Pediatric Nephrology Physician vs Pediatrics Physician

Pediatrics Physician has 71.9 times as many registry records as Pediatric Nephrology Physician: 74,895 against 1,042. 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 Nephrology Physician: 1,042 records in 49 states

California116
New York86
Texas76
Florida61
Pennsylvania60

Pediatric Nephrology 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 Nephrology Physician	Pediatrics Physician	Per 100,000 (first)	Per 100,000 (second)
California	116	9,272	0.3	23.8
New York	86	5,795	0.4	29.6
Texas	76	5,641	0.2	18.5
Florida	61	3,996	0.3	17.7
Pennsylvania	60	3,382	0.5	26.1
Illinois	42	3,176	0.3	25.3
Ohio	54	2,972	0.5	25.2
Massachusetts	32	2,628	0.5	37.5
North Carolina	31	2,356	0.3	21.7
Georgia	14	2,258	0.1	20.5
Michigan	38	2,180	0.4	21.7
New Jersey	14	2,181	0.2	23.5
Virginia	23	2,002	0.3	23.2
Maryland	13	1,842	0.2	29.8
Washington	34	1,753	0.4	22.4
Missouri	30	1,560	0.5	25.2
Arizona	20	1,309	0.3	17.6
Minnesota	19	1,288	0.3	22.4
Tennessee	20	1,255	0.3	17.6
Wisconsin	22	1,203	0.4	20.4
Colorado	16	1,155	0.3	19.7
Indiana	19	1,136	0.3	16.6
South Carolina	15	1,136	0.3	21.1
Connecticut	17	1,043	0.5	28.8
Louisiana	12	917	0.3	20.0
Kentucky	8	874	0.2	19.3
Oregon	14	861	0.3	20.3
Alabama	13	817	0.3	16.0
Oklahoma	9	707	0.2	17.4
Utah	7	670	0.2	19.6
District of Columbia	18	593	2.7	87.3
Arkansas	7	509	0.2	16.6
Iowa	11	502	0.3	15.7
New Mexico	6	453	0.3	21.4
Kansas	2	421	0.1	14.3
Mississippi	3	417	0.1	14.2
Hawaii	3	410	0.2	28.6
Nebraska	8	391	0.4	19.8
Nevada	5	380	0.2	11.9
New Hampshire	4	330	0.3	23.5
Rhode Island	4	330	0.4	30.1
Maine	5	311	0.4	22.3
Delaware	3	290	0.3	28.1
West Virginia	4	281	0.2	15.9
Idaho	4	223	0.2	11.4
Vermont	3	181	0.5	28.0
Alaska	0	167	0.0	22.8
Montana	0	153	0.0	13.5
South Dakota	3	146	0.3	15.9
North Dakota	1	112	0.1	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 Nephrology Physician providers are there vs Pediatrics Physician?

There are 1,042 Pediatric Nephrology 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 49.

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.