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North Dakota

3,968 individual providers in 72 specialties, 2024 · 8 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: 3,722 · 2021: 3,752 · 2022: 3,833 · 2023: 3,877 · 2024: 3,968.

Specialties practicing in North Dakota, 2024

Specialty	Individual providers
Nurse Practitioner	806
Physician Assistant	339
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	306
Chiropractic	291
Family Practice	271
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	267
Optometry	167
Internal Medicine	128
Emergency Medicine	101
Hospitalist	101
Anesthesiology	89
General Surgery	71
Diagnostic Radiology	69
Obstetrics & Gynecology	65
Psychologist, Clinical	55
Licensed Clinical Social Worker	53
Orthopedic Surgery	52
Psychiatry	50
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	46
Ophthalmology	36
Pathology	34
Neurology	31
Podiatry	29
Hematology-Oncology	28
Audiologist	27
Cardiology	25
Dermatology	24
Critical Care (Intensivists)	23
Pulmonary Disease	23
Otolaryngology	21
Gastroenterology	20
Neurosurgery	20
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	18
Nephrology	17
Radiation Oncology	17
Urology	17
Interventional Radiology	14
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	14
Interventional Cardiology	13
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	13
Speech Language Pathologist	13
Infectious Disease	11
Licensed Professional Counselor	11
Rheumatology	11
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist	9
Oral Surgery (Dentist only)	9
Pediatric Medicine	9
Endocrinology	8
Pain Management	8
Allergy/ Immunology	7
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	7
General Practice	7
Sports Medicine	7
Thoracic Surgery	7
Undefined Physician type	7
Certified Nurse Midwife	6
Vascular Surgery	6
Cardiac Surgery	4
Hand Surgery	4
Medical Oncology	4
Sleep Medicine	4
Maxillofacial Surgery	3
Surgical Oncology	3
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	2
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	2
Hospice and Palliative Care	2
Geriatric Medicine	1
Gynecological Oncology	1
Hematology	1
Interventional Pain Management	1
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	1
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	1

Metro areas and non-metro North Dakota, 2024

Area	Type	Individual providers	Physicians
Bismarck, ND	Metro	859	342
Dickinson, ND	Micro	109	22
Fargo, ND-MN (crosses a state line)	Metro	1,621	681
Grand Forks, ND-MN (crosses a state line)	Metro	576	236
Jamestown, ND	Micro	91	24
Minot, ND	Metro	385	154
Wahpeton, ND-MN (crosses a state line)	Micro	60	10
Williston, ND	Micro	78	29
North Dakota outside metro areas	Non-metro	365	67

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

Largest cities in North Dakota

Fargo (1,453 clinicians)
Bismarck (807 clinicians)
Grand Forks (478 clinicians)
Minot (366 clinicians)
Dickinson (106 clinicians)
Jamestown (91 clinicians)
West Fargo (75 clinicians)
Williston (67 clinicians)
Wahpeton (49 clinicians)
Mandan (47 clinicians)

All 92 cities in North Dakota

Largest hospitals in North Dakota

Sanford Medical Center Fargo (1,244 affiliated clinicians)
Essentia Health (659 affiliated clinicians)
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck (645 affiliated clinicians)
Altru Hospital (541 affiliated clinicians)
Chi St Alexius Health (373 affiliated clinicians)
Trinity Hospitals (361 affiliated clinicians)
Jamestown Regional Medical Center (139 affiliated clinicians)
Chi St Alexius Health Dickinson (121 affiliated clinicians)
Sakakawea Medical Center - Cah (105 affiliated clinicians)
Sanford Mayville (95 affiliated clinicians)

All 47 hospitals in North Dakota

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.