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Wisconsin

25,644 individual providers in 84 specialties, 2024 · 29 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: 23,481 · 2021: 24,024 · 2022: 24,532 · 2023: 25,021 · 2024: 25,644.

Specialties practicing in Wisconsin, 2024

Specialty	Individual providers
Nurse Practitioner	4,237
Physician Assistant	2,745
Family Practice	2,096
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	1,465
Chiropractic	1,303
Internal Medicine	1,244
Emergency Medicine	945
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	884
Anesthesiology	863
Diagnostic Radiology	749
Optometry	691
Hospitalist	610
General Surgery	491
Orthopedic Surgery	453
Obstetrics & Gynecology	414
Psychiatry	375
Licensed Clinical Social Worker	319
Ophthalmology	304
Cardiology	301
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	284
Psychologist, Clinical	276
Pathology	270
Neurology	268
Gastroenterology	249
Podiatry	238
Dermatology	221
Anesthesiology Assistant	205
Hematology-Oncology	202
Pulmonary Disease	192
Audiologist	180
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	175
Otolaryngology	166
Urology	161
Nephrology	145
Endocrinology	125
Radiation Oncology	124
Critical Care (Intensivists)	116
Infectious Disease	109
Neurosurgery	105
Rheumatology	97
Interventional Cardiology	82
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	78
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	76
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	66
Licensed Professional Counselor	66
Allergy/ Immunology	59
Interventional Radiology	59
Speech Language Pathologist	59
Vascular Surgery	59
Pain Management	56
Geriatric Medicine	51
Medical Oncology	48
Hospice and Palliative Care	45
Thoracic Surgery	42
Sports Medicine	37
Pediatric Medicine	34
Hand Surgery	31
Surgical Oncology	26
General Practice	24
Interventional Pain Management	24
Cardiac Surgery	22
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	20
Oral Surgery (Dentist only)	20
Sleep Medicine	20
Gynecological Oncology	17
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	17
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist	15
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	13
Certified Nurse Midwife	12
Hematology	11
Maxillofacial Surgery	9
Nuclear Medicine	9
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery	8
Preventive Medicine	7
Marriage and Family Therapist	6
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy	4
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	4
Addiction Medicine	2
Dentist	2
Geriatric Psychiatry	2
Neuropsychiatry	2
Adult Congenital Heart Disease	1
Epileptologists	1
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology	1

Metro areas and non-metro Wisconsin, 2024

Area	Type	Individual providers	Physicians
Appleton, WI	Metro	891	366
Baraboo, WI	Micro	176	61
Beaver Dam, WI	Micro	198	71
Duluth, MN-WI (crosses a state line)	Metro	1,582	746
Eau Claire, WI	Metro	1,107	534
Fond du Lac, WI	Metro	370	151
Green Bay, WI	Metro	1,684	726
Iron Mountain, MI-WI (crosses a state line)	Micro	134	51
Janesville-Beloit, WI	Metro	569	294
Kenosha, WI	Metro	539	253
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN (crosses a state line)	Metro	1,315	669
Madison, WI	Metro	4,347	2,460
Manitowoc, WI	Micro	217	91
Marinette, WI-MI (crosses a state line)	Micro	168	65
Menomonie, WI	Micro	78	24
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	Metro	8,623	4,522
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (crosses a state line)	Metro	16,988	8,414
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	Metro	719	341
Platteville, WI	Micro	96	38
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	Metro	563	248
Rice Lake, WI	Micro	109	39
Shawano, WI	Micro	85	30
Sheboygan, WI	Metro	479	199
Sparta, WI	Micro	95	31
Stevens Point-Plover, WI	Micro	193	61
Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI	Micro	141	47
Wausau, WI	Metro	719	332
Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI	Micro	215	100
Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI	Micro	519	285
Wisconsin outside metro areas	Non-metro	1,148	416

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

Largest cities in Wisconsin

Milwaukee (4,313 clinicians)
Madison (3,484 clinicians)
Green Bay (1,454 clinicians)
La Crosse (1,078 clinicians)
Eau Claire (920 clinicians)
Appleton (805 clinicians)
Waukesha (556 clinicians)
Wausau (537 clinicians)
Marshfield (434 clinicians)
Sheboygan (391 clinicians)

All 401 cities in Wisconsin

Largest hospitals in Wisconsin

University Of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority (2,465 affiliated clinicians)
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital (2,017 affiliated clinicians)
Aurora St Lukes Medical Center (1,967 affiliated clinicians)
Unitypoint Health - Meriter (1,151 affiliated clinicians)
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center (938 affiliated clinicians)
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - Madison (875 affiliated clinicians)
Waukesha Memorial Hospital (807 affiliated clinicians)
Thedacare Regional Med Ctr - Neenah (805 affiliated clinicians)
Ascension Se Wisconsin Hospital (802 affiliated clinicians)
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital (792 affiliated clinicians)

All 140 hospitals in Wisconsin

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.