State provider profile · CMS NPPES
Rhode Island Doctors & Healthcare Providers
Every CMS NPPES-registered provider in Rhode Island - actual federal records by specialty, city, and Medicare participation, with no composite score or editorial opinion on top.
Data updated 2026-08-27
- 25,848
- Providers
- 419
- Specialties
- 30+
- Cities (10+ NPIs)
- 46th
- of 56 by size
The state in one line
Rhode Island has 25,848 CMS-registered healthcare providers, the 46th-largest provider base of 56 U.S. jurisdictions, led by Clinical Social Worker.
- 25,848
- NPPES-registered providers
- 46th
- of 56 jurisdictions
- Top 80%
- by provider count
- 8.9%
- Clinical Social Worker (largest specialty)
Where Rhode Island ranks among all U.S. states
Provider count vs every U.S. state, DC and territory, CMS NPPES
25,848 20th percentile higher than 20% of 56 jurisdictions
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
25,848 providers across 419 specialties
How to read this directory
This count includes every individual clinician, physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, therapists, and psychologists, with a current active National Provider Identifier on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and a primary practice address in Rhode Island. Organizations such as hospitals, group practices, and pharmacies carry their own separate NPPES records and are deliberately not included in this individual-provider total, and each clinician is counted once under their registered primary taxonomy. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
Important: this is a directory of public CMS government data, not a quality ranking, a review aggregator, or medical advice. NPPES records are self-reported and refreshed monthly, so a listed address or phone number can lag reality; always call the office to confirm location, insurance acceptance, and new-patient availability before booking. Verify licensure and disciplinary history, which are not shown here, through the NPI Registry and your state medical board.
Rhode Island at a glance
Diverse specialty mixTop specialties in Rhode Island
Distribution by primary NUCC taxonomy - 419 specialties total
- Top specialty: Clinical Social Worker
- 2,300
- 8.9% of Rhode Island's 25,848 providers
| # | Specialty | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clinical Social Worker | 2,300 |
| 2 | Mental Health Counselor | 1,363 |
| 3 | Physical Therapist | 1,220 |
| 4 | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 1,196 |
| 5 | Internal Medicine Physician | 1,080 |
| 6 | Pharmacist | 1,047 |
| 7 | Registered Nurse | 970 |
| 8 | Family Nurse Practitioner | 712 |
| 9 | Physician Assistant | 658 |
| 10 | Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor | 641 |
| 11 | Speech-Language Pathologist | 640 |
| 12 | Behavior Technician | 606 |
| 13 | Counselor | 503 |
| 14 | Clinical Psychologist | 474 |
| 15 | Occupational Therapist | 470 |
| 16 | Family Medicine Physician | 445 |
| 17 | Psychiatry Physician | 380 |
| 18 | Emergency Medicine Physician | 375 |
| 19 | Nurse Practitioner | 370 |
| 20 | Pediatrics Physician | 369 |
Which cities in Rhode Island have the most providers?
Top cities in Rhode Island by provider count
Active CMS NPPES-registered providers by primary practice city
- Providence
Providence
9,647 providers
- Warwick 2,776
Warwick
2,776 providers
- Cranston 1,348
Cranston
1,348 providers
- Pawtucket 1,284
Pawtucket
1,284 providers
- Woonsocket 1,112
Woonsocket
1,112 providers
- East Providence 778
East Providence
778 providers
- East Greenwich 599
East Greenwich
599 providers
- Riverside 586
Riverside
586 providers
- Middletown 565
Middletown
565 providers
- Johnston 561
Johnston
561 providers
What this shows Providence leads Rhode Island's 30+ reporting cities; provider supply concentrates in the largest metros, so a statewide total understates rural access gaps.
Full city breakdown with each city's share of the state total:
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Providence | 9,647 |
| 2 | Warwick | 2,776 |
| 3 | Cranston | 1,348 |
| 4 | Pawtucket | 1,284 |
| 5 | Woonsocket | 1,112 |
| 6 | East Providence | 778 |
| 7 | East Greenwich | 599 |
| 8 | Riverside | 586 |
| 9 | Middletown | 565 |
| 10 | Johnston | 561 |
| 11 | Wakefield | 556 |
| 12 | Newport | 542 |
| 13 | Lincoln | 526 |
| 14 | North Kingstown | 477 |
| 15 | Westerly | 416 |
| 16 | North Providence | 390 |
| 17 | Cumberland | 355 |
| 18 | West Warwick | 309 |
| 19 | Coventry | 255 |
| 20 | Barrington | 244 |
| 21 | Bristol | 202 |
| 22 | Portsmouth | 202 |
| 23 | Smithfield | 202 |
| 24 | North Smithfield | 169 |
| 25 | Greenville | 154 |
| 26 | Narragansett | 144 |
| 27 | Central Falls | 143 |
| 28 | Tiverton | 133 |
| 29 | Warren | 117 |
| 30 | Charlestown | 116 |
Nearby States
Other high-volume states in the CMS NPPES registry for side-by-side context.
License & disciplinary context - Rhode Island
Aggregate state medical board disciplinary action statistics for Rhode Island licensees, sourced from the state medical board annual report and cross-checked against the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB).
View Rhode Island disciplinary trends →Using the Rhode Island data
Rhode Island has 25,848 active registered providers, here is how to act on that.
- Narrow by specialty first: Rhode Island's provider mix differs from the national distribution, and the per-specialty pages show who actually practices here. Browse specialties
- Verify any shortlisted provider's federal record and license before booking, registration alone is not a quality signal. NPI lookup
- Check Rhode Island's disciplinary-action trends to understand the state board's enforcement context. Board actions
Counts reflect CMS NPPES registrations, which can lag retirements and relocations. PlainDoctor does not rate, rank, or recommend providers.
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Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-27.