Doctors and health care providers in Big Lake, TX
11 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Big Lake, 653rd of 694 Texas cities. The largest group is family nurse practitioner: 4, 36% of the city's records, against 5% across Texas.
The 6 largest groups in Big Lake
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Big Lake in Texas
- Rank in Texas653rd of 694 cities by records
- Share of the state<0.1% of Texas's records
- Specialties present6 taxonomy codes
- Top three groups72.7% of all records
Providers in Big Lake, alphabetically
- David Bushnell, RN, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1689030454
- Deana DavisFamily Nurse Practitioner1811451040
- Shelbi GunnelsSpeech-Language Pathologist1700257821
- Bruce Hagmann, R,PH., M.SC.,Pharmacist1528060563
- Ethel King, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1932443835
- Manoj KothariPharmacist1861151086
- Lee McElroy, RPHPharmacist1205446291
- Farah Sears, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1831730696
- Tony Smith, D.C.Chiropractor1376654673
- Joseph Sudolcan, MDFamily Medicine Physician1811954332
- James Williams, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1447353750
The largest Texas cities
- Houston61,221
- San Antonio37,749
- Dallas36,304
- Austin26,585
- Fort Worth15,511
How to read this directory
Big Lake, Texas appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 11 registered healthcare providers spanning 6 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Big Lake - 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 Big Lake 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 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Big Lake is weighted toward Family Nurse Practitioner (4 clinicians, followed by Pharmacist with 3 and Speech-Language Pathologist with 1). 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. Per-capita density calculations require a state population baseline, which is currently unavailable for this geography.
Of Texas's most common specialties, Behavior Technician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Big Lake practice address, a coverage gap Big Lake patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Big Lake 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.
For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.
Common questions
How many doctors are in Big Lake, TX?
There are 11 registered healthcare providers in Big Lake, TX, covering 6 specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Big Lake?
The most common specialties in Big Lake are Family Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Speech-Language Pathologist, Family Medicine Physician, Emergency Medicine Physician. Family Nurse Practitioner has the most providers with 4.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.