Clinician type
Physical Therapists
At a glance
- Practicing in the U.S.
- 288,806
- Per 100,000 residents
- 85.4
- Women
- 66%
- Median years since graduating
- 10
Who they are
- Women 66%
- Graduated 35 or more years ago 6%
- Offer telehealth 1%
- Accept Medicare’s approved amount 91%
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
- Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes 55,736,786
- Therapy procedure using functional activities 29,787,165
- Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes 26,382,824
- Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes 25,571,588
- Electrical stimulation (unattended), to one or more areas for indication(s) other than wound care, as part of a therapy plan of care 4,847,237
- Therapy procedure for walking training, each 15 minutes 3,850,245
- Therapy procedure in a group setting 2,091,178
- Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes 1,464,881
- Therapy procedure using water pool to exercises, each 15 minutes 1,278,027
- Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 30 minutes 1,259,765
- Training for self-care or home management, each 15 minutes 1,130,764
- Application of blood vessel compression device 727,247
Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.
What they prescribe most
- Meloxicam 37.3%
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl (Amrix) 6.3%
- Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 5.8%
- Omeprazole 5.0%
- Allopurinol 5.0%
- Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 4.1%
- Mometasone Furoate (Asmanex Hfa, Asmanex) 3.4%
- Progesterone, Micronized (Crinone, Progesterone, Prometrium) 3.2%
- Sucralfate (Carafate) 2.8%
- Hydroxyzine Pamoate (Vistaril) 2.6%
- Insulin Degludec (Tresiba, Tresiba Flextouch U-100, Tresiba Flextouch U-200) 2.6%
- Quetiapine Fumarate (Seroquel, Seroquel Xr) 2.6%
- Mirtazapine (Remeron) 2.6%
- Thyroid,pork (Adthyza, Armour Thyroid, Niva Thyroid) 2.6%
- Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate (Plaquenil) 2.4%
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
- Animas Surgical Hospital, LLC Durango, CO 6 Physical Therapists at Animas Surgical Hospital, LLC
- Columbia Basin Hospital Ephrata, WA 6 Physical Therapists at Columbia Basin Hospital
- Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA 4 Physical Therapists at Virginia Mason Medical Center
- Mcbride Orthopedic Hospital Oklahoma City, OK 4 Physical Therapists at Mcbride Orthopedic Hospital
- Ascentist Hospital LLC Leawood, KS 3 Physical Therapists at Ascentist Hospital LLC
- Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -Centralia Centralia, IL 2 Physical Therapists at Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -Centralia
- Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Reg Hospital Bethel, AK 2 Physical Therapists at Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Reg Hospital
- Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System Shreveport, LA 2 Physical Therapists at Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
- Ut Health San Antonio Multispecialty & Research Ho San Antonio, TX 2 Physical Therapists at Ut Health San Antonio Multispecialty & Research Ho
- Littleton Regional Healthcare Littleton, NH 2 Physical Therapists at Littleton Regional Healthcare
Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.
Schools they graduated from most
- Loma Linda University School of Medicine 265
- Duke University School of Medicine 242
- University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine 227
- Emory University School of Medicine 215
- Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School 211
- Creighton University School of Medicine 209
- Washington University School of Medicine 199
- University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine 197
- Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 178
- New York Medical College 170
From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).
Industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $65,625 in general payments to 143 clinicians in Physical Therapists 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).