	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	2,845	$159,864,358	+1%	502,318	130	502	3.30
2023	2,770	$158,359,728	+1%	494,852	127	513	3.30
2022	2,676	$156,410,522	-0%	485,870	130	511	3.30
2021	2,616	$156,625,452	+9%	480,984	129	516	3.30
2020	2,538	$143,553,015	first year in data	454,893	126	510	3.30

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
California	374	$20,668,875	58,946	94	497
Florida	300	$19,849,767	61,414	139	590
Texas	169	$8,616,262	28,224	119	502
New York	124	$7,369,151	20,440	127	401
North Carolina	69	$6,125,732	20,236	167	931
Pennsylvania	100	$5,353,588	17,948	109	482
Arizona	86	$5,284,353	16,815	130	652
Georgia	71	$5,248,883	16,924	146	677
New Jersey	59	$4,120,261	11,528	141	591
Ohio	67	$4,032,044	13,664	146	581
Virginia	45	$3,821,559	12,074	244	533
Illinois	66	$3,751,531	11,977	124	545
Massachusetts	56	$3,605,317	11,390	172	456
South Carolina	34	$2,868,078	9,568	185	907
Missouri	46	$2,733,309	9,035	152	611

Not listed: 12 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	142	$8,917,446	24,107	127
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	167	$7,869,763	22,213	81
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	82	$4,486,471	13,440	91
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	61	$4,174,996	12,527	139
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	60	$3,899,644	12,396	139
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	56	$3,228,621	10,042	105
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	45	$2,967,264	9,178	169
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	44	$2,958,294	9,269	143
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	37	$2,545,179	7,172	145
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	39	$2,478,123	7,737	126
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	44	$2,337,680	7,423	123
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	47	$2,313,833	6,683	80
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	42	$2,026,062	6,718	99
Jacksonville, FL	16	$1,973,828	6,320	287
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	38	$1,951,761	5,457	99

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 50 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 17312 nationally

Dermatology accounts for 98% of payment for 17312 nationally in 2020, across 3 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Dermatology	2,483	98%	$140,129,925	98%	443,736	179
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery	17	0.67%	$1,756,774	1.2%	5,767	339
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	13	0.51%	$689,310	0.48%	2,080	160

Not listed: 9 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 17312 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