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Alaska

3,064 individual providers in 70 specialties, 2024 · 4 metro and micro areas

Market Comparisons are prepared for one specialty in one metro area (or the state's area outside metro areas). View sample report

Individual providers by data year: 2020: 2,661 · 2021: 2,766 · 2022: 2,862 · 2023: 2,915 · 2024: 3,064.

Specialties practicing in Alaska, 2024

Specialty	Individual providers
Nurse Practitioner	468
Physician Assistant	406
Family Practice	345
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	307
Chiropractic	141
Emergency Medicine	125
Optometry	120
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	109
Internal Medicine	100
Anesthesiology	75
Obstetrics & Gynecology	70
Orthopedic Surgery	66
General Surgery	64
Diagnostic Radiology	63
Hospitalist	57
Psychiatry	50
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	34
Licensed Clinical Social Worker	28
Ophthalmology	24
Cardiology	22
Neurology	22
Otolaryngology	22
Psychologist, Clinical	21
Urology	21
Gastroenterology	17
Licensed Professional Counselor	16
Podiatry	16
Audiologist	15
Dermatology	15
Pathology	15
Hematology-Oncology	13
Radiation Oncology	13
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	12
Critical Care (Intensivists)	11
General Practice	11
Neurosurgery	10
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	10
Interventional Cardiology	9
Allergy/ Immunology	8
Infectious Disease	7
Nephrology	7
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	7
Rheumatology	7
Endocrinology	6
Pulmonary Disease	6
Speech Language Pathologist	6
Certified Nurse Midwife	5
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	5
Medical Oncology	5
Vascular Surgery	5
Interventional Pain Management	4
Pain Management	4
Pediatric Medicine	4
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	4
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	3
Hospice and Palliative Care	3
Interventional Radiology	3
Peripheral Vascular Disease	3
Thoracic Surgery	3
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	2
Gynecological Oncology	2
Hand Surgery	2
Oral Surgery (Dentist only)	2
Surgical Oncology	2
Dentist	1
Geriatric Medicine	1
Marriage and Family Therapist	1
Preventive Medicine	1
Sleep Medicine	1
Sports Medicine	1

Metro areas and non-metro Alaska, 2024

Area	Type	Individual providers	Physicians
Anchorage, AK	Metro	2,072	954
Fairbanks-College, AK	Metro	359	146
Juneau, AK	Micro	140	55
Ketchikan, AK	Micro	52	29
Alaska outside metro areas	Non-metro	440	180

Areas are Census CBSAs with at least one county in Alaska; provider counts cover the whole area, including any part across a state line. See geography.

Largest cities in Alaska

Anchorage (1,597 clinicians)
Fairbanks (325 clinicians)
Wasilla (233 clinicians)
Soldotna (152 clinicians)
Juneau (138 clinicians)
Palmer (99 clinicians)
Eagle River (55 clinicians)
Ketchikan (52 clinicians)
Jber (49 clinicians)
Kenai (44 clinicians)

All 73 cities in Alaska

Largest hospitals in Alaska

Providence Alaska Medical Center (852 affiliated clinicians)
Alaska Native Medical Center (567 affiliated clinicians)
Mat-Su Regional Medical Center (425 affiliated clinicians)
Alaska Regional Hospital (386 affiliated clinicians)
Central Peninsula General Hospital (375 affiliated clinicians)
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital (321 affiliated clinicians)
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (295 affiliated clinicians)
Bartlett Regional Hospital (169 affiliated clinicians)
South Peninsula Hospital (152 affiliated clinicians)
Peacehealth Ketchikan Medical Center (132 affiliated clinicians)

All 25 hospitals in Alaska

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data year 2024. Largest by the count of clinicians.