Clinician type
Chiropractors
At a glance
- Practicing in the U.S.
- 104,294
- Per 100,000 residents
- 30.8
- Women
- 31%
- Median years since graduating
- 22
Who they are
- Women 31%
- Graduated 35 or more years ago 20%
- Offer telehealth 0%
- Accept Medicare’s approved amount 76%
Sex and credentials from NPPES. Graduation year, telehealth and Medicare assignment from Medicare Care Compare, which covers clinicians enrolled in Medicare.
Where they practice
What they do most for Medicare patients
- Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions 12,476,128
- Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 1-2 spinal regions 3,660,071
- Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 5 spinal regions 812,564
- Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes 8,708
- Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes 3,109
- Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes 2,528
- Application of ultrasound, each 15 minutes 2,250
- Application of electrical stimulation with therapist present, each 15 minutes 1,613
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 1,410
- Therapy procedure using functional activities 1,116
- Osteopathic manipulative treatment, 3-4 body regions 1,091
- Electrical stimulation (unattended), to one or more areas for indication(s) other than wound care, as part of a therapy plan of care 1,057
Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.
What they prescribe most
- Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 11.9%
- Methocarbamol 5.6%
- Liothyronine Sodium (Cytomel) 4.8%
- Potassium Chloride (Klor-Con, Klor-Con M15, Klor-Con 10) 4.7%
- Donepezil Hcl (Adlarity, Aricept) 4.1%
- Ondansetron Hcl 4.0%
- Prednisone (Rayos) 3.7%
- Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 3.6%
- Spironolactone (Carospir, Aldactone) 3.6%
- Naproxen 3.4%
- Progesterone, Micronized (Crinone, Progesterone, Prometrium) 3.4%
- Estradiol (Divigel, Estring, Estrogel) 3.2%
- Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 3.0%
- Varicella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf (Shingrix) 3.0%
- Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 2.9%
Share of this specialty’s Medicare Part D prescriptions in 2024, including refills. Select a drug to see which of these clinicians prescribe it most, and where.
Hospitals where the most work
- Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 9 Chiropractors at Cleveland Clinic
- Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit, MI 6 Chiropractors at Henry Ford Health Hospital
- Alaska Native Medical Center Anchorage, AK 6 Chiropractors at Alaska Native Medical Center
- Washington Hospital, the Washington, PA 5 Chiropractors at Washington Hospital, the
- Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO 5 Chiropractors at Mercy Hospital St Louis
- Hennepin County Medical Center Minneapolis, MN 5 Chiropractors at Hennepin County Medical Center
- United Health Services Hospitals, Inc Binghamton, NY 4 Chiropractors at United Health Services Hospitals, Inc
- Huron Regional Medical Center Huron, SD 4 Chiropractors at Huron Regional Medical Center
- Bartlett Regional Hospital Juneau, AK 4 Chiropractors at Bartlett Regional Hospital
- Maine General Medical Center Augusta, ME 4 Chiropractors at Maine General Medical Center
Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.
Schools they graduated from most
- Palmer College Chiropractic - Davenport 6,733
- Life Chiropractic College 3,518
- Logan College of Chiropractic 3,416
- New York Chiropractic College 2,547
- Northwestern College of Chiropractic 2,352
- Palmer College Chiropractic - West Sunnyvale 2,023
- Life Chiropractic College - West 1,881
- National College of Chiropractic 1,618
- Cleveland Chiropractic College - Kansas City 1,609
- Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic 1,089
From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).
Industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $463,340 in general payments to 1,943 clinicians in Chiropractors in 2025. See who received the most
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.
Sources: CMS NPPES (counts, sex, credentials), Medicare Care Compare (schools, graduation years, hospitals, telehealth), CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2023) and Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), ACGME program requirements (training length), OpenAlex (research), U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 (population).