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

National totals

What this specialty covers

A urologist manages benign and malignant medical and surgical disorders of the genitourinary system and the adrenal gland. This specialist has comprehensive knowledge of and skills in endoscopic, percutaneous and open surgery of congenital and acquired conditions of the urinary and reproductive systems and their contiguous structures.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For Urology Physician records, 2,374 of 17,852 active primary-taxonomy NPIs, or 13.3%, carry the sole-proprietor designation. This is a self-reported NPPES field, so it is an imperfect proxy for private practice and does not fully describe group ownership, employment, or other practice arrangements.

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.
• - These are NPI records with the specialty as the primary taxonomy, not a guaranteed count of unique, currently practicing urologists.
• - First-enumeration and state counts describe registry records and do not measure net entry, clinical capacity, patient access, or causation.
• 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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