Doctors in Alton, IL
Active healthcare providers in Alton sourced from the CMS NPPES weekly file, no proprietary ratings, no editorial scores. NPI counts, specialty distribution, and primary practice addresses refreshed each release.
Where this city sits in the corpus
Alton ranks 39th among 540 Illinois cities by CMS provider count, holding 0.5% of the state's NPIs, led by Counselor.
- 1,091
- NPPES providers in city
- 39th
- of 540 IL cities
- 0.5%
- of Illinois providers
- 29.3%
- in top 3 specialties
Alton ranks #3 of 10 Illinois cities for Counselor.
Where Alton ranks among Illinois cities
Provider count vs every Illinois city in CMS NPPES (540 cities)
1,091 Top 7% higher than 93% of 540 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Alton
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Counselor
Counselor
170 providers
- Mental Health Counse…
Mental Health Counselor
97 providers
- Clinical Social Worker 53
Clinical Social Worker
53 providers
- Dentist 51
Dentist
51 providers
- Physical Therapist 50
Physical Therapist
50 providers
- Professional Counselor 46
Professional Counselor
46 providers
- Pharmacist 37
Pharmacist
37 providers
- Family Medicine Phys… 35
Family Medicine Physician
35 providers
- Family Nurse Practit… 34
Family Nurse Practitioner
34 providers
- Speech-Language Path… 32
Speech-Language Pathologist
32 providers
What this shows Counselor is the largest specialty (170 providers, 15.6% of the city), followed by Mental Health Counselor.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Alton has more, and fewer, of than Illinois average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across Illinois , Alton over-indexes counselor at 8.8× the state average and under-indexes speech-language pathologist at 0.69×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Illinois average
- Counselor 8.8×
- Case Manager/Care Coordinator 3.9×
- Dentist 2.4×
- Mental Health Counselor 2×
Less common here than Illinois average
- Speech-Language Pathologist 0.69×
- Social Worker 0.71×
- Physician Assistant 0.73×
- Occupational Therapist 0.75×
How to read this directory & data limitations
Alton, Illinois appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,091 registered healthcare providers spanning 20 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Alton - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Alton practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2023 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Alton is weighted toward Counselor (170 clinicians, followed by Mental Health Counselor with 97 and Clinical Social Worker with 53). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to Illinois's population, Alton reports roughly 8.7 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.
Of Illinois's most common specialties, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Alton practice address, a coverage gap Alton patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Alton patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.
Which specialties are most common in Alton
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Counselor | 170 | 15.6% |
| 2 | Mental Health Counselor | 97 | 8.9% |
| 3 | Clinical Social Worker | 53 | 4.9% |
| 4 | Dentist | 51 | 4.7% |
| 5 | Physical Therapist | 50 | 4.6% |
| 6 | Professional Counselor | 46 | 4.2% |
| 7 | Pharmacist | 37 | 3.4% |
| 8 | Family Medicine Physician | 35 | 3.2% |
| 9 | Family Nurse Practitioner | 34 | 3.1% |
| 10 | Speech-Language Pathologist | 32 | 2.9% |
| 11 | General Practice Dentistry | 32 | 2.9% |
| 12 | Internal Medicine Physician | 30 | 2.7% |
| 13 | Chiropractor | 24 | 2.2% |
| 14 | Registered Nurse | 23 | 2.1% |
| 15 | Occupational Therapist | 20 | 1.8% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 18)
| Name |
|---|
| Mallory Scroggins, MOT Occupational Therapist |
| Duron Scruggs Attendant Care Provider |
| Neilah Scruggs, MA Counselor |
| Danielle Sears, M.S., CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Carrie Seehausen, MA, LCPC Professional Counselor |
| James Segrist, M.D. Orthopaedic Surgery Physician |
| Lorraine Seiffert, ACNP Acute Care Nurse Practitioner |
| Stacy Seitz, LCPC Mental Health Counselor |
| Da Hea Seo, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Winnie Shaba, MD Hospitalist Physician |
| Mohini Shah, OTR/L Occupational Therapist |
| Parth Shah, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Sudha Shah General Practice Physician |
| Wei Shao, BSW Counselor |
| Mary Sharrow, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Erica Shaw, APN Registered Nurse |
| Jacob Shaw, A.S, A.A.S, CPT Health Educator |
| Madalyn Shaw Physical Therapist |
| Valarie Shaw Interpreter |
| Joseph Shea, DDS, MS Prosthodontics |
| Danny Shehata, MD Family Medicine Physician |
| Elizabeth Sheppard, M.S., L.C.P.C. Professional Counselor |
| Rachel Sheppard Occupational Therapy Assistant |
| Jacob Sherer, D.C. Chiropractor |
| Susan Sherman, M.D Psychiatry Physician |
| Karna Sherwood, MD Neurology Physician |
| Angela Shewmake, AAS Counselor |
| Dawn Shewmaker, MSW Counselor |
| Stanley Sidwell, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Robert Siegel, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Carol Sievers Nutrition Education Nutritionist |
| Lyndsi Sievers, PA-C Physician Assistant |
| Samantha Simms Counselor |
| Jennifer Singleton, APRN Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse |
| Chandni Sinha, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Jonathan Smiley, D.M.D General Practice Dentistry |
| Ashley Smith, BS Counselor |
| Kate Smith, MPAS Physician Assistant |
| Kathleen Smith, MA,LPC Professional Counselor |
| Katlyn Smith, PA-C Physician Assistant |
| Kristy Smith Mental Health Counselor |
| Natalie Smith, M. ED., LPC, NCC Professional Counselor |
| Nathan Smith, MA Counselor |
| Rebecca Smith Mental Health Counselor |
| Shamika Smith, MS Case Manager/Care Coordinator |
| Stephanie Smith, FNP-C Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Rebecca Snow-Grimm Mental Health Counselor |
| Colin Solomon, APN Nurse Practitioner |
| Thomas Sotiropoulos, D.D.S. General Practice Dentistry |
| Jennifer Sparks Counselor |
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