	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	12,574	$166,198,891	-3%	5,331,089	254	1,375	0.54
2023	12,535	$171,518,217	-2%	5,393,179	257	1,400	0.54
2022	12,565	$174,502,062	-7%	5,457,256	260	1,407	0.54
2021	12,572	$186,740,642	+8%	5,675,593	275	1,472	0.54
2020	12,531	$173,498,217	first year in data	5,289,097	260	1,367	0.54

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

By state

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York	1,302	$20,371,548	539,497	256	1,335
California	1,185	$17,437,443	481,612	227	1,405
Pennsylvania	900	$15,136,787	474,249	364	1,473
Florida	917	$15,121,390	447,914	297	1,650
New Jersey	772	$11,843,720	325,768	293	1,268
Illinois	671	$10,258,756	314,297	273	1,740
Ohio	685	$9,578,435	315,011	345	1,271
Michigan	541	$7,700,721	242,220	309	1,293
Texas	585	$5,782,230	181,807	151	1,153
Massachusetts	293	$4,834,278	140,922	240	1,577
Maryland	252	$3,632,398	102,463	290	1,256
Georgia	302	$3,528,646	115,304	247	1,048
Arizona	296	$3,106,818	95,325	178	996
Missouri	205	$3,080,385	108,532	388	1,462
Indiana	232	$2,958,841	99,901	300	1,357

Not listed: 1 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (XX); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 3 states with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Providers placed by practice address. Data year 2020.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,555	$24,795,321	639,446	260
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	550	$8,435,898	253,063	264
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	505	$8,223,924	235,719	326
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	470	$7,527,196	200,877	220
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	346	$5,086,596	154,906	305
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	332	$4,376,404	123,852	232
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	213	$3,369,329	97,739	230
Cleveland, OH	186	$2,714,708	89,156	298
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	143	$2,641,744	81,280	309
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	192	$2,314,602	63,436	178
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	223	$2,233,011	67,669	177
St. Louis, MO-IL	136	$2,060,299	69,315	373
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	155	$1,764,650	45,470	191
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	131	$1,762,977	50,055	269
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	166	$1,741,666	55,598	215

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 97 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2020.

Specialties billing 11721 nationally

Podiatry accounts for 99% of payment for 11721 nationally in 2020, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Podiatry	12,086	96%	$171,517,017	99%	5,211,259	431
Nurse Practitioner	236	1.9%	$1,279,852	0.74%	52,730	223
Physician Assistant	61	0.49%	$365,156	0.21%	14,658	240
Internal Medicine	30	0.24%	$77,855	0.04%	2,467	82
Family Practice	46	0.37%	$69,676	0.04%	2,164	47
Orthopedic Surgery	20	0.16%	$54,867	0.03%	1,945	97
Endocrinology	12	0.10%	$14,511	<0.01%	498	42

Not listed: 18 specialties with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Provider-level lines (fewer than 11 beneficiaries suppressed by CMS); specialty is the provider type on claims. Data year 2020.

Top billers of 11721 nationally

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Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; CMS suppresses provider lines with fewer than 11 beneficiaries. How these figures are computed · Limitations