Gynecology Physician: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

What this specialty covers

A physician who specializes in diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients with gynecologic conditions.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For Gynecology Physician records, 19.3% are flagged as sole proprietors in NPPES. This is a self-reported NPPES field and an imperfect proxy for private practice: it does not by itself establish that a physician owns or works in an independent practice, and it may not capture group, employed, or other arrangements. Use it as an administrative indicator rather than a direct measure of practice ownership or employment.

By state

New NPI registrations by year

Counts reflect the year each NPI was first issued, among records still active today. The final year is partial: this data covers through 2026-01-11.

Data notes

• The sole-proprietor field is self-reported by the provider in NPPES and is an imperfect proxy for private practice.
• A sole-proprietor count shown as <11 is suppressed: the true value is below 11, which could include zero.
• - An active NPI record is not the same as a currently practicing physician, patient-facing practice, or complete workforce count.
• - State totals reflect NPPES registration information and may not equal where a physician sees patients or delivers services.
• Providers are counted once, by their primary taxonomy code only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) Data Dissemination file, FOIA-disclosable public data under CMS-6060-N. Aggregated by Hero EMR on 2026-08-03; deactivated NPIs excluded; specialty assigned from the primary taxonomy code (NUCC 25.1). Counts below 11 are suppressed. Individual providers are never published. All provider data pages.

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