	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	392	$22,819,565	62,591	99	491
Florida	321	$20,668,124	62,219	126	556
Texas	165	$9,150,689	28,956	140	530
New York	128	$8,857,927	23,529	130	501
North Carolina	69	$6,194,906	19,675	182	839
Pennsylvania	104	$6,166,059	20,197	127	515
Arizona	92	$5,975,221	18,522	140	617
Georgia	72	$5,411,216	16,966	159	697
New Jersey	57	$4,615,584	12,418	155	643
Ohio	77	$4,494,463	15,056	142	512
Illinois	67	$4,201,338	13,076	150	559
Massachusetts	59	$4,171,120	12,900	190	481
Virginia	45	$3,782,172	11,611	245	561
Tennessee	55	$3,108,364	10,741	197	426
Colorado	62	$3,038,127	8,851	118	349

Not listed: 13 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	143	$10,578,911	27,409	150
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	178	$8,665,340	23,545	75
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	62	$4,824,960	14,070	158
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	81	$4,464,190	13,047	88
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	62	$4,384,057	13,576	187
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	60	$3,686,989	11,103	121
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	47	$3,535,120	10,647	197
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	42	$3,170,249	9,628	153
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	40	$2,749,265	8,292	172
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	37	$2,658,867	7,136	198
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	47	$2,599,316	7,161	85
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	50	$2,491,953	7,637	94
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	38	$2,265,053	6,067	112
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	44	$2,264,292	7,311	111
Jacksonville, FL	19	$2,004,088	6,292	208

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 53 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 17312 nationally

Dermatology accounts for 80% of payment for 17312 nationally in 2021, across 2 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Dermatology	2,229	85%	$125,570,541	80%	383,788	172
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery	349	13%	$28,741,740	18%	90,242	259

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 2021.

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