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Missouri

23,943 individual providers in 83 specialties, 2024 · 26 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: 21,873 · 2021: 22,274 · 2022: 22,828 · 2023: 23,288 · 2024: 23,943.

Specialties practicing in Missouri, 2024

Specialty	Individual providers
Nurse Practitioner	4,714
Internal Medicine	1,563
Family Practice	1,486
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	1,444
Physician Assistant	1,279
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	1,081
Emergency Medicine	932
Chiropractic	794
Anesthesiology	757
Diagnostic Radiology	718
Optometry	716
Hospitalist	586
Orthopedic Surgery	457
General Surgery	446
Obstetrics & Gynecology	433
Psychiatry	396
Cardiology	343
Neurology	312
Gastroenterology	294
Ophthalmology	284
Licensed Clinical Social Worker	255
Pathology	253
Pulmonary Disease	230
Anesthesiology Assistant	224
Podiatry	223
Dermatology	207
Nephrology	200
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	191
Psychologist, Clinical	184
Urology	182
Otolaryngology	179
Critical Care (Intensivists)	169
Audiologist	162
Hematology-Oncology	155
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	151
Endocrinology	144
Infectious Disease	125
Interventional Cardiology	118
Neurosurgery	118
Medical Oncology	109
Radiation Oncology	100
Rheumatology	94
Vascular Surgery	76
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	69
Speech Language Pathologist	63
Allergy/ Immunology	60
Licensed Professional Counselor	59
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist	56
Pain Management	56
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	54
Interventional Radiology	53
Sports Medicine	49
Thoracic Surgery	49
General Practice	39
Geriatric Medicine	35
Pediatric Medicine	35
Cardiac Surgery	33
Hand Surgery	29
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	27
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	27
Hospice and Palliative Care	27
Interventional Pain Management	27
Surgical Oncology	25
Sleep Medicine	24
Gynecological Oncology	22
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	22
Nuclear Medicine	19
Maxillofacial Surgery	17
Certified Nurse Midwife	16
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	15
Hematology	13
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery	8
Oral Surgery (Dentist only)	6
Medical Genetics and Genomics	5
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	5
Addiction Medicine	3
Geriatric Psychiatry	3
Preventive Medicine	3
Neuropsychiatry	2
Adult Congenital Heart Disease	1
Dentist	1
Marriage and Family Therapist	1
Undefined Physician type	1

Metro areas and non-metro Missouri, 2024

Area	Type	Individual providers	Physicians
Branson, MO	Micro	157	73
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL (crosses a state line)	Metro	640	333
Columbia, MO	Metro	1,656	1,050
Farmington, MO	Micro	184	63
Fort Leonard Wood, MO	Micro	59	20
Hannibal, MO	Micro	172	89
Jefferson City, MO	Metro	407	201
Joplin, MO-KS (crosses a state line)	Metro	851	420
Kansas City, MO-KS (crosses a state line)	Metro	9,427	4,530
Kennett, MO	Micro	37	5
Kirksville, MO	Micro	130	76
Lebanon, MO	Micro	73	29
Marshall, MO	Micro	37	17
Maryville, MO	Micro	47	18
Mexico, MO	Micro	38	17
Moberly, MO	Micro	49	22
Poplar Bluff, MO	Micro	151	54
Quincy, IL-MO (crosses a state line)	Micro	390	198
Rolla, MO	Micro	174	84
Sedalia, MO	Micro	82	31
Sikeston, MO	Micro	95	35
Springfield, MO	Metro	1,981	969
St. Joseph, MO-KS (crosses a state line)	Metro	462	235
St. Louis, MO-IL (crosses a state line)	Metro	12,514	6,710
Warrensburg, MO	Micro	86	29
West Plains, MO	Micro	140	77
Missouri outside metro areas	Non-metro	884	310

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

Largest cities in Missouri

Saint Louis (6,748 clinicians)
Kansas City (2,513 clinicians)
Springfield (1,749 clinicians)
Columbia (1,613 clinicians)
Joplin (691 clinicians)
Cape Girardeau (609 clinicians)
Chesterfield (600 clinicians)
Lees Summit (516 clinicians)
Saint Joseph (415 clinicians)
Independence (359 clinicians)

All 375 cities in Missouri

Largest hospitals in Missouri

Barnes Jewish Hospital (2,320 affiliated clinicians)
Mercy Hospital St Louis (1,782 affiliated clinicians)
Missouri Baptist Medical Center (1,498 affiliated clinicians)
St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City (1,479 affiliated clinicians)
University Of Missouri Health Care (1,249 affiliated clinicians)
Mercy Hospital South (1,181 affiliated clinicians)
Mercy Hospital Springfield (1,135 affiliated clinicians)
St Lukes Hospital (1,096 affiliated clinicians)
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital (1,083 affiliated clinicians)
Cox Medical Centers (1,032 affiliated clinicians)

All 120 hospitals in Missouri

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.