Doctors and health care providers in Texas
433,013 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Texas, 1,420 per 100,000 residents, below the 2,176 across the 50 states and D.C.; records with an MD or DO credential: 291 per 100,000, against 375 nationally. Licenses are checked on the Texas Medical Board search.
Family Medicine is Texas's largest physician specialty
85,972 records in Texas list a physician taxonomy (allopathic or osteopathic, NUCC 207 and 208) as their primary type. The eight largest specialties, each linked to its Texas list:
Source: CMS NPPES flagged primary taxonomy, physician codes 207 and 208, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Across every provider type, Behavior Technician is the largest group
Houston has the most records
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy and practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
What's distinctive here
The specialties Texas has more, and fewer, of than the nation
Relative to its size, Texas has about 6.6× the national share of licensed vocational nurses and only 0.45× the share of social workers. These gaps reflect how each state licenses and classifies professions, not how much care is available.
More common in Texas
Less common in Texas
- Social Worker 0.45×
- Counselor 0.53×
- Mental Health Counselor 0.57×
- Clinical Social Worker 0.63×
- Massage Therapist 0.73×
Each multiple is Texas'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.
5,944 Texas entries on the federal exclusion list
19.5 per 100,000 residents, against 25 for the 50 states and D.C. The most common reason in Texas: license revoked, suspended or surrendered. Excluded people and businesses cannot bill Medicare or Medicaid. How to check a provider →
Source: HHS-OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE), file of Sep 10, 2026 (oig.hhs.gov), entries with a Texas address, five most common authorities.
The 30 Texas cities with the most records
- Houston61,221
- San Antonio37,749
- Dallas36,304
- Austin26,585
- Fort Worth15,511
- El Paso11,091
- Plano7,271
- Lubbock5,735
- Corpus Christi5,600
- Tyler5,531
- Arlington5,219
- Katy5,078
- Temple4,612
- Frisco4,217
- Amarillo3,934
- Sugar Land3,851
- Round Rock3,815
- Spring3,758
- Irving3,532
- McAllen3,518
- Waco3,295
- McKinney3,263
- Pearland3,024
- Richardson2,896
- Edinburg2,724
- Denton2,554
- Abilene2,547
- Galveston2,532
- Cypress2,457
- Conroe2,448
Common questions
How many healthcare providers are in Texas?
433,013 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Texas, under 654 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 Texas?
Family Medicine, with 11,119 records, followed by internal medicine (9,175). Across every provider type the largest group is Behavior Technician (25,158 records).
How do I find a doctor in Texas?
Open a physician specialty above for its Texas list and its cities, or search a name or NPI with the state set to TX. PlainDoctor does not filter by insurance or rate doctors; check the license on the state board before booking.
The largest states
- California974,315
- New York545,291
- Florida470,495
- Ohio327,042
- Michigan286,926
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.