	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	1,278	$21,139,611	571,145	257	1,450
California	1,136	$18,166,390	509,785	251	1,570
Pennsylvania	885	$15,247,658	488,492	396	1,560
Florida	962	$14,190,287	437,816	244	1,633
New Jersey	749	$12,143,501	340,550	318	1,295
Illinois	665	$9,780,725	307,925	265	1,567
Ohio	677	$8,827,971	305,145	322	1,288
Michigan	533	$7,361,191	240,328	301	1,364
Texas	614	$5,738,853	183,695	144	1,073
Massachusetts	280	$5,176,756	155,777	294	1,915
Maryland	270	$3,818,344	110,650	265	1,180
Georgia	309	$3,387,675	113,930	242	1,018
Missouri	215	$3,345,357	122,088	380	1,613
Arizona	297	$3,186,061	101,288	196	1,012
Virginia	256	$2,903,653	91,310	194	1,213

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 2022.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,531	$25,998,221	686,534	267
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	489	$8,628,414	252,383	344
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	544	$7,951,616	244,700	254
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	458	$7,659,286	213,160	242
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	327	$4,859,242	153,958	297
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	342	$4,258,247	125,411	181
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	197	$3,533,849	104,936	263
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	217	$2,767,323	78,083	177
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	154	$2,615,947	83,899	285
Cleveland, OH	186	$2,455,746	85,036	287
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	223	$2,226,185	69,870	188
St. Louis, MO-IL	138	$2,170,402	75,374	341
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	139	$1,877,298	48,288	220
Pittsburgh, PA	131	$1,746,775	60,024	371
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	125	$1,729,214	50,482	289

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 2022.

Specialties billing 11721 nationally

Podiatry accounts for 99% of payment for 11721 nationally in 2022, across 6 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Podiatry	12,081	96%	$171,961,244	99%	5,357,269	443
Nurse Practitioner	296	2.4%	$1,752,111	1.0%	72,359	244
Physician Assistant	73	0.58%	$401,680	0.23%	15,885	218
Internal Medicine	26	0.21%	$58,999	0.03%	1,868	72
Family Practice	33	0.26%	$38,614	0.02%	1,379	42
Orthopedic Surgery	14	0.11%	$30,917	0.02%	1,082	77

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 2022.

Top billers of 11721 nationally

Named top billers are a Pro figure, and Pro is not available to buy, so this list is not shown to any account. The counts and totals by state, metro area and specialty on this page are free.

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