Clinician type
Podiatrists
At a glance
- Practicing in the U.S.
- 23,299
- Per 100,000 residents
- 6.9
- Women
- 29%
- Median years since graduating
- 22
Who they are
- Women 29%
- Graduated 35 or more years ago 21%
- Offer telehealth 3%
- Accept Medicare’s approved amount 95%
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
- Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails 5,225,349
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 4,430,725
- Removal of fingernails or toenails, 1-5 nails 1,797,545
- Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths 1,725,488
- Trimming of dystrophic nails, any number 1,136,499
- New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 1,054,185
- X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views 930,450
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes 868,059
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 724,336
- Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 1 growth 716,402
- Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less 565,358
- Trimming of fingernails or toenails 526,515
Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.
What they prescribe most
- Ammonium Lactate 10.2%
- Ketoconazole (Ketodan) 8.5%
- Ciclopirox 6.8%
- Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 6.4%
- Ciclopirox Olamine (Ciclopirox) 4.9%
- Meloxicam 4.6%
- Clotrimazole 4.5%
- Mupirocin 4.4%
- Terbinafine Hcl 4.1%
- Cephalexin 4.0%
- Diclofenac Sodium (Pennsaid) 3.9%
- Methylprednisolone (Medrol) 3.1%
- Doxycycline Hyclate (Doxy 100, Targadox) 2.7%
- Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 2.4%
- Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav (Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Pot Er, Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass) 2.3%
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 60 Podiatrists at Cleveland Clinic
- Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL 58 Podiatrists at Adventhealth Orlando
- St Lukes Hospital Bethlehem, PA 56 Podiatrists at St Lukes Hospital
- Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ 46 Podiatrists at Morristown Medical Center
- Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI 45 Podiatrists at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak
- Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and Novi Southfield, MI 40 Podiatrists at Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and Novi
- West Jersey Hospital Voorhees, NJ 39 Podiatrists at West Jersey Hospital
- Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA 39 Podiatrists at Bryn Mawr Hospital
- Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital Winfield, IL 38 Podiatrists at Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital
- Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA 37 Podiatrists at Lehigh Valley Hospital
Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.
Schools they graduated from most
- New York College of Podiatric Medicine 2,403
- Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine 2,210
- California School of Podiatric Medicine 1,507
- Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine 1,194
- William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine 1,170
- Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine 1,138
- Temple University School of Medicine 1,021
- Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences 304
- College of Podiatric Med and Surgery, Des Moines University 286
- Western Un of Hlth Sciences, Col of Podiatric Med 157
From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).
Industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $29.7M in general payments to 12,816 clinicians in Podiatrists 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).