Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician vs Anatomic Pathology Physician

Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician has 5.7 times as many registry records as Anatomic Pathology Physician: 16,293 against 2,844. Each count is the NPPES records whose primary taxonomy is the specialty, so it measures how providers describe their main practice, not everyone trained in it.

CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census population estimates · method

Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician: 16,293 records in 56 states

California1,554
Texas1,424
New York972
Florida966
Illinois789

Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician nationwide →

Anatomic Pathology Physician: 2,844 records in 52 states

California386
New York373
Massachusetts277
Texas157
Pennsylvania144

Anatomic Pathology Physician nationwide →

By state, with records per 100,000 residents

State	Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician	Anatomic Pathology Physician	Per 100,000 (first)	Per 100,000 (second)
California	1,554	386	4.0	1.0
Texas	1,424	157	4.7	0.5
New York	972	373	5.0	1.9
Florida	966	125	4.3	0.6
Illinois	789	86	6.3	0.7
Pennsylvania	716	144	5.5	1.1
Massachusetts	542	277	7.7	4.0
Ohio	673	95	5.7	0.8
Michigan	561	106	5.6	1.1
Tennessee	475	65	6.7	0.9
Georgia	425	67	3.9	0.6
North Carolina	432	56	4.0	0.5
Maryland	357	89	5.8	1.4
Minnesota	376	55	6.6	1.0
New Jersey	366	44	3.9	0.5
Virginia	362	44	4.2	0.5
Missouri	348	52	5.6	0.8
Washington	330	64	4.2	0.8
Arizona	324	26	4.4	0.3
Wisconsin	335	13	5.7	0.2
Indiana	286	20	4.2	0.3
Colorado	258	23	4.4	0.4
South Carolina	259	20	4.8	0.4
Connecticut	212	62	5.9	1.7
Alabama	201	52	3.9	1.0
Louisiana	224	29	4.9	0.6
Kentucky	215	27	4.8	0.6
Oregon	195	31	4.6	0.7
Iowa	168	29	5.2	0.9
Kansas	183	12	6.2	0.4
Arkansas	167	15	5.4	0.5
Nebraska	172	3	8.7	0.2
Oklahoma	150	21	3.7	0.5
Utah	146	16	4.3	0.5
Mississippi	110	10	3.7	0.3
Nevada	102	7	3.2	0.2
New Mexico	96	13	4.5	0.6
West Virginia	95	9	5.4	0.5
New Hampshire	77	24	5.5	1.7
District of Columbia	81	18	11.9	2.7
Rhode Island	63	30	5.7	2.7
Hawaii	81	3	5.6	0.2
Vermont	53	7	8.2	1.1
Maine	57	2	4.1	0.1
Montana	45	1	4.0	0.1
South Dakota	43	0	4.7	0.0
Idaho	38	3	1.9	0.2
Delaware	37	3	3.6	0.3
North Dakota	29	8	3.7	1.0
Alaska	26	3	3.5	0.4
Wyoming	13	1	2.2	0.2

Source: CMS NPPES (NPPES files on CMS.gov), primary NUCC taxonomy by practice state; 2023 population estimates (census.gov).

Common questions

How many Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician providers are there vs Anatomic Pathology Physician?

There are 16,293 Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician and 2,844 Anatomic Pathology Physician records in the CMS NPPES registry, counted by primary taxonomy.

Which specialty is spread across more states?

Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician has records in 56 states and territories, against 52.

Where is the data from?

Provider counts are from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). Per-capita rates use 2023 Census population estimates.

Two specialties are not substitutes: scope of practice, training and the conditions treated differ. More comparisons →

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

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 the NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026.