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Nurse Practitioners in Louisville, KY

Find and compare 2,842 nurse practitioners in Louisville, Kentucky — locations, phone numbers and full profiles.

Listed here
2,842

What a visit here costs on Medicare

First visit as a new patient
$82 · your share about $21
Follow-up visit
$94 · your share about $23

The median of CMS's commonest Medicare amount across this city's 29 ZIP codes, and the coinsurance a Medicare patient pays after the deductible. Medicare's rate for this area and specialty — not a quote from any practice here, and not a commercial or cash price.

Median years practising
10 across 2,842 listed
Median years since graduation
9 1,713 with a CMS graduation year
Offer telehealth
13% 360 of 2,842 listed
Accept Medicare assignment
57% 1,621 of 2,842 listed

Nurse Practitioners in Louisville, KY

Languages spoken here: Spanish 123Bengali 13Croatian 9French 8Czech 7Hindi 7Russian 7Arabic 3 (plan-listed)

Showing 60 of 2,842 published profiles · page 1 of 48.

About the specialty

Nurse Practitioners in Louisville, KY: what they do, when to see one, how to choose

2,842 nurse practitioners are listed in Louisville, KY; the median has held a National Provider Identifier for 10 years. The practices with the most nurse practitioners here are Community Medical Associates Inc (558), University of Louisville Physicians Inc (495), Baptist Health Medical Group Inc (285). Most hospital affiliations are with Norton Hospital / Norton Healthcare Pavilion / Nor, Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital, Baptist Health Louisville. 57% are recorded as accepting Medicare assignment and 13% as offering telehealth. Within nurse practitioners here, the largest subspecialties are family nurse practitioners (1,648), psychiatric nurse practitioners (312), pediatric nurse practitioners (94).

Also searched as: NP · nurse practitioner near me · advanced practice nurse · APRN.

What nurse practitioners do

A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse with graduate training who assesses, diagnoses, orders and interprets tests, and treats — including prescribing in every state, with or without physician collaboration depending on state law. NPs are certified in a population focus: family, adult-gerontology, pediatrics, women's health, psychiatric-mental health or neonatal, and practise in primary care, specialty clinics, urgent care and hospitals.

When to see a nurse practitioner

For primary care, an NP can be your regular clinician: check-ups, acute illness, prescriptions, chronic-condition management. Psychiatric NPs are a common route to mental-health care, including medication; women's health NPs to gynecologic and contraceptive care. If you want an NP as your main clinician, ask how physician collaboration works in your state and at that practice.

How to choose one in Louisville, KY

Ask the NP's population focus and certification (FNP, PMHNP, WHNP, AGNP, PNP), whether they are taking new patients, which plans they take, and how referrals and after-hours care work. NPs are licensed by the state board of nursing, whose lookup shows standing. The directory's registry record shows the focus the NP registered under, the practice address and Medicare participation.

What the records here can and can't tell you

Nurse practitioners are the largest clinician group in the registry. Many bill Medicare, so assignment and telehealth flags are common; the registered focus (family, psychiatric, women's health, pediatric) is the NUCC taxonomy the NP chose, and the focused directories — psychiatric, family, women's health and pediatric nurse practitioners — list them again by that focus.

Editorial copy reviewed August 19, 2026; the figures in the lead paragraph are this page's own, from CMS and NPPES records.

Conditions nurse practitioners treat

Guides to the conditions an editor has mapped to this specialty. Reading one first is often the cheaper move: it says what the condition is, how it is tested for and what treatment looks like, before anyone books an appointment.

Specialties within nurse practitioners in Louisville, KY

Each has its own directory. A specialist on one of these is also listed on this page.

Practices with the most nurse practitioners in Louisville, KY

The groups with the most of this page's nurse practitioners — each links to the practice's own page with its people, locations and contacts.

Hospitals nurse practitioners in Louisville, KY are affiliated with

Where this page's nurse practitioners hold hospital affiliations — the hospitals most of them work with, most-affiliated first.

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About this data

Every profile on this page is assembled from official U.S. public records — the CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) and Medicare provider files — matched by exact National Provider Identifier. Specialty comes from each clinician's own NUCC taxonomy. A listing reproduces that public record; it is not a rating, an endorsement, a licensure check, or a statement that a clinician is accepting new patients.

How to choose nurse practitioners in Louisville, KY

  • 1 Confirm the clinician's licence is current with the Kentucky licensing board for this profession — publication here is not a licensure check.
  • 2 Ask which board or certifying body, if any, certifies the clinician in this specialty, and check it on that body's own lookup.
  • 3 Call the practice to confirm they are accepting new patients and accept your insurance — this directory holds neither.
  • 4 Ask whether telehealth is offered if you'd prefer a remote visit.
  • 5 Ask about language support and accessibility before you book.

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Common questions

How many nurse practitioners are listed in Louisville, Kentucky?
2,842 nurse practitioners are listed in Louisville, Kentucky, each with a full profile: locations, phone, licences and specialty.
Which practices have the most nurse practitioners in Louisville, Kentucky?
Community Medical Associates Inc (558), University of Louisville Physicians Inc (495), and Baptist Health Medical Group Inc (285) — by how many of this page's nurse practitioners work with each. Call the practice to ask which locations a specific clinician sees patients at.
Which hospitals are nurse practitioners in Louisville, Kentucky affiliated with?
Norton Hospital / Norton Healthcare Pavilion / Nor (469), Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital (263), and Baptist Health Louisville (206) — the hospitals most of this page's nurse practitioners are affiliated with. Ask the practice where a specific clinician admits today.
How experienced are the nurse practitioners in Louisville, Kentucky?
The median nurse practitioner listed in Louisville, Kentucky has held a National Provider Identifier for 10 years; among the 1,713 with a CMS graduation year on file, the median is 9 years since graduation. Years on a registry are not a measure of quality.
How many nurse practitioners in Louisville, Kentucky accept Medicare assignment?
CMS records list 1,621 of the 2,842 nurse practitioners listed here as accepting Medicare assignment, and 360 as offering telehealth. This says nothing about private insurance or new-patient status — confirm with the practice.
How do I choose a nurse practitioner in Louisville, Kentucky?
Open a profile to see the clinician's specialty, practice locations, state licences, and — where Medicare data exists — what they treat and prescribe. Then call the office to confirm insurance, availability, and new-patient status.
Are these nurse practitioners accepting new patients?
The public records this directory is built from do not state new-patient status. Each profile lists the practice phone so you can confirm directly.
Where does this information come from?
Every profile is compiled from the CMS National Provider Identifier registry (NPPES) and CMS Medicare public files. It is not a rating or an endorsement.