NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Houston, TX

61,221 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Houston, 1st of 694 Texas cities. The largest group is students in training: 3,913, 6% of the city's records, against 4% across Texas. Page 111 of 1,225.

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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 Houston

  1. Students in training3,913
  2. Family Nurse Practitioner2,588
  3. Pharmacist2,337
  4. Behavior Technician2,260
  5. Professional Counselor2,158
  6. Physician Assistant1,801
  7. Clinical Social Worker1,660
  8. Speech-Language Pathologist1,497

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

Houston in Texas

  • Rank in Texas1st of 694 cities by records
  • Share of the state14.2% of Texas's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups14.4% of all records
  • Students in training rank2nd of the 10 Texas cities with the most

Compared with Texas as a whole, Houston has 1.9× the state's share of diagnostic radiology physician records and 0.61× its share of physical therapist records.

Providers in Houston, alphabetically

  1. Arpit Bhargava, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1346550803
  2. Nikhil Bhargava, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1750623914
  3. Peeyush Bhargava, M.DDiagnostic Radiology Physician1659358638
  4. Priyanka Bharucha, CAAAnesthesiologist Assistant1851846562
  5. Aastha Bharwad, MDInternal Medicine Physician1346813367
  6. Girish Bharwani, D.D.SDentist1861707572
  7. Vatsala Bhaskaran, M. D.Psychiatry Physician1427040401
  8. Amar Bhat, M.D.Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician1427443514
  9. Leena Bhat, M.D.Dermatology Physician1306843917
  10. Samhitha BhatStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1245170760
  11. Suprabha Bhat, M.D.Neurology Physician1972501047
  12. Nilkanth Alias Neel Bhatavadekar, B.D.S, M.S, M.P.H.Periodontics1588856330
  13. Shayan Bhathena, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1871243469
  14. Devinder Bhatia, M.D.Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1073517702
  15. Florence Bhatia, MS, LPCProfessional Counselor1255284485
  16. Shaun Bhatia, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1497074991
  17. Anshul BhatnagarStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1578362034
  18. Abhinit BhattSpecialist1609250943
  19. Amit Bhatt, MDPediatrics Physician1922175538
  20. Amit Bhatt, MDOphthalmology Physician1457513236
  21. Asmeen Bhatt, M.D.Gastroenterology Physician1770784399
  22. Mayoor Bhatt, M.D.Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician1356679005
  23. Riya BhattSocial Worker1366292575
  24. Roma Bhatt, LPCProfessional Counselor1194036707
  25. Meenakshi Bhattacharjee, MDAnatomic Pathology Physician1164479010
  26. Modushudan Bhattacharjee, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1215961446
  27. Shuvir Bhattacharya, D.C.Chiropractor1356306765
  28. Souradeep BhattacharyaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1518808567
  29. Alok Bhattarai, MDHospitalist Physician1821236605
  30. Umakanta BhattaraiRegistered Nurse1972105351
  31. Nimi Bhattatiry, MDInternal Medicine Physician1013546886
  32. Asif Bhatti, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1245562149
  33. Hamza Bhatti, DOPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician1326542192
  34. Hufsah BhattiGeneral Practice Dentistry1427693506
  35. Micah Bhatti, M.D., PHDPediatric Infectious Diseases Physician1578768396
  36. Noor Ul Aain BhattiHospitalist Physician1255836292
  37. Sundus BhattiAllergy & Immunology (Internal Medicine) Physician1326573171
  38. Riya Bhavsar, MDNeurology Physician1124656707
  39. Sheena Bhavsar, PAPhysician Assistant1447537097
  40. Shreyas Bhavsar, D.O.Anesthesiology Physician1003954157
  41. Natasha Bhayani, AGACNP-BCNurse Practitioner1790311348
  42. Aarti Bhesania, AGACNP-BCCritical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner1225894652
  43. Suwarna Bhide Deoskar, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1841466307
  44. Nazreen Bhim, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1679237697
  45. Aamir Bhimani, MDAdult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1790281806
  46. Salima Bhimani, M.D.Pediatric Cardiology Physician1700269768
  47. Arvind Bhimaraj, M.D.,Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician1275864878
  48. Shabir Bhimji, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1669635967
  49. Adarsh Bhimraj, M.D.Infectious Disease Physician1316140106
  50. Viraj Bhise, MD MPHInternal Medicine Physician1861923401

The largest Texas cities

  1. San Antonio37,749
  2. Dallas36,304
  3. Austin26,585
  4. Fort Worth15,511
  5. El Paso11,091

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How to read this directory

Houston, Texas appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 61,221 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 Houston - 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 Houston 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 Houston is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (3,913 clinicians, followed by Family Nurse Practitioner with 2,588 and Pharmacist with 2,337). 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 Texas's population, Houston reports roughly 200.7 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.

For Houston 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 Houston, TX?

There are 61,221 registered healthcare providers in Houston, TX, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Houston?

The most common specialties in Houston are Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Family Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Behavior Technician, Professional Counselor. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program has the most providers with 3,913.

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.