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Colorado
22,033 individual providers in 86 specialties, 2024 · 17 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: 18,578 · 2021: 19,891 · 2022: 20,378 · 2023: 21,182 · 2024: 22,033.
Specialties practicing in Colorado, 2024
Metro areas and non-metro Colorado, 2024
| Area | Type | Individual providers | Physicians |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamosa, CO | Micro | 63 | 26 |
| Boulder, CO | Metro | 1,552 | 728 |
| Breckenridge, CO | Micro | 141 | 45 |
| Cañon City, CO | Micro | 77 | 27 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | Metro | 2,746 | 1,208 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | Metro | 11,966 | 6,268 |
| Durango, CO | Micro | 323 | 149 |
| Edwards, CO | Micro | 256 | 93 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | Metro | 1,697 | 756 |
| Fort Morgan, CO | Micro | 46 | 14 |
| Grand Junction, CO | Metro | 688 | 366 |
| Greeley, CO | Metro | 688 | 300 |
| Montrose, CO | Micro | 211 | 101 |
| Pueblo, CO | Metro | 670 | 342 |
| Rifle, CO | Micro | 234 | 135 |
| Steamboat Springs, CO | Micro | 131 | 59 |
| Sterling, CO | Micro | 31 | 16 |
| Colorado outside metro areas | Non-metro | 500 | 204 |
Areas are Census CBSAs with at least one county in Colorado; provider counts cover the whole area, including any part across a state line. See geography.
Largest cities in Colorado
- Aurora (3,005 clinicians)
- Denver (2,904 clinicians)
- Colorado Springs (2,461 clinicians)
- Fort Collins (1,218 clinicians)
- Lakewood (719 clinicians)
- Englewood (692 clinicians)
- Boulder (662 clinicians)
- Pueblo (657 clinicians)
- Greenwood Village (634 clinicians)
- Grand Junction (606 clinicians)
Largest hospitals in Colorado
- University Of Colorado Hospital Authority (2,539 affiliated clinicians)
- Uch-Memorial Health System (1,473 affiliated clinicians)
- Poudre Valley Hospital (1,294 affiliated clinicians)
- Medical Center Of The Rockies (1,276 affiliated clinicians)
- Uchealth Highlands Ranch Hospital (1,052 affiliated clinicians)
- Adventhealth Littleton (837 affiliated clinicians)
- Adventhealth Parker (765 affiliated clinicians)
- Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health Services (750 affiliated clinicians)
- Uchealth Greeley Hospital (732 affiliated clinicians)
- Longs Peak Hospital (720 affiliated clinicians)
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.