NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nuclear Cardiology Physician vs Nuclear Medicine Physician

Nuclear Medicine Physician has 4.4 times as many registry records as Nuclear Cardiology Physician: 756 against 173. 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

Nuclear Cardiology Physician: 173 records in 30 states

  1. New Jersey40
  2. New York26
  3. Pennsylvania16
  4. California10
  5. Texas10

Nuclear Cardiology Physician nationwide →

Nuclear Medicine Physician: 756 records in 43 states

  1. California150
  2. New York100
  3. Texas51
  4. Pennsylvania35
  5. Florida34

Nuclear Medicine Physician nationwide →

By state, with records per 100,000 residents

StateNuclear Cardiology PhysicianNuclear Medicine PhysicianPer 100,000 (first)Per 100,000 (second)
California101500.00.4
New York261000.10.5
Texas10510.00.2
Pennsylvania16350.10.3
New Jersey4090.40.1
Florida6340.00.2
Massachusetts8260.10.4
Missouri6260.10.4
Maryland2270.00.4
Michigan1250.00.2
Washington0230.00.3
Arizona3180.00.2
Georgia4160.00.1
Illinois1190.00.2
Ohio1190.00.2
Virginia4140.00.2
Connecticut890.20.2
Louisiana2120.00.3
Tennessee3110.00.2
Wisconsin0140.00.2
North Carolina480.00.1
Oregon280.00.2
Iowa090.00.3
Minnesota090.00.2
Indiana170.00.1
Oklahoma260.00.1
District of Columbia080.01.2
Colorado330.10.1
Delaware150.10.5
Hawaii060.00.4
Arkansas140.00.1
Kansas040.00.1
South Dakota040.00.4
Alabama210.00.0
Kentucky120.00.0
Nebraska030.00.2
New Hampshire210.10.1
South Carolina030.00.1
Utah110.00.0
Idaho010.00.1
Mississippi010.00.0
New Mexico010.00.0

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

Common questions

How many Nuclear Cardiology Physician providers are there vs Nuclear Medicine Physician?

There are 173 Nuclear Cardiology Physician and 756 Nuclear Medicine Physician records in the CMS NPPES registry, counted by primary taxonomy.

Which specialty is spread across more states?

Nuclear Medicine Physician has records in 43 states and territories, against 30.

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 →

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.