Medicare providers in Virginia

72,830 unique NPIs are enrolled in Medicare in Virginia, number 13 of 51. Practitioners in the 82 specialties tracked here account for 58,743 of them; the largest is nurse practitioner (11,107), and nurse practitioners outnumber family-practice physicians 3.7 to 1.

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1Enrolled NPIs 72,830
2Largest specialty Nurse Practitioner
3Rank of 51 #13
4Specialties present 82

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

Every specialty in Virginia

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

Specialty	VA	Share of US
Nurse Practitioner	11,107	3%
Physician Assistant	5,120	3%
Internal Medicine	3,310	2.6%
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	3,072	2.7%
Family Practice	3,033	2.6%
Mental Health Counselor	2,606	3.6%
Clinical Social Worker	2,563	2.6%
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	2,406	3.8%
Emergency Medicine	2,350	3.6%
Diagnostic Radiology	1,746	4.6%
Anesthesiology	1,622	3.2%
Obstetrics/Gynecology	1,232	2.9%
Optometry	1,225	2.7%
Pediatric Medicine	1,135	2%
Psychiatry	1,128	3.1%
Hospitalist	1,040	3.6%
General Surgery	868	3.1%
Neurology	730	3.4%
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	717	2.9%
Chiropractic	701	1.5%
Orthopedic Surgery	685	2.6%
Clinical Psychologist	682	1.9%
Ophthalmology	598	2.9%
Gastroenterology	575	3.2%
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	572	2.3%
Podiatry	442	2.5%
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	416	2.9%
Pulmonary Disease	378	2.8%
Dermatology	376	2.5%
Pathology	365	2.5%
Urology	328	2.8%
Hematology/Oncology	306	2.5%
Nephrology	295	2.6%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	293	2.7%
Certified Nurse Midwife (Cnm)	292	3%
Otolaryngology	288	2.5%
Critical Care (Intensivists)	288	3.6%
Qualified Audiologist	281	2.4%
Interventional Cardiology	238	4.1%
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	223	2%
Endocrinology	210	2.5%
Infectious Disease	205	2.5%
Neurosurgery	188	2.9%
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	171	2.9%
Interventional Radiology	165	4.5%
Vascular Surgery	164	3.5%
Radiation Oncology	158	2.7%
General Practice	143	1.5%
Rheumatology	140	2.2%
Thoracic Surgery	127	3.5%
Marriage and Family Therapist	123	0.8%
Allergy/Immunology	120	2.8%
Cardiac Electrophysiology	100	3.3%
Medical Oncology	99	1.9%
Hospice/Palliative Care	83	2.8%
Dentist	78	1.3%
Geriatric Medicine	61	2.3%
Pain Management	60	1.6%
Sports Medicine	58	2.2%
Sleep Medicine	53	4%
Hand Surgery	52	2.6%
Oral Surgery	51	1.4%
Interventional Pain Management	47	2.6%
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	46	2.2%
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	37	3.3%
Addiction Medicine	37	4.7%
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	36	3.4%
Gynecological Oncology	34	2.5%
Surgical Oncology	33	2%
Cardiac Surgery	32	1.9%
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (Cns)	31	1.4%
Preventive Medicine	31	3%
Hematology	23	1.7%
Nuclear Medicine	23	3.1%
Psychologist Billing Independently	22	2.1%
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (Mds)	19	3.1%
Other (Non-Physician)	12	3%
Maxillofacial Surgery	11	1%
Neuropsychiatry	11	2.5%
Epileptologists	9	2.5%
Medical Genetics and Genomics	7	1.5%
Other (Physician)	1	0.2%

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