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85,582 individual providers in 89 specialties, 2024 · 27 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: 77,909 · 2021: 79,547 · 2022: 81,698 · 2023: 83,153 · 2024: 85,582.

Specialties practicing in New York, 2024

Specialty	Individual providers
Nurse Practitioner	10,295
Physician Assistant	8,690
Internal Medicine	7,864
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	6,363
Emergency Medicine	3,737
Family Practice	3,705
Anesthesiology	3,680
Diagnostic Radiology	2,489
Psychiatry	1,970
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	1,958
Cardiology	1,949
Obstetrics & Gynecology	1,739
Hospitalist	1,636
Podiatry	1,580
Licensed Clinical Social Worker	1,491
Chiropractic	1,440
Ophthalmology	1,438
Neurology	1,430
Optometry	1,399
General Surgery	1,366
Gastroenterology	1,360
Orthopedic Surgery	1,320
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	1,130
Pathology	981
Dermatology	960
Psychologist, Clinical	950
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	816
Pulmonary Disease	811
Urology	756
Nephrology	690
Otolaryngology	677
Hematology-Oncology	628
Endocrinology	627
Audiologist	575
Infectious Disease	549
Medical Oncology	506
Critical Care (Intensivists)	426
Rheumatology	402
Neurosurgery	345
Radiation Oncology	342
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	330
Vascular Surgery	316
Speech Language Pathologist	278
Allergy/ Immunology	272
Interventional Cardiology	224
Pain Management	215
Thoracic Surgery	196
Geriatric Medicine	191
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	183
Interventional Radiology	176
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	167
Hospice and Palliative Care	164
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	159
General Practice	153
Pediatric Medicine	136
Licensed Professional Counselor	116
Surgical Oncology	112
Hematology	102
Sports Medicine	98
Hand Surgery	95
Gynecological Oncology	89
Certified Nurse Midwife	83
Nuclear Medicine	83
Cardiac Surgery	79
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	77
Oral Surgery (Dentist only)	69
Interventional Pain Management	60
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	47
Sleep Medicine	39
Maxillofacial Surgery	33
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery	19
Neuropsychiatry	17
Dentist	16
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy	16
Geriatric Psychiatry	14
Preventive Medicine	13
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	10
Addiction Medicine	9
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist	9
Medical Genetics and Genomics	9
Medical Toxicology	9
Marriage and Family Therapist	8
Undefined Physician type	8
Adult Congenital Heart Disease	6
Epileptologists	2
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology	2
Oral Medicine	1
Peripheral Vascular Disease	1
Unknown Supplier/Provider Specialty	1

Metro areas and non-metro New York, 2024

Area	Type	Individual providers	Physicians
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	Metro	4,067	1,918
Amsterdam, NY	Micro	133	58
Auburn, NY	Micro	184	84
Batavia, NY	Micro	156	67
Binghamton, NY	Metro	995	472
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	Metro	5,123	2,333
Corning, NY	Micro	241	104
Cortland, NY	Micro	138	53
Elmira, NY	Metro	352	185
Glens Falls, NY	Metro	462	203
Gloversville, NY	Micro	118	33
Hudson, NY	Micro	138	56
Ithaca, NY	Metro	389	185
Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY	Micro	319	144
Kingston, NY	Metro	465	203
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	Metro	2,632	1,413
Massena-Ogdensburg, NY	Micro	311	154
Monticello, NY	Micro	137	63
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (crosses a state line)	Metro	84,179	49,532
Olean, NY	Micro	180	75
Oneonta, NY	Micro	470	235
Plattsburgh, NY	Micro	336	170
Rochester, NY	Metro	5,538	2,997
Seneca Falls, NY	Micro	37	2
Syracuse, NY	Metro	3,282	1,595
Utica-Rome, NY	Metro	864	356
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	Metro	344	143
New York outside metro areas	Non-metro	613	183

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

Largest cities in New York

New York (17,468 clinicians)
Brooklyn (7,207 clinicians)
Rochester (4,350 clinicians)
Bronx (4,067 clinicians)
Buffalo (2,066 clinicians)
Albany (1,939 clinicians)
Syracuse (1,928 clinicians)
Staten Island (1,808 clinicians)
Flushing (1,216 clinicians)
New Hyde Park (1,199 clinicians)

All 1,072 cities in New York

Largest hospitals in New York

Nyu Langone Hospitals (4,591 affiliated clinicians)
New York-Presbyterian Hospital (3,931 affiliated clinicians)
North Shore University Hospital (3,310 affiliated clinicians)
Strong Memorial Hospital (2,767 affiliated clinicians)
Long Island Jewish Medical Center (2,025 affiliated clinicians)
Mount Sinai Hospital (1,784 affiliated clinicians)
Montefiore Medical Center (1,761 affiliated clinicians)
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital (1,658 affiliated clinicians)
Rochester General Hospital (1,584 affiliated clinicians)
Albany Medical Center Hospital (1,488 affiliated clinicians)

All 192 hospitals in New York

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.