NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in New York

545,291 individual NPPES records list a practice address in New York, 2,786 per 100,000 residents, above the 2,176 across the 50 states and D.C.; records with an MD or DO credential: 519 per 100,000, against 375 nationally. Licenses are checked on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; HHS-OIG LEIE of Sep 10, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · method

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Internal Medicine is New York's largest physician specialty

91,064 records in New York list a physician taxonomy (allopathic or osteopathic, NUCC 207 and 208) as their primary type. The eight largest specialties, each linked to its New York list:

  1. Internal Medicine12,067
  2. Psychiatry6,589
  3. Family Medicine6,417
  4. Pediatrics5,795
  5. Anesthesiology5,062
  6. Emergency Medicine5,025
  7. Obstetrics & Gynecology3,174
  8. Diagnostic Radiology3,146

Source: CMS NPPES flagged primary taxonomy, physician codes 207 and 208, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Across every provider type, Students in training is the largest group

  1. Students in training37,241
  2. Clinical Social Worker29,293
  3. Registered Nurse25,740
  4. Speech-Language Pathologist24,851
  5. Social Worker23,561
  6. Pharmacist22,962
  7. Licensed Practical Nurse22,826
  8. Specialist22,636

New York has the most records

  1. New York98,468
  2. Brooklyn64,057
  3. Bronx32,017
  4. Rochester20,520
  5. Buffalo13,287
  6. Staten Island12,351
  7. Syracuse9,922
  8. Albany8,230

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy and practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.

What's distinctive here

The specialties New York has more, and fewer, of than the nation

Relative to its size, New York has about 5× the national share of specialists and only 0.11× the share of behavior technicians. These gaps reflect how each state licenses and classifies professions, not how much care is available.

More common in New York

Less common in New York

Each multiple is New York's share of that specialty divided by its national share, among specialties with at least 3,000 providers in-state. Source: CMS NPPES, current release.

4,429 New York entries on the federal exclusion list

22.6 per 100,000 residents, against 25 for the 50 states and D.C. The most common reason in New York: conviction for a program-related crime. Excluded people and businesses cannot bill Medicare or Medicaid. How to check a provider →

  1. Conviction for a program-related crime1,722
  2. License revoked, suspended or surrendered1,149
  3. Conviction for patient abuse or neglect645
  4. Felony conviction for health care fraud239
  5. Default on a health education loan147

Source: HHS-OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE), file of Sep 10, 2026 (oig.hhs.gov), entries with a New York address, five most common authorities.

The 30 New York cities with the most records

  1. New York98,468
  2. Brooklyn64,057
  3. Bronx32,017
  4. Rochester20,520
  5. Buffalo13,287
  6. Staten Island12,351
  7. Syracuse9,922
  8. Albany8,230
  9. Flushing6,354
  10. Jamaica4,958
  11. New Hyde Park4,217
  12. White Plains4,065
  13. Forest Hills3,712
  14. Poughkeepsie3,701
  15. Yonkers3,593
  16. Williamsville3,530
  17. Stony Brook3,053
  18. Manhasset2,794
  19. Elmhurst2,781
  20. Middletown2,682
  21. Schenectady2,536
  22. Great Neck2,508
  23. Long Island City2,294
  24. Astoria2,224
  25. Ithaca2,215
  26. Binghamton2,211
  27. Utica2,177
  28. New Rochelle2,105
  29. Valhalla2,105
  30. Mineola2,077

Common questions

How many healthcare providers are in New York?

545,291 individual NPPES records list a practice address in New York, under 645 provider taxonomy codes. A record is a registration, not a license: it includes clinicians, technicians and students in training.

What is the most common physician specialty in New York?

Internal Medicine, with 12,067 records, followed by psychiatry (6,589). Across every provider type the largest group is Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (37,241 records).

How do I find a doctor in New York?

Open a physician specialty above for its New York list and its cities, or search a name or NPI with the state set to NY. PlainDoctor does not filter by insurance or rate doctors; check the license on the state board before booking.

The largest states

  1. California974,315
  2. Florida470,495
  3. Texas433,013
  4. Ohio327,042
  5. Michigan286,926

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Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); 2023 Census population estimates. Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses; PlainDoctor does not rate or recommend providers; its rankings sort billing figures, not quality.

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.