	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	1,306	$22,700,000	597,511	278	1,469
California	1,181	$18,703,054	512,372	246	1,526
Pennsylvania	906	$16,285,600	508,764	398	1,583
Florida	934	$15,285,947	457,005	295	1,646
New Jersey	759	$12,904,149	352,655	329	1,366
Illinois	663	$10,630,440	326,608	284	1,728
Ohio	684	$9,928,782	331,631	352	1,385
Michigan	544	$8,438,335	266,186	329	1,461
Texas	600	$6,138,500	191,123	143	1,139
Massachusetts	296	$5,455,248	159,882	262	1,766
Maryland	247	$4,032,177	112,978	324	1,318
Georgia	311	$3,836,832	124,257	232	1,327
Missouri	210	$3,534,410	123,544	458	1,497
Arizona	294	$3,191,298	98,906	191	1,059
Indiana	246	$3,110,894	103,746	265	1,382

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

Not listed: 2 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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,562	$27,668,281	711,925	286
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	492	$8,902,438	253,446	356
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	546	$8,601,942	258,183	268
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	468	$7,753,973	208,028	245
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	340	$5,616,185	172,194	320
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	344	$4,546,903	130,333	213
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	214	$3,714,894	107,982	242
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	195	$2,833,128	77,279	202
Cleveland, OH	185	$2,805,573	93,937	314
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	143	$2,676,222	82,836	316
St. Louis, MO-IL	135	$2,285,181	76,447	401
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	216	$2,278,322	69,679	192
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	149	$1,956,504	49,561	212
Pittsburgh, PA	139	$1,896,391	62,974	381
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	175	$1,881,789	59,773	212

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 98 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2021.

Specialties billing 11721 nationally

Podiatry accounts for 99% of payment for 11721 nationally in 2021, across 6 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Podiatry	12,106	96%	$184,443,949	99%	5,586,346	461
Nurse Practitioner	257	2.0%	$1,592,310	0.85%	64,124	250
Physician Assistant	79	0.63%	$400,444	0.21%	15,888	201
Family Practice	44	0.35%	$64,991	0.03%	2,059	47
Internal Medicine	26	0.21%	$57,225	0.03%	1,676	64
Orthopedic Surgery	15	0.12%	$32,445	0.02%	1,188	79

Not listed: 16 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 2021.

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