Medicare providers in West Virginia

20,973 unique NPIs are enrolled in Medicare in West Virginia, number 38 of 51. Practitioners in the 81 specialties tracked here account for 17,266 of them; the largest is nurse practitioner (3,821), and nurse practitioners outnumber family-practice physicians 3.3 to 1.

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1Enrolled NPIs 20,973
2Largest specialty Nurse Practitioner
3Rank of 51 #38
4Specialties present 81

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

Every specialty in West Virginia

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

Specialty	WV	Share of US
Nurse Practitioner	3,821	1%
Physician Assistant	1,563	0.9%
Family Practice	1,153	1%
Internal Medicine	1,129	0.9%
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	1,026	1.6%
Emergency Medicine	732	1.1%
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	598	0.5%
Anesthesiology	440	0.9%
Mental Health Counselor	415	0.6%
Diagnostic Radiology	413	1.1%
Pediatric Medicine	409	0.7%
Psychiatry	365	1%
Clinical Social Worker	360	0.4%
General Surgery	304	1.1%
Optometry	269	0.6%
Neurology	268	1.2%
Obstetrics/Gynecology	264	0.6%
Clinical Psychologist	221	0.6%
Hospitalist	217	0.7%
Orthopedic Surgery	211	0.8%
Chiropractic	175	0.4%
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	167	0.7%
Ophthalmology	150	0.7%
Podiatry	147	0.8%
Pathology	144	1%
Urology	123	1.1%
Pulmonary Disease	122	0.9%
Hematology/Oncology	116	0.9%
Gastroenterology	113	0.6%
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	112	0.5%
Nephrology	111	1%
Qualified Audiologist	97	0.8%
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	95	0.7%
Critical Care (Intensivists)	91	1.1%
Infectious Disease	80	1%
Otolaryngology	78	0.7%
Interventional Cardiology	78	1.4%
General Practice	74	0.8%
Endocrinology	67	0.8%
Dermatology	65	0.4%
Dentist	65	1.1%
Radiation Oncology	63	1.1%
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	55	0.5%
Neurosurgery	54	0.8%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	51	0.5%
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	51	0.9%
Vascular Surgery	51	1.1%
Certified Nurse Midwife (Cnm)	50	0.5%
Thoracic Surgery	47	1.3%
Rheumatology	41	0.7%
Psychologist Billing Independently	37	3.6%
Pain Management	30	0.8%
Medical Oncology	25	0.5%
Cardiac Electrophysiology	25	0.8%
Oral Surgery	24	0.7%
Interventional Radiology	23	0.6%
Allergy/Immunology	18	0.4%
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	18	1.6%
Hospice/Palliative Care	17	0.6%
Maxillofacial Surgery	16	1.5%
Addiction Medicine	16	2%
Sports Medicine	13	0.5%
Geriatric Medicine	11	0.4%
Preventive Medicine	10	1%
Interventional Pain Management	9	0.5%
Cardiac Surgery	9	0.5%
Surgical Oncology	8	0.5%
Gynecological Oncology	7	0.5%
Marriage and Family Therapist	5	0%
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	4	0.2%
Hand Surgery	4	0.2%
Sleep Medicine	4	0.3%
Other (Non-Physician)	4	1%
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (Cns)	3	0.1%
Hematology	3	0.2%
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	3	0.3%
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (Mds)	3	0.5%
Other (Physician)	2	0.4%
Medical Genetics and Genomics	2	0.4%
Anesthesiology Assistant	1	0%
Nuclear Medicine	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.