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27,978 individual providers in 84 specialties, 2024 · 23 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: 25,811 · 2021: 26,692 · 2022: 26,869 · 2023: 27,304 · 2024: 27,978.

Specialties practicing in Washington, 2024

Specialty	Individual providers
Nurse Practitioner	3,734
Physician Assistant	2,882
Family Practice	2,681
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	2,543
Internal Medicine	1,650
Anesthesiology	1,085
Chiropractic	1,073
Emergency Medicine	919
Optometry	891
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	778
Diagnostic Radiology	769
Hospitalist	644
Orthopedic Surgery	500
General Surgery	456
Neurology	382
Ophthalmology	373
Gastroenterology	359
Obstetrics & Gynecology	342
Psychiatry	328
Cardiology	305
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	300
Dermatology	299
Podiatry	290
Pathology	260
Hematology-Oncology	247
Psychologist, Clinical	233
Pulmonary Disease	228
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	221
Urology	212
Otolaryngology	211
Nephrology	200
Licensed Clinical Social Worker	193
Audiologist	184
Infectious Disease	141
Radiation Oncology	137
Endocrinology	121
Interventional Cardiology	120
Neurosurgery	114
Rheumatology	114
Critical Care (Intensivists)	110
Medical Oncology	101
Vascular Surgery	81
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	71
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	63
Allergy/ Immunology	58
Licensed Professional Counselor	58
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	56
General Practice	54
Sports Medicine	52
Pain Management	51
Hand Surgery	50
Interventional Radiology	45
Thoracic Surgery	44
Geriatric Medicine	43
Hospice and Palliative Care	43
Pediatric Medicine	43
Sleep Medicine	41
Certified Nurse Midwife	37
Speech Language Pathologist	37
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	33
Gynecological Oncology	30
Cardiac Surgery	28
Hematology	25
Interventional Pain Management	24
Surgical Oncology	24
Nuclear Medicine	22
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	21
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	20
Oral Surgery (Dentist only)	17
Undefined Physician type	10
Dentist	9
Addiction Medicine	7
Adult Congenital Heart Disease	7
Geriatric Psychiatry	7
Medical Genetics and Genomics	7
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery	6
Marriage and Family Therapist	5
Maxillofacial Surgery	5
Neuropsychiatry	4
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	4
Preventive Medicine	3
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist	1
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology	1
Peripheral Vascular Disease	1

Metro areas and non-metro Washington, 2024

Area	Type	Individual providers	Physicians
Aberdeen, WA	Micro	118	39
Bellingham, WA	Metro	814	433
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	Metro	849	399
Centralia, WA	Micro	194	71
Ellensburg, WA	Micro	68	15
Kennewick-Richland, WA	Metro	949	396
Lewiston, ID-WA (crosses a state line)	Metro	234	90
Longview-Kelso, WA	Metro	322	164
Moses Lake, WA	Micro	178	61
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	Metro	545	276
Oak Harbor, WA	Micro	125	38
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	Metro	1,014	467
Othello, WA	Micro	28	8
Port Angeles, WA	Micro	272	121
Port Townsend, WA	Micro	71	20
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (crosses a state line)	Metro	9,374	5,481
Pullman, WA	Micro	113	53
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	Metro	16,242	9,140
Shelton, WA	Micro	51	23
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	Metro	2,727	1,259
Walla Walla, WA	Metro	246	115
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	Metro	614	341
Yakima, WA	Metro	654	293
Washington outside metro areas	Non-metro	252	94

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

Largest cities in Washington

Seattle (6,693 clinicians)
Spokane (2,113 clinicians)
Tacoma (1,844 clinicians)
Vancouver (1,359 clinicians)
Everett (1,014 clinicians)
Bellevue (872 clinicians)
Olympia (756 clinicians)
Bellingham (737 clinicians)
Renton (580 clinicians)
Puyallup (546 clinicians)

All 260 cities in Washington

Largest hospitals in Washington

Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital (1,978 affiliated clinicians)
University Of Washington Medical Ctr (1,922 affiliated clinicians)
Swedish Medical Center (1,418 affiliated clinicians)
St Joseph Medical Center (1,345 affiliated clinicians)
Harborview Medical Center (1,126 affiliated clinicians)
Prov Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp. (993 affiliated clinicians)
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (882 affiliated clinicians)
St Michael Medical Center (850 affiliated clinicians)
Virginia Mason Medical Center (838 affiliated clinicians)
Kadlec Regional Medical Center (821 affiliated clinicians)

All 100 hospitals in Washington

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.