Doctors in Hartford, CT
Active healthcare providers in Hartford 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
Hartford ranks 2nd among 198 Connecticut cities by CMS provider count, holding 7.5% of the state's NPIs, led by Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program.
- 6,156
- NPPES providers in city
- 2nd
- of 198 CT cities
- 7.5%
- of Connecticut providers
- 26.1%
- in top 3 specialties
Hartford ranks #3 of 10 Connecticut cities for Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program.
Where Hartford ranks among Connecticut cities
Provider count vs every Connecticut city in CMS NPPES (198 cities)
6,156 Top 1% higher than 99% of 198 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Hartford
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Student in an Organi…
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
726 providers
- Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Social Worker
502 providers
- Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant
379 providers
- Social Worker 218
Social Worker
218 providers
- Internal Medicine Ph… 214
Internal Medicine Physician
214 providers
- Medical Physician As… 165
Medical Physician Assistant
165 providers
- Surgical Physician A… 148
Surgical Physician Assistant
148 providers
- Family Nurse Practit… 141
Family Nurse Practitioner
141 providers
- Mental Health Counse… 141
Mental Health Counselor
141 providers
- Counselor 136
Counselor
136 providers
What this shows Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program is the largest specialty (726 providers, 11.8% of the city), followed by Clinical Social Worker.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Hartford has more, and fewer, of than Connecticut average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across Connecticut , Hartford over-indexes acute care nurse practitioner at 4.5× the state average and under-indexes mental health counselor at 0.72×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Connecticut average
Less common here than Connecticut average
- Mental Health Counselor 0.72×
How to read this directory & data limitations
Hartford, Connecticut appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 6,156 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 Hartford - 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 Hartford 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 Hartford is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (726 clinicians, followed by Clinical Social Worker with 502 and Physician Assistant with 379). 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 Connecticut's population, Hartford reports roughly 170.2 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 Connecticut's most common specialties, Physical Therapist is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Hartford practice address, a coverage gap Hartford patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Hartford 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 Hartford
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 726 | 11.8% |
| 2 | Clinical Social Worker | 502 | 8.2% |
| 3 | Physician Assistant | 379 | 6.2% |
| 4 | Social Worker | 218 | 3.5% |
| 5 | Internal Medicine Physician | 214 | 3.5% |
| 6 | Medical Physician Assistant | 165 | 2.7% |
| 7 | Surgical Physician Assistant | 148 | 2.4% |
| 8 | Family Nurse Practitioner | 141 | 2.3% |
| 9 | Mental Health Counselor | 141 | 2.3% |
| 10 | Counselor | 136 | 2.2% |
| 11 | Pediatrics Physician | 134 | 2.2% |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioner | 131 | 2.1% |
| 13 | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | 129 | 2.1% |
| 14 | Psychiatry Physician | 114 | 1.9% |
| 15 | Acute Care Nurse Practitioner | 103 | 1.7% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 7)
| Name |
|---|
| Dana Baker, RN Registered Nurse |
| Hope Baker, RN Child & Adolescent Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse |
| Jeremy Baker, PA Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| John Baker, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Lisa Baker, APRN Gastroenterology Registered Nurse |
| William Baker, PHARM.D. Pharmacotherapy Pharmacist |
| Melissa Baker Chalker Dental Hygienist |
| Seema Bakhru, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Brenda Balarezo, RN Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse |
| Fadel Balawi, M.D. Pediatrics Physician |
| Patricia Balcom, APRN Acute Care Nurse Practitioner |
| Rachel Baldick, PA-C Medical Physician Assistant |
| Katherine Baldwin, M.D. Pediatric Gastroenterology Physician |
| Natane Baldwin Behavior Technician |
| Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven, M.D. Family Medicine Physician |
| Jessica Bali, RN Child & Adolescent Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse |
| Brandon Ballane Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Christopher Balsamo, APRN Acute Care Nurse Practitioner |
| Nicole Bambara, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Kenneth Banasiak, MD Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician |
| Leonard Banco, MD Pediatrics Physician |
| Alexander Bandin, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Sanjay Banerjee, M.D. Psychiatry Physician |
| Thomas Banever, M.D. Surgery Physician |
| Michael Banik, APRN Critical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner |
| Uttam Banik, PA-C Physician Assistant |
| Linda Banks, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Robert Banks, MSW Social Worker |
| Anu Bansal, M.D. Neuroradiology Physician |
| Gabriel Banschick, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| John Banta, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Physician |
| Shanshan Bao, MD Diagnostic Radiology Physician |
| Kaveh Barami, MD Neurological Surgery Physician |
| Jeremy Barbagallo, LPC Professional Counselor |
| Lauren Barber Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Rachael Barber Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Brenda Bargielski, CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |
| Kyle Barker, PA-C Physician Assistant |
| Susan Barksdale, PHYSICAN ASSISTANT Physician Assistant |
| Brett Barnes, PA-C Medical Physician Assistant |
| Courtney Barnes Social Worker |
| Diane Barnes, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Physician Assistant |
| Dorien Barnett, APRN Pediatric Nurse Practitioner |
| John Barnett, MD Anesthesiology Physician |
| Lisa Barnett Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician |
| Peter Barnett, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Physician |
| Emily Baron Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Daniel Barone, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Kaitlin Barone, BS Mental Health Counselor |
| Patricia Barone, MSW Clinical Social Worker |
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