NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Chicago, IL

63,379 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Chicago, 1st of 541 Illinois cities. The largest group is clinical social worker: 4,368, 7% of the city's records, against 6% across Illinois. Page 371 of 1,268.

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Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

The 8 largest groups in Chicago

  1. Clinical Social Worker4,368
  2. Students in training3,509
  3. Internal Medicine Physician2,867
  4. Physical Therapist2,639
  5. Professional Counselor2,405
  6. Mental Health Counselor2,130
  7. Pharmacist1,906
  8. Speech-Language Pathologist1,753

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Chicago in Illinois

  • Rank in Illinois1st of 541 cities by records
  • Share of the state26.4% of Illinois's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups17% of all records
  • Clinical Social Worker rank1st of the 10 Illinois cities with the most

Compared with Illinois as a whole, Chicago has 2× the state's share of student in an organized health care education/training program records and 0.54× its share of behavior technician records.

Providers in Chicago, alphabetically

  1. Sofia Garcia, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1710251392
  2. Steven GarciaAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1316837719
  3. Thaia Garcia, PHARMDPharmacist1457213894
  4. Valentina Garcia, ATCAthletic Trainer1801431077
  5. Valerie Garcia, CNMAdvanced Practice Midwife1740918267
  6. Veronica GarciaPain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician1366474926
  7. Wendy Garcia, TRANSLATORInterpreter1982962999
  8. Yadira Garcia, LCSWClinical Social Worker1316581804
  9. Yesenia Garcia, LCSWClinical Social Worker1114353356
  10. Yesenia Garcia, B.A.Counselor1235675539
  11. Yesenia Garcia, RNRegistered Nurse1851107619
  12. Yolanda Garcia, LICENSED SOCIAL WORKSocial Worker1992443998
  13. Michael Garcia Alicea, MDFamily Medicine Physician1780314088
  14. Yessica Garcia Alvarez, MSWClinical Social Worker1588256655
  15. Selene Garcia AvalosBehavior Technician1205637279
  16. Veronica Garcia AyalaBehavior Technician1669246757
  17. Yadira Garcia BlancoBehavior Technician1831936434
  18. Amy Garcia De La Vega, MSWSocial Worker1568153674
  19. Felipe Garcia Duran, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1053245035
  20. Lina Garcia Grisales, SA-CSurgical Assistant1922807874
  21. Khafra Garcia Henry, MBBSSurgical Critical Care Physician1124478797
  22. Dariana Garcia JimenezBehavior Technician1295693091
  23. Belsy Garcia Manrique, MDFamily Medicine Physician1124589031
  24. Otto Garcia Montenegro, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1790773992
  25. Diego Garcia Montes De OcaClinical Social Worker1154213148
  26. Liset Garcia Pena, MDFamily Medicine Physician1427850460
  27. Joanna Garcia Pierce, M.DNeurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician1659732584
  28. Lizbeth Garcia Rodriguez, MDFamily Medicine Physician1861185704
  29. Nestor Garcia SantosOptometrist1538918420
  30. Rebecca Garcia Sosa, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1467763599
  31. Vicente Garcia Tomas, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1922286962
  32. Gloribell Garcia TorresFamily Medicine Physician1023795515
  33. Juan Garcia Vaca, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1952159444
  34. Marta-Marisol Garcia-Bender, MSW, LSWSocial Worker1093411514
  35. Sofia Garcia-Buder, M.D.Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1780622183
  36. Yahaira Garcia-Dominguez, LCPCProfessional Counselor1013501469
  37. Diego Garcia-Montero, LCSWClinical Social Worker1073233631
  38. Emily Garcia-OrtizBehavior Technician1760243976
  39. Jessica Garcia-Otero, APNPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1811505811
  40. Myriam Garcia-Rodriguez, DTDevelopmental Therapist1356464416
  41. Laura Garcia-Torres, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1932892155
  42. Andrew Gard, D.C.Chiropractor1073798500
  43. Lawrence Gard, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1457380529
  44. Jerome Garden, M.D.Dermatology Physician1326187295
  45. Jessica Gardiner, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1710334917
  46. John Gardiner, LCPCMental Health Counselor1679400626
  47. Lynnquell GardinerBehavior Technician1477170736
  48. Mariel Gardiner, LCPCProfessional Counselor1366004210
  49. Ashley GardnerClinical Social Worker1376221457
  50. Benjamin Gardner, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1922805316

The largest Illinois cities

  1. Springfield4,997
  2. Naperville4,634
  3. Peoria4,621
  4. Evanston4,013
  5. Rockford3,893

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How to read this directory

Chicago, Illinois appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 63,379 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Chicago - 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 Chicago 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 Chicago is weighted toward Clinical Social Worker (4,368 clinicians, followed by Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program with 3,509 and Internal Medicine Physician with 2,867). 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, Chicago reports roughly 505 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.

For Chicago 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 Chicago, IL?

There are 63,379 registered healthcare providers in Chicago, IL, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Chicago?

The most common specialties in Chicago are Clinical Social Worker, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Internal Medicine Physician, Physical Therapist, Professional Counselor. Clinical Social Worker has the most providers with 4,368.

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.