Doctors in Great Falls, MT
Active healthcare providers in Great Falls 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
Great Falls ranks 4th among 89 Montana cities by CMS provider count, holding 8.2% of the state's NPIs, led by Professional Counselor.
- 1,798
- NPPES providers in city
- 4th
- of 89 MT cities
- 8.2%
- of Montana providers
- 15.5%
- in top 3 specialties
Great Falls ranks #4 of 10 Montana cities for Professional Counselor.
Where Great Falls ranks among Montana cities
Provider count vs every Montana city in CMS NPPES (89 cities)
1,798 Top 4% higher than 96% of 89 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Great Falls
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Professional Counselor
Professional Counselor
98 providers
- Physical Therapist
Physical Therapist
90 providers
- Pharmacist
Pharmacist
90 providers
- Mental Health Counse…
Mental Health Counselor
84 providers
- Family Nurse Practit…
Family Nurse Practitioner
77 providers
- Addiction (Substance…
Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor
77 providers
- Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Social Worker
67 providers
- Student in an Organi…
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
55 providers
- Massage Therapist
Massage Therapist
47 providers
- Speech-Language Path…
Speech-Language Pathologist
46 providers
What this shows Professional Counselor is the largest specialty (98 providers, 5.5% of the city), followed by Physical Therapist.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Great Falls has more, and fewer, of than Montana average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across Montana , Great Falls over-indexes physical therapy assistant at 2.4× the state average and under-indexes physician assistant at 0.56×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Montana average
- Physical Therapy Assistant 2.4×
- Anesthesiology Physician 1.9×
- Emergency Medicine Physician 1.6×
- Optometrist 1.5×
Less common here than Montana average
- Physician Assistant 0.56×
- Clinical Social Worker 0.57×
- Family Medicine Physician 0.59×
- Massage Therapist 0.75×
How to read this directory & data limitations
Great Falls, Montana appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,798 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 Great Falls - 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 Great Falls 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 Great Falls is weighted toward Professional Counselor (98 clinicians, followed by Physical Therapist with 90 and Pharmacist with 90). 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 Montana's population, Great Falls reports roughly 158.7 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 Montana's most common specialties, Registered Nurse is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Great Falls practice address, a coverage gap Great Falls patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Great Falls 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 Great Falls
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Professional Counselor | 98 | 5.5% |
| 2 | Physical Therapist | 90 | 5.0% |
| 3 | Pharmacist | 90 | 5.0% |
| 4 | Mental Health Counselor | 84 | 4.7% |
| 5 | Family Nurse Practitioner | 77 | 4.3% |
| 6 | Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor | 77 | 4.3% |
| 7 | Clinical Social Worker | 67 | 3.7% |
| 8 | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 55 | 3.1% |
| 9 | Massage Therapist | 47 | 2.6% |
| 10 | Speech-Language Pathologist | 46 | 2.6% |
| 11 | Occupational Therapist | 43 | 2.4% |
| 12 | General Practice Dentistry | 42 | 2.3% |
| 13 | Physical Therapy Assistant | 40 | 2.2% |
| 14 | Internal Medicine Physician | 40 | 2.2% |
| 15 | Family Medicine Physician | 37 | 2.1% |
Healthcare Providers
| Name |
|---|
| Shawn Abbott, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Dewmini Abeynayake, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Joie Abner, DO Emergency Medicine Physician |
| Fred Abraham, OD Optometrist |
| Brenda Adams Contractor |
| Michael Adams, MD Emergency Medicine Physician |
| Thomas Addison, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Graig Aders, M.D. Psychiatry Physician |
| Katie Afflack Occupational Therapist |
| Carol Ahenakew, MSW SWLC Mental Health Counselor |
| Sheela Ahmed, MD Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician |
| Patricia Aimsback, RN Community Health Registered Nurse |
| Jill Aitken, AUD Audiologist |
| Betsy Akin, FNP Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Steven Akre, MD Rheumatology Physician |
| Sharon Akrep, MD Anesthesiology Physician |
| Michelle Alatorre, LAC Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor |
| Regan Albertini-Green, M.S., CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Kelsey Aldridge Independent Duty Medical Technicians |
| Jamie Aleba, PA Medical Physician Assistant |
| Khansa Ali Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Deeann Allen, MD Anesthesiology Physician |
| Jeffrey Allen, CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |
| Kevin Allen, CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |
| Rebecca Allen, PHARMD Pharmacist |
| Dorene Allis Occupational Therapist |
| Amy Allison Thompson, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Luke Almos, RPH Pharmacist |
| Batool Alnahar, MBBS Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Susan Altona, REGISTERED NURSE Community Health Registered Nurse |
| Sharon Altschwager, LCPC Counselor |
| Roberto Amado-Cattaneo, MD Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician |
| Aimee Ameline, DDS Dentist |
| Christopher Amen Pharmacist |
| Debra Ammondson, OTR Occupational Therapist |
| Rachel Amthor, MD Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician |
| Tamra Anderegg, OTR/L Occupational Therapist |
| Alora Anderson, AUD Audiologist |
| Amy Anderson Speech-Language Pathologist |
| David Anderson, MD Pulmonary Disease Physician |
| Eric Anderson, MD Anesthesiology Physician |
| Fred Anderson, D.M.D. Dentist |
| Loy Anderson, MD Family Medicine Physician |
| Sammie Jo Anderson, LAC Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor |
| Teslynn Anderson, MSC Mental Health Counselor |
| Lisa Anderson Mangan, LCPC Professional Counselor |
| Laurel Andrechak, FNP, PSYCH NP Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Shelley Andrus, APRN Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner |
| Raymone Annau, FNP APRN Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Kate Antonich, NP Family Nurse Practitioner |
Nearby Cities in Montana
Other Montana cities with provider coverage in the CMS NPPES registry.
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