489	2.3%
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	426	1.7%
Ophthalmology	390	1.9%
Gastroenterology	344	1.9%
Pathology	278	1.9%
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	274	1.9%
Otolaryngology	260	2.3%
Qualified Audiologist	256	2.2%
Urology	242	2.1%
Pulmonary Disease	232	1.7%
Dermatology	227	1.5%
Clinical Psychologist	225	0.6%
Podiatry	224	1.3%
Hematology/Oncology	220	1.8%
Nephrology	215	1.9%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	197	1.8%
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	158	1.4%
Neurosurgery	153	2.3%
Radiation Oncology	141	2.4%
Vascular Surgery	137	3%
Critical Care (Intensivists)	134	1.7%
Infectious Disease	130	1.6%
Anesthesiology Assistant	130	2.8%
Rheumatology	113	1.8%
Interventional Cardiology	110	1.9%
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	108	1.8%
Endocrinology	103	1.2%
Certified Nurse Midwife (Cnm)	100	1%
Allergy/Immunology	79	1.9%
Dentist	75	1.2%
Interventional Radiology	74	2%
Thoracic Surgery	74	2%
Cardiac Electrophysiology	74	2.5%
General Practice	72	0.8%
Marriage and Family Therapist	67	0.4%
Pain Management	62	1.7%
Hospice/Palliative Care	56	1.9%
Sports Medicine	55	2.1%
Hand Surgery	46	2.3%
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	38	1.8%
Geriatric Medicine	37	1.4%
Medical Oncology	34	0.7%
Cardiac Surgery	32	1.9%
Interventional Pain Management	31	1.7%
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	29	2.8%
Oral Surgery	28	0.8%
Surgical Oncology	21	1.3%
Gynecological Oncology	21	1.5%
Sleep Medicine	17	1.3%
Maxillofacial Surgery	16	1.5%
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (Mds)	15	2.4%
Neuropsychiatry	13	3%
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (Cns)	12	0.5%
Hematology	12	0.9%
Preventive Medicine	12	1.2%
Psychologist Billing Independently	10	1%
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	9	0.8%
Medical Genetics and Genomics	8	1.7%
Addiction Medicine	6	0.8%
Other (Non-Physician)	5	1.3%
Other (Physician)	4	0.8%
Nuclear Medicine	2	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.