Body Imaging Physician vs Diagnostic Radiology Physician

Diagnostic Radiology Physician has 45.2 times as many registry records as Body Imaging Physician: 44,301 against 981. 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

Body Imaging Physician: 981 records in 50 states

California270
New York83
Massachusetts51
North Carolina47
Texas40

Body Imaging Physician nationwide →

Diagnostic Radiology Physician: 44,301 records in 56 states

California4,500
New York3,146
Texas3,124
Florida2,761
Pennsylvania2,199

Diagnostic Radiology Physician nationwide →

By state, with records per 100,000 residents

State	Body Imaging Physician	Diagnostic Radiology Physician	Per 100,000 (first)	Per 100,000 (second)
California	270	4,500	0.7	11.5
New York	83	3,146	0.4	16.1
Texas	40	3,124	0.1	10.2
Florida	39	2,761	0.2	12.2
Pennsylvania	31	2,199	0.2	17.0
Illinois	37	1,874	0.3	14.9
Massachusetts	51	1,658	0.7	23.7
Minnesota	6	1,700	0.1	29.6
Ohio	17	1,582	0.1	13.4
Michigan	14	1,584	0.1	15.8
North Carolina	47	1,389	0.4	12.8
Virginia	12	1,158	0.1	13.4
New Jersey	17	1,102	0.2	11.9
Georgia	16	1,065	0.1	9.7
Washington	23	1,041	0.3	13.3
Wisconsin	29	1,005	0.5	17.0
Missouri	13	976	0.2	15.8
Tennessee	5	968	0.1	13.6
Maryland	20	877	0.3	14.2
Arizona	19	869	0.3	11.7
Colorado	3	796	0.1	13.5
Indiana	4	779	0.1	11.4
Connecticut	4	619	0.1	17.1
Alabama	6	550	0.1	10.8
South Carolina	19	517	0.4	9.6
Oregon	6	522	0.1	12.3
Louisiana	16	506	0.3	11.1
Kentucky	3	477	0.1	10.5
Oklahoma	4	404	0.1	10.0
Iowa	39	364	1.2	11.4
Utah	5	327	0.1	9.6
Kansas	3	312	0.1	10.6
Nevada	1	310	0.0	9.7
Arkansas	7	297	0.2	9.7
Mississippi	6	247	0.2	8.4
Nebraska	0	245	0.0	12.4
New Mexico	1	235	0.0	11.1
Idaho	3	212	0.2	10.8
New Hampshire	8	201	0.6	14.3
West Virginia	2	199	0.1	11.2
Maine	2	182	0.1	13.0
District of Columbia	11	172	1.6	25.3
Rhode Island	1	177	0.1	16.2
Hawaii	5	166	0.3	11.6
Delaware	1	124	0.1	12.0
Montana	5	108	0.4	9.5
North Dakota	0	106	0.0	13.5
South Dakota	0	106	0.0	11.5
Alaska	6	88	0.8	12.0
Vermont	7	84	1.1	13.0
Wyoming	1	57	0.2	9.8

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

Common questions

How many Body Imaging Physician providers are there vs Diagnostic Radiology Physician?

There are 981 Body Imaging Physician and 44,301 Diagnostic Radiology Physician records in the CMS NPPES registry, counted by primary taxonomy.

Which specialty is spread across more states?

Diagnostic Radiology Physician has records in 56 states and territories, against 50.

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.