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Tennessee
28,562 individual providers in 85 specialties, 2024 · 27 metro and micro areas
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Individual providers by data year: 2020: 25,372 · 2021: 26,245 · 2022: 27,054 · 2023: 27,727 · 2024: 28,562.
Specialties practicing in Tennessee, 2024
Metro areas and non-metro Tennessee, 2024
| Area | Type | Individual providers | Physicians |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens, TN | Micro | 136 | 37 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA (crosses a state line) | Metro | 2,579 | 1,076 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY (crosses a state line) | Metro | 701 | 249 |
| Cleveland, TN | Metro | 318 | 116 |
| Cookeville, TN | Micro | 491 | 203 |
| Crossville, TN | Micro | 160 | 70 |
| Dyersburg, TN | Micro | 106 | 27 |
| Fayetteville, TN | Micro | 47 | 12 |
| Greeneville, TN | Micro | 202 | 70 |
| Jackson, TN | Metro | 974 | 411 |
| Johnson City, TN | Metro | 1,156 | 477 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA (crosses a state line) | Metro | 1,460 | 666 |
| Knoxville, TN | Metro | 4,471 | 1,839 |
| Lawrenceburg, TN | Micro | 100 | 18 |
| Lewisburg, TN | Micro | 51 | 9 |
| Martin, TN | Micro | 80 | 16 |
| McMinnville, TN | Micro | 105 | 40 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR (crosses a state line) | Metro | 4,567 | 2,114 |
| Morristown, TN | Metro | 375 | 130 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | Metro | 10,142 | 4,749 |
| Newport, TN | Micro | 81 | 23 |
| Paris, TN | Micro | 107 | 42 |
| Sevierville, TN | Micro | 215 | 57 |
| Shelbyville, TN | Micro | 56 | 14 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | Micro | 182 | 57 |
| Union City, TN | Micro | 85 | 25 |
| Winchester, TN | Micro | 110 | 41 |
| Tennessee outside metro areas | Non-metro | 847 | 216 |
Areas are Census CBSAs with at least one county in Tennessee; provider counts cover the whole area, including any part across a state line. See geography.
Largest cities in Tennessee
- Nashville (6,152 clinicians)
- Knoxville (3,088 clinicians)
- Memphis (2,521 clinicians)
- Chattanooga (1,978 clinicians)
- Johnson City (986 clinicians)
- Murfreesboro (835 clinicians)
- Jackson (822 clinicians)
- Germantown (743 clinicians)
- Kingsport (710 clinicians)
- Franklin (462 clinicians)
Largest hospitals in Tennessee
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2,780 affiliated clinicians)
- Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis (1,485 affiliated clinicians)
- Baptist Memorial Hospital (1,388 affiliated clinicians)
- University Health System, Inc (1,202 affiliated clinicians)
- Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital (1,131 affiliated clinicians)
- Memorial Healthcare System, Inc (1,058 affiliated clinicians)
- Johnson City Medical Center (1,000 affiliated clinicians)
- Parkwest Medical Center (972 affiliated clinicians)
- Jackson-Madison County General Hospital (944 affiliated clinicians)
- Erlanger Medical Center (929 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.