Pediatric Cardiology Physician vs Pediatrics Physician

Pediatrics Physician has 20.5 times as many registry records as Pediatric Cardiology Physician: 74,895 against 3,651. 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

Pediatric Cardiology Physician: 3,651 records in 51 states

California363
Texas325
New York246
Florida238
Ohio195

Pediatric Cardiology Physician nationwide →

Pediatrics Physician: 74,895 records in 56 states

California9,272
New York5,795
Texas5,641
Florida3,996
Pennsylvania3,382

Pediatrics Physician nationwide →

By state, with records per 100,000 residents

State	Pediatric Cardiology Physician	Pediatrics Physician	Per 100,000 (first)	Per 100,000 (second)
California	363	9,272	0.9	23.8
New York	246	5,795	1.3	29.6
Texas	325	5,641	1.1	18.5
Florida	238	3,996	1.1	17.7
Pennsylvania	178	3,382	1.4	26.1
Illinois	162	3,176	1.3	25.3
Ohio	195	2,972	1.7	25.2
Massachusetts	129	2,628	1.8	37.5
North Carolina	77	2,356	0.7	21.7
Georgia	102	2,258	0.9	20.5
Michigan	155	2,180	1.5	21.7
New Jersey	59	2,181	0.6	23.5
Virginia	98	2,002	1.1	23.2
Maryland	38	1,842	0.6	29.8
Washington	89	1,753	1.1	22.4
Missouri	123	1,560	2.0	25.2
Arizona	61	1,309	0.8	17.6
Minnesota	73	1,288	1.3	22.4
Tennessee	95	1,255	1.3	17.6
Wisconsin	72	1,203	1.2	20.4
Colorado	70	1,155	1.2	19.7
Indiana	50	1,136	0.7	16.6
South Carolina	31	1,136	0.6	21.1
Connecticut	46	1,043	1.3	28.8
Louisiana	50	917	1.1	20.0
Kentucky	48	874	1.1	19.3
Oregon	35	861	0.8	20.3
Alabama	30	817	0.6	16.0
Oklahoma	23	707	0.6	17.4
Utah	53	670	1.6	19.6
District of Columbia	49	593	7.2	87.3
Arkansas	37	509	1.2	16.6
Iowa	38	502	1.2	15.7
New Mexico	16	453	0.8	21.4
Kansas	11	421	0.4	14.3
Mississippi	14	417	0.5	14.2
Hawaii	11	410	0.8	28.6
Nebraska	17	391	0.9	19.8
Nevada	20	380	0.6	11.9
Rhode Island	11	330	1.0	30.1
New Hampshire	10	330	0.7	23.5
Maine	15	311	1.1	22.3
Delaware	27	290	2.6	28.1
West Virginia	17	281	1.0	15.9
Idaho	8	223	0.4	11.4
Vermont	5	181	0.8	28.0
Alaska	3	167	0.4	22.8
Montana	7	153	0.6	13.5
South Dakota	7	146	0.8	15.9
North Dakota	7	112	0.9	14.3
Wyoming	0	80	0.0	13.7

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

Common questions

How many Pediatric Cardiology Physician providers are there vs Pediatrics Physician?

There are 3,651 Pediatric Cardiology Physician and 74,895 Pediatrics Physician records in the CMS NPPES registry, counted by primary taxonomy.

Which specialty is spread across more states?

Pediatrics Physician has records in 56 states and territories, against 51.

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.