Healthcare providers in Louisiana

124,734 active providers practise in Louisiana, which is 1.3% of the national registry and makes it the 24th largest state by provider count.

Largest specialties

By primary taxonomy, counting practice location. A provider who lists several taxonomies appears once, under the one they flagged primary.

Neighbouring states by size

• Nevada121,507
• Oklahoma116,170
• South Carolina115,211
• Kentucky112,140
• Wisconsin142,780
• Connecticut104,574
• Missouri147,378
• Oregon148,786

Looking up one provider

Counts are from the monthly file. For a specific provider, the lookup reads the live registry, which is the only way to know whether an identifier was deactivated in the last few weeks.

Counts from npidata_pfile_20050523-20260712.csv, built 2026-08-09. Practice location, primary taxonomy only, deactivated identifiers excluded.