NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Internal Medicine Physician in Tennessee

2,596 NPPES records list internal medicine physician with a practice address in Tennessee, 36 per 100,000 residents, the 30th highest rate of 51. Nashville and Memphis have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search. Page 5 of 52.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207R00000X · method

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

Nashville has the most, 613

  1. Nashville613
  2. Memphis325
  3. Knoxville237
  4. Chattanooga192
  5. Johnson City125

Internal Medicine Physician records in Tennessee

  1. John Bassel, MDClarksville, TN 370431346235629
  2. Heather Bassett, MDNashville, TN 372031982751780
  3. Samuel Bastian, M.D.Franklin, TN 370691851382568
  4. Thomas Batemarco, DONashville, TN 372321275030918
  5. Joshua Bates, MDColumbia, TN 384011922598325
  6. Harold Batson, M.D.Jackson, TN 383011609835420
  7. William Baucom, M.D.Mt Juliet, TN 371221952353054
  8. Dainia Baugh, M.D.Nashville, TN 372031699716324
  9. Debra Baylor, MDMurfreesboro, TN 371281407829450
  10. Gilbert Bazaldua, M.D.White House, TN 371881417011008
  11. Lillian Beaird-Gaines, M.D.Nashville, TN 372041316977150
  12. Douglas Beatty, M.D.Smyrna, TN 371671053394916
  13. Terinell Beaver, MDGermantown, TN 381381215030820
  14. Andrea Beck, M.D.Nashville, TN 372031396910600
  15. Robert Beck, M.DNashville, TN 372031992985949
  16. Tyler Beck, MD, PHDNashville, TN 372321649025669
  17. Stephanie Becker, MDKnoxville, TN 379221548208325
  18. Thomas Beckett, M.D.Brentwood, TN 370271699781112
  19. Michael Beckham, MDHermitage, TN 370761053303248
  20. Taylor Beckmann, DOKnoxville, TN 379201043897606
  21. Thomas Beckner, MDGreeneville, TN 377451285670042
  22. Charles Bedwell, M.D.Memphis, TN 381041548374903
  23. Russell Beis, M.D.Memphis, TN 381141942256102
  24. Aram BejnoodMemphis, TN 381031174210686
  25. Marian BekhitMurfreesboro, TN 371291164832648
  26. John Belitz, MDHarriman, TN 377481578524740
  27. Jeffry Belknap, M.D.Sparta, TN 385831407920127
  28. Darl Bell, MDAtoka, TN 380041275538977
  29. Mary Belles, MDNashville, TN 372051124581913
  30. Arthur Bellott, MDMemphis, TN 381171396842803
  31. Carl Bendeck, MDKingsport, TN 376601801828934
  32. Jack Benhayon, MDKnoxville, TN 379191770584898
  33. Monique Bennerman, M.D.Nashville, TN 372081841278157
  34. Julian Bennett, MDSpring Hill, TN 371741679663785
  35. Seada Benti, MDNashville, TN 372081558821009
  36. Amy Bentley, MDPowell, TN 378491467496885
  37. Jaclyn Bergeron, M.D.Memphis, TN 381041639313208
  38. Stephen Bergquist, MDJackson, TN 383011992896401
  39. Lindi Berkey, MDMemphis, TN 381031710541305
  40. Robert Berkompas, M.D.Nashville, TN 372051174560312
  41. Michael Bernard, MDKnoxville, TN 379091386633949
  42. Holly Berndt, M.D.Bristol, TN 376201528274859
  43. Gail BerntsonMemphis, TN 381041639187222
  44. Jane Berry, M.D.Memphis, TN 381041366553059
  45. Frances Berry Brown, MDLawrenceburg, TN 384641356381909
  46. Katherine Bertram, M.D.Cookeville, TN 385011689668790
  47. Jennifer Bess, M.D.Nashville, TN 372051912947318
  48. Matthew Bessom, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379191821251166
  49. Jennifer Best, MDAlcoa, TN 377011275610339
  50. William Bestermann, M.D.Kingsport, TN 376601710057047

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207R00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Tennessee ranks 30 of 51 per resident

  1. Arizona38
  2. Louisiana38
  3. North Carolina37
  4. Tennessee36
  5. New Mexico36
  6. Georgia35
  7. 50 states and D.C.44

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207R00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

80.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 78.7% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Tennessee80.3%
  2. United States78.7%

Internal Medicine Physician records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file2,084 of 2,596 · 80.3% here, 78.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1,706 · 65.7% here, 61.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more1,458 · 56.2% here, 55.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2003 · the 1,705 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207R00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

2,596 NPPES records list internal medicine physician (207R00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 36 per 100,000 residents against 44 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Nashville has 613 of them (24%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Missouri2,604
  2. Connecticut2,623
  3. Minnesota2,632
  4. Arizona2,853

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Mexico36.4
  2. Puerto Rico35.7
  3. Georgia35.5
  4. North Carolina37.4

The largest states

  1. California17,696
  2. New York12,067
  3. Florida10,151
  4. Texas9,175
  5. Pennsylvania7,300

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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 Aug 9, 2026.