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Largest oncology physician group practices

Physician groups are a unique element within the healthcare market since they focus on one specialty, which eliminates competition between individual providers and encourages them to cooperate to solve common issues. Being generally smaller than hospitals also allows physician groups to easily adapt to shifting markets, helping them continually stay at the forefront of healthcare needs.

Selling your healthcare product, software, or service to physician group practices is often a lucrative decision, but it’s essential to first narrow your list of possible outreach targets in order to produce more efficient sales targeting and marketing. One way in which you can narrow down your list of leads is by prioritizing specific specialty type and size. Targeting especially large oncology physician groups can often be an effective sales strategy.

How many oncology physician group practices are there in the U.S.?

According to our database, there are 657 active oncology physician group practices in the U.S. However, each physician group may have several different locations to help physicians remain competitive in the market while giving them access to more patients, so this number is not indicative of the number of oncology clinics.

Why target oncology physician groups?

Physicians at oncology practices are at the forefront of treating and managing cancer. With the ever-changing oncology landscape, oncologists are reliant upon the proper equipment, technology, and trained staff to properly diagnose, treat, prevent, and manage the many different types of cancer.

The need for oncologists is continually growing, as well. Two subsets of oncology—hematology/oncology and medical oncology—are among the greatest growing primary specialties based on claims.

Therefore, targeting large oncology physician groups can offer significant sales opportunities. Physician groups typically present a stable customer base with substantial revenue potential, especially oncology, with its growing client base. Additionally, physician groups often centralize purchasing decisions, which can lead to bulk sales and long-term partnerships—the larger the network, the greater the contract.

Largest oncology physician group practices by number of physicians

RankOncology physician groupStateDefinitive ID# of physiciansExplore dataset
1Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center PhysiciansNY10327631,173Explore
2MD Anderson Cancer Center (FKA MD Anderson Physicians Network)TX9775971,078Explore
3Texas OncologyTX553058833Explore
4Dana Farber Cancer Institute PhysiciansMA1037404745Explore
5City of HopeCA653808684Explore
6Siteman Cancer Center (FKA the Memorial Cancer Center)MO641712362Explore
7Fred Hutch Cancer CenterWA1056508350Explore
8UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterPA981871308Explore
9Florida Cancer Specialists and Research InstituteFL551855298Explore
10New York Cancer and Blood Specialists (AKA North Shore Hematology Oncology Associates)NY611397220Explore
11Fox Chase Cancer Center Physicians (FKA Fox Chase Cancer Center Medical Group Inc)PA732076209Explore
12Tennessee OncologyTN553053137Explore
13Zangmeister Cancer Center (AKA Mark H Zangmeister Center)OH744726122Explore
14Tennessee OncologyTN1077038121Explore
15Southern California Oncology Associates (AKA Oncology Physicians Network)CA956475102Explore

Fig. 1 Analysis of data from the Definitive Healthcare PhysicianGroupView product. The number of practices represents only those listed as “active” in our database as of July 2024. Data accessed July 2024.

What is the largest oncology physician group in the U.S.?

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Physicians is the largest oncology physician group in the country based on the number of physicians, with 1,173 physicians.

MD Anderson Cancer Center is the second largest oncology physician group, with 1,078 physicians.

Texas Oncology is the third largest oncology physician group, with 833 physicians. Texas Oncology is one of the physician groups with the highest Medicare payments and is the top physician group in Texas based on 2020 Medicare charges. Texas Oncology also makes the lists for top physician groups based on the number of ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, and leukemia diagnoses.

Tips for targeting oncology physician groups

Once you’ve curated your target list of oncology physician groups, it’s essential to remember their key focuses and frame your offering as a solution to their needs. Consider the following to effectively engage oncologists:

Understand their needs

Data such as procedure and claims data, tech install data, and even Medicare charges can help you better understand each of your prospects and the unique challenges they face. Using these insights, you can personalize your outreach to those who can see the greatest impact of your product or service.

Highlight relevant benefits

Using your understanding of each physician group’s challenges, highlight the benefits of your product, software, or service that are relevant to their needs. Focus on how your solution can improve patient outcomes, enhance diagnostic capabilities, or optimize operations.

Showcase success stories

Provide evidence of the real-world benefits of your solution. Whether it’s clinical trial data or case studies, select success stories that are most relevant to the needs of the physician group you’re targeting.

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