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Kansas

11,638 individual providers in 79 specialties, 2024 · 20 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: 10,621 · 2021: 10,854 · 2022: 11,130 · 2023: 11,313 · 2024: 11,638.

Specialties practicing in Kansas, 2024

Specialty	Individual providers
Nurse Practitioner	2,368
Family Practice	1,015
Physician Assistant	953
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	807
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	759
Chiropractic	641
Optometry	491
Internal Medicine	473
Emergency Medicine	314
Anesthesiology	280
Orthopedic Surgery	222
Hospitalist	213
Licensed Clinical Social Worker	208
Diagnostic Radiology	200
Obstetrics & Gynecology	193
General Surgery	178
Cardiology	146
Psychiatry	141
Ophthalmology	128
Psychologist, Clinical	117
Neurology	111
Audiologist	110
Pathology	103
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	88
Otolaryngology	82
Pulmonary Disease	79
Urology	75
Hematology-Oncology	73
Dermatology	71
Gastroenterology	68
Podiatry	64
Nephrology	55
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	51
Speech Language Pathologist	50
Infectious Disease	47
Neurosurgery	45
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	42
Endocrinology	40
Radiation Oncology	40
Interventional Cardiology	37
Rheumatology	36
Pain Management	30
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	30
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	24
Allergy/ Immunology	23
Critical Care (Intensivists)	22
Medical Oncology	22
Hospice and Palliative Care	21
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist	20
General Practice	20
Licensed Professional Counselor	20
Sports Medicine	19
Thoracic Surgery	19
Vascular Surgery	17
Cardiac Surgery	15
Hematology	13
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	11
Marriage and Family Therapist	11
Geriatric Medicine	10
Interventional Pain Management	9
Interventional Radiology	9
Sleep Medicine	8
Maxillofacial Surgery	7
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	6
Surgical Oncology	6
Gynecological Oncology	5
Hand Surgery	5
Certified Nurse Midwife	4
Pediatric Medicine	4
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery	3
Oral Surgery (Dentist only)	3
Anesthesiology Assistant	1
Geriatric Psychiatry	1
Neuropsychiatry	1
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology	1
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	1
Preventive Medicine	1
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	1
Unknown Supplier/Provider Specialty	1

Metro areas and non-metro Kansas, 2024

Area	Type	Individual providers	Physicians
Arkansas City-Winfield, KS	Micro	64	15
Atchison, KS	Micro	39	16
Dodge City, KS	Micro	75	17
Emporia, KS	Micro	78	34
Garden City, KS	Micro	118	38
Great Bend, KS	Micro	99	26
Hays, KS	Micro	190	76
Hutchinson, KS	Micro	240	81
Joplin, MO-KS (crosses a state line)	Metro	851	420
Kansas City, MO-KS (crosses a state line)	Metro	9,427	4,530
Lawrence, KS	Metro	395	161
Liberal, KS	Micro	54	20
Manhattan, KS	Metro	390	141
McPherson, KS	Micro	63	23
Ottawa, KS	Micro	43	17
Pittsburg, KS	Micro	139	51
Salina, KS	Micro	339	152
St. Joseph, MO-KS (crosses a state line)	Metro	462	235
Topeka, KS	Metro	1,049	398
Wichita, KS	Metro	2,593	1,027
Kansas outside metro areas	Non-metro	829	247

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

Largest cities in Kansas

Wichita (2,156 clinicians)
Kansas City (1,636 clinicians)
Overland Park (1,228 clinicians)
Topeka (994 clinicians)
Olathe (430 clinicians)
Lawrence (381 clinicians)
Salina (332 clinicians)
Manhattan (265 clinicians)
Leawood (260 clinicians)
Hutchinson (237 clinicians)

All 240 cities in Kansas

Largest hospitals in Kansas

University Of Kansas Hospital (2,499 affiliated clinicians)
University Of Kansas Health System Olathe Hospital (885 affiliated clinicians)
Adventhealth Shawnee Mission (856 affiliated clinicians)
Saint Luke's South Hospital (847 affiliated clinicians)
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc. (776 affiliated clinicians)
Stormont Vail Hospital (688 affiliated clinicians)
Wesley Medical Center (650 affiliated clinicians)
Lmh (512 affiliated clinicians)
University Of Kansas Health System - St Francis Campus (478 affiliated clinicians)
Menorah Medical Center (461 affiliated clinicians)

All 139 hospitals in Kansas

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.