Medicare providers in Tennessee

63,808 unique NPIs are enrolled in Medicare in Tennessee, number 15 of 51. Practitioners in the 82 specialties tracked here account for 52,698 of them; the largest is nurse practitioner (13,926), and nurse practitioners outnumber family-practice physicians 5.4 to 1.

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1Enrolled NPIs 63,808
2Largest specialty Nurse Practitioner
3Rank of 51 #15
4Specialties present 82

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

Every specialty in Tennessee

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

Specialty	TN	Share of US
Nurse Practitioner	13,926	3.8%
Physician Assistant	3,753	2.2%
Internal Medicine	3,206	2.5%
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	3,060	4.9%
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	2,859	2.5%
Family Practice	2,589	2.2%
Emergency Medicine	1,876	2.9%
Diagnostic Radiology	1,531	4%
Clinical Social Worker	1,233	1.2%
Optometry	1,151	2.5%
Anesthesiology	1,132	2.2%
Pediatric Medicine	1,126	2%
Obstetrics/Gynecology	934	2.2%
Mental Health Counselor	905	1.3%
Chiropractic	811	1.8%
General Surgery	781	2.8%
Neurology	724	3.4%
Psychiatry	706	1.9%
Orthopedic Surgery	638	2.4%
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	535	2.2%
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	526	2.1%
Hospitalist	494	1.7%
Clinical Psychologist	450	1.2%
Ophthalmology	441	2.1%
Pathology	438	3%
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	408	2.8%
Gastroenterology	387	2.1%
Pulmonary Disease	365	2.7%
Qualified Audiologist	321	2.7%
Hematology/Oncology	307	2.5%
Podiatry	292	1.7%
Urology	278	2.4%
Nephrology	277	2.5%
Certified Nurse Midwife (Cnm)	270	2.8%
Dermatology	269	1.8%
Otolaryngology	240	2.1%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	203	1.9%
Interventional Cardiology	201	3.5%
Infectious Disease	199	2.4%
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	175	1.5%
Neurosurgery	167	2.5%
Marriage and Family Therapist	156	1%
Endocrinology	150	1.8%
Vascular Surgery	142	3.1%
Radiation Oncology	141	2.4%
Rheumatology	127	2%
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	127	2.2%
Critical Care (Intensivists)	123	1.5%
General Practice	117	1.2%
Medical Oncology	99	1.9%
Allergy/Immunology	97	2.3%
Thoracic Surgery	93	2.6%
Cardiac Electrophysiology	89	2.9%
Dentist	82	1.4%
Pain Management	78	2.1%
Interventional Radiology	75	2%
Sports Medicine	74	2.8%
Addiction Medicine	56	7.1%
Cardiac Surgery	54	3.2%
Oral Surgery	53	1.4%
Hospice/Palliative Care	53	1.8%
Hand Surgery	51	2.6%
Surgical Oncology	45	2.8%
Sleep Medicine	38	2.9%
Other (Non-Physician)	36	9.1%
Geriatric Medicine	35	1.3%
Gynecological Oncology	33	2.4%
Interventional Pain Management	30	1.7%
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	29	1.4%
Maxillofacial Surgery	29	2.7%
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	28	2.7%
Psychologist Billing Independently	28	2.7%
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	24	2.1%
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (Mds)	24	3.9%
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (Cns)	23	1%
Neuropsychiatry	19	4.4%
Preventive Medicine	17	1.6%
Hematology	16	1.2%
Medical Genetics and Genomics	9	1.9%
Nuclear Medicine	6	0.8%
Other (Physician)	6	1.2%
Epileptologists	2	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.