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 21st among 321 Missouri cities by CMS provider count, holding 0.7% of the state's NPIs, led by Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program.
- 773
- NPPES providers in city
- 21st
- of 321 MO cities
- 0.7%
- of Missouri providers
- 19.9%
- in top 3 specialties
St. Louis ranks #8 of 10 Missouri cities for Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program.
Where St. Louis ranks among Missouri cities
Provider count vs every Missouri city in CMS NPPES (321 cities)
773 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
- Student in an Organi…
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
63 providers
- Pediatrics Physician
Pediatrics Physician
52 providers
- Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Social Worker
39 providers
- Speech-Language Path…
Speech-Language Pathologist
33 providers
- Internal Medicine Ph…
Internal Medicine Physician
33 providers
- Anesthesiology Physi…
Anesthesiology Physician
29 providers
- Physical Therapist 22
Physical Therapist
22 providers
- Professional Counselor 20
Professional Counselor
20 providers
- Registered Dietitian 17
Registered Dietitian
17 providers
- Dentist 17
Dentist
17 providers
What this shows Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program is the largest specialty (63 providers, 8.2% of the city), followed by Pediatrics Physician.
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 pediatrics physician at 3.5× the state average and under-indexes family nurse practitioner at 0.35×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Missouri average
Less common here than Missouri average
- Family Nurse Practitioner 0.35×
- Pharmacist 0.40×
- Professional Counselor 0.53×
- Family Medicine Physician 0.54×
How to read this directory & data limitations
St. Louis, Missouri appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 773 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 Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (63 clinicians, followed by Pediatrics Physician with 52 and Clinical Social Worker with 39). 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 12.5 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, Behavior Technician 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 | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 63 | 8.2% |
| 2 | Pediatrics Physician | 52 | 6.7% |
| 3 | Clinical Social Worker | 39 | 5.0% |
| 4 | Speech-Language Pathologist | 33 | 4.3% |
| 5 | Internal Medicine Physician | 33 | 4.3% |
| 6 | Anesthesiology Physician | 29 | 3.8% |
| 7 | Physical Therapist | 22 | 2.8% |
| 8 | Professional Counselor | 20 | 2.6% |
| 9 | Registered Dietitian | 17 | 2.2% |
| 10 | Dentist | 17 | 2.2% |
| 11 | Mental Health Counselor | 16 | 2.1% |
| 12 | Pharmacist | 15 | 1.9% |
| 13 | Optometrist | 14 | 1.8% |
| 14 | Occupational Therapist | 13 | 1.7% |
| 15 | Clinical Psychologist | 13 | 1.7% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 3)
| Name |
|---|
| Annalesia Carr, LMSW Social Worker |
| Toni Carter, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Cameron Casson, MD Surgery Physician |
| Julia Catlin, LMP Massage Therapist |
| Elizabeth Cavanagh, M.D. Anesthesiology Physician |
| Linzi Cavanaugh, DDS Dentist |
| Maria Chalfoun, M.D Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician |
| Laura Challen, PHARM.D., BCPS, MBA Pharmacist |
| Patricia Chandler, MSN,RNC,WHNP Women's Health Nurse Practitioner |
| Pooja Chaudhary, MBBS Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Isaac Che Ngang, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Collin Chen, M.D. Otolaryngology Physician |
| Noah Chodos, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Bhavana Choudhary, M.D. Internal Medicine Physician |
| Piyaporn Chuen-Im, M.D. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Dawn Clark Social Worker |
| Joseph Clark Mental Health Counselor |
| Susan Clifton Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Kate Cole, MS-CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Kelly Compas, AGACNP-BC Acute Care Nurse Practitioner |
| Bridget Conant Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Francis Contreras, M.D. Internal Medicine Physician |
| April Conway, NURSE PRACTITIONER Adult Health Nurse Practitioner |
| Annette Cook, CNA LEVEL 1 MED AIDE Mental Health Counselor |
| Nigel Cook, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Ryan Cook, PHARM.D. Pharmacist |
| Rhonda Cooke, MD Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician |
| Amy Cooley, NP Nurse Practitioner |
| Kathryn Corley, MSW, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Robert Cottone, PH.D. Psychologist |
| Tom Cowden Pharmacist |
| Latisha Crate Home Health Aide |
| Donald Cross, PH.D. Psychologist |
| Stephanie Cullinan, O.D. Optometrist |
| Christina Cummings, LPC Professional Counselor |
| Lucretia Curnutt, SLP Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Anthony D'Angelo, D.O. Facial Plastic Surgery Physician |
| Christopher Dailey, DC Chiropractor |
| Kara Daman, SLP/CCC Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Thailandria Daniels, MD Emergency Medicine Physician |
| Melisa Dare, LMSW Social Worker |
| Amit Das Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Anne Davidson Developmental Therapist |
| Andrew Davis, M.D. Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician |
| John Davis, MD PHD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Mitchell Davis, D.C. Chiropractor |
| Suyash Dawadi, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| M Dawson, PMHNP Adult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse |
| Molina Dayal, MD Reproductive Endocrinology Physician |
| Martha Deady, PA-C Medical Physician Assistant |
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