	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	8,929	$78,037,375	+2%	1,011,305	56	399	1.10
2023	8,465	$76,334,200	+5%	961,359	56	395	1.10
2022	8,228	$72,935,887	+2%	915,425	54	388	1.10
2021	7,844	$71,843,251	+22%	892,949	56	406	1.10
2020	7,177	$59,041,921	first year in data	782,196	54	378	1.10

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	676	$10,800,388	113,815	86	609
California	813	$10,792,908	124,711	67	548
Illinois	369	$4,851,352	58,154	71	483
Florida	539	$4,600,943	59,417	52	374
Texas	560	$4,330,559	55,551	51	361
New Jersey	288	$3,366,243	35,267	69	391
Virginia	220	$2,347,008	31,093	60	541
Arizona	254	$2,257,703	30,083	60	380
Michigan	288	$2,159,846	29,042	60	324
Pennsylvania	274	$1,911,738	24,362	50	269
Ohio	261	$1,708,654	23,264	53	278
Maryland	186	$1,676,008	19,639	54	361
Tennessee	202	$1,411,374	20,684	52	352
Massachusetts	160	$1,380,081	16,968	51	358
North Carolina	184	$1,343,255	17,937	66	282

Not listed: 1 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AE); 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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	765	$12,306,318	125,925	91
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	322	$5,476,498	62,119	93
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	298	$4,163,946	49,172	71
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	192	$1,476,687	19,943	61
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	152	$1,426,613	17,753	61
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	158	$1,385,927	17,675	62
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	156	$1,320,477	14,561	55
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	95	$1,253,903	13,516	58
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	138	$1,194,828	14,301	49
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	104	$1,082,079	13,667	78
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	59	$1,048,790	14,150	112
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	105	$1,037,109	12,848	66
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	140	$1,023,798	11,677	54
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	116	$801,933	10,233	46
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	93	$757,730	9,450	54

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 87 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 20611 nationally

Orthopedic Surgery accounts for 37% of payment for 20611 nationally in 2021, across 19 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Orthopedic Surgery	2,004	26%	$26,466,019	37%	311,308	155
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	1,115	14%	$8,798,769	12%	105,059	94
Sports Medicine	726	9.3%	$7,469,126	10%	96,876	133
Physician Assistant	939	12%	$5,519,556	7.7%	79,554	85
Family Practice	621	7.9%	$5,345,532	7.4%	68,400	110
Rheumatology	441	5.6%	$5,015,661	7.0%	59,839	136
Nurse Practitioner	421	5.4%	$3,714,126	5.2%	56,179	133
Internal Medicine	179	2.3%	$2,376,812	3.3%	26,861	150
Pain Management	372	4.7%	$2,108,160	2.9%	25,771	69
Interventional Pain Management	273	3.5%	$1,370,680	1.9%	16,224	59
Anesthesiology	281	3.6%	$1,289,655	1.8%	15,887	57
Diagnostic Radiology	225	2.9%	$575,147	0.80%	8,800	39
Emergency Medicine	52	0.66%	$556,664	0.77%	7,226	139
Hand Surgery	52	0.66%	$299,980	0.42%	3,452	66
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	27	0.34%	$285,919	0.40%	3,479	129

Not listed: 14 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 20611 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