Doctors in St Louis, MO
Active healthcare providers in St Louis 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
St Louis ranks 30th among 321 Missouri cities by CMS provider count, holding 0.6% of the state's NPIs, led by Clinical Social Worker.
- 609
- NPPES providers in city
- 30th
- of 321 MO cities
- 0.6%
- of Missouri providers
- 16.1%
- in top 3 specialties
St Louis ranks #11 of 10 Missouri cities for Clinical Social Worker.
Where St Louis ranks among Missouri cities
Provider count vs every Missouri city in CMS NPPES (321 cities)
609 Top 9% higher than 91% of 321 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in St Louis
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Social Worker
36 providers
- Dentist
Dentist
32 providers
- Internal Medicine Ph…
Internal Medicine Physician
30 providers
- General Practice Den…
General Practice Dentistry
30 providers
- Student in an Organi…
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
24 providers
- Chiropractor
Chiropractor
18 providers
- Professional Counselor
Professional Counselor
18 providers
- Psychiatry Physician
Psychiatry Physician
17 providers
- Pediatrics Physician
Pediatrics Physician
15 providers
- Anesthesiology Physi…
Anesthesiology Physician
15 providers
What this shows Clinical Social Worker is the largest specialty (36 providers, 5.9% of the city), followed by Dentist.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties St Louis has more, and fewer, of than Missouri average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across Missouri , St Louis over-indexes licensed practical nurse at 3.5× the state average and under-indexes speech-language pathologist at 0.40×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Missouri average
- Licensed Practical Nurse 3.5×
- Dentist 3.4×
- Psychiatry Physician 3.3×
- General Practice Dentistry 2.8×
Less common here than Missouri average
- Speech-Language Pathologist 0.40×
- Physical Therapist 0.57×
- Professional Counselor 0.61×
How to read this directory & data limitations
St Louis, Missouri appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 609 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 St Louis - 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 St Louis 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 St Louis is weighted toward Clinical Social Worker (36 clinicians, followed by Dentist with 32 and Internal Medicine Physician with 30). 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 Missouri's population, St Louis reports roughly 9.8 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 Missouri's most common specialties, Pharmacist is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a St Louis practice address, a coverage gap St Louis patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For St Louis 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 St Louis
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clinical Social Worker | 36 | 5.9% |
| 2 | Dentist | 32 | 5.3% |
| 3 | Internal Medicine Physician | 30 | 4.9% |
| 4 | General Practice Dentistry | 30 | 4.9% |
| 5 | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 24 | 3.9% |
| 6 | Chiropractor | 18 | 3.0% |
| 7 | Professional Counselor | 18 | 3.0% |
| 8 | Psychiatry Physician | 17 | 2.8% |
| 9 | Pediatrics Physician | 15 | 2.5% |
| 10 | Anesthesiology Physician | 15 | 2.5% |
| 11 | Licensed Practical Nurse | 15 | 2.5% |
| 12 | Physical Therapist | 14 | 2.3% |
| 13 | Registered Nurse | 14 | 2.3% |
| 14 | Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician | 13 | 2.1% |
| 15 | Social Worker | 12 | 2.0% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 9)
| Name |
|---|
| Willie Nobles, LCSW Social Worker |
| Kathleen Noles, PT Physical Therapist |
| Cynthia Nouri, DMD PC Dentist |
| Thomas Nowotny, MD Psychiatry Physician |
| Valerie O Bannon, DMD Dentist |
| Kevin Oconnor, MD Anesthesiology Physician |
| Michael Odell, MD Otolaryngology Physician |
| James Oleskevich, DDS Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry |
| Amadu Ortillo, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician |
| Medhat Osman, MD Nuclear Medicine Physician |
| Gary Padberg, DDS Dentist |
| David Parks, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Catherine Pasierb, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Nibesh Pathak, M.D Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Swati Patolia Internal Medicine Physician |
| Debra Pearl, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Ann Peick, M.D. Surgical Critical Care Physician |
| Jeffrey Pelizzaro, MPT Orthopedic Physical Therapist |
| Marybeth Pereira, MD Rehabilitation Practitioner |
| Orlando Perez-Franco, MD Anesthesiology Physician |
| Christopher Perry, DO Family Medicine Physician |
| Joan Petersen, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Barbara Pfyl, D.C. Chiropractor |
| Francisco Pherez, MD Infectious Disease Physician |
| Nancy Phillips, MD Anatomic Pathology Physician |
| Carolyn Philpot, GNP BC Registered Nurse |
| Andrew Pickens, MD Psychiatry Physician |
| Donald Piekarski, DPM Podiatrist |
| Ann Pietroburgo, OTR CHT Hand Occupational Therapist |
| Kathy Poelker, LPC Counselor |
| Simisolaoluwa Popoola, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Latrice Porter Home Health Aide |
| Hollie Power, MD Plastic Surgery Physician |
| Elizabeth Pribor, MD Forensic Psychiatry Physician |
| Rumi Price, PHD Health Service Psychologist |
| James Probst, MD Adult Medicine Physician |
| Donald Pruitt, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Physician |
| James Purtell, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Catherine Quinn, MS,RD,LD Registered Dietitian |
| Jeanine Rainey, MS CCCSLP Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Andrea Ramsey Attendant Care Provider |
| Robyn Ramsey, LCSW Mental Health Counselor |
| Dianne Ranciville, LPN Licensed Practical Nurse |
| Bernard Randolph, M.D. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician |
| Gary Ratkin, MD Hematology & Oncology Physician |
| Barugur Ravi, M.D. Emergency Medicine Physician |
| Asma Raza, RPH Pharmacist |
| Angela Reed, RPH Pharmacist |
| Kellie Reed, D.C. Chiropractor |
| Lester Reese, MD Dermatology Physician |
Nearby Cities in Missouri
Other Missouri cities with provider coverage in the CMS NPPES registry.
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