	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	8,193	$333,464,072	+12%	286,125	26	87	19.60
2023	8,062	$298,569,576	+16%	274,801	26	84	19.60
2022	7,781	$257,888,980	+20%	261,929	25	83	19.60
2021	7,343	$214,494,828	+40%	239,294	24	82	19.60
2020	6,616	$152,710,063	first year in data	205,552	24	75	20.72

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
Florida	523	$18,611,961	19,521	26	113
California	495	$15,143,628	17,816	25	97
New York	325	$11,053,187	11,102	25	87
Ohio	311	$10,366,452	9,463	22	77
Illinois	333	$9,064,726	10,974	26	76
Texas	366	$8,507,759	11,085	21	79
Pennsylvania	304	$8,129,832	9,743	24	76
Arizona	197	$7,239,293	7,148	29	88
Michigan	239	$7,112,022	6,392	21	61
Georgia	176	$7,053,785	5,986	22	71
North Carolina	291	$6,759,342	8,788	23	81
Virginia	199	$6,027,277	7,751	30	93
Maryland	154	$5,668,500	5,445	27	84
New Jersey	177	$5,362,572	6,383	24	104
Tennessee	162	$5,359,904	5,240	23	67

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	284	$9,356,140	10,452	26
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	236	$7,156,165	8,382	27
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	124	$5,172,826	5,546	36
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	80	$4,921,016	2,925	22
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	138	$4,871,415	5,317	29
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	115	$4,381,435	4,298	28
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	118	$4,343,639	5,075	27
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	138	$3,920,189	4,922	29
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	93	$3,480,768	3,590	21
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	94	$3,422,825	2,725	25
Columbus, OH	53	$3,049,637	2,150	34
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	113	$2,760,993	3,608	23
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	101	$2,698,172	2,389	18
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	90	$2,517,271	3,247	28
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	79	$2,487,677	2,533	22

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 95 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 27130 nationally

Orthopedic Surgery accounts for 69% of payment for 27130 nationally in 2021, across 6 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Orthopedic Surgery	4,327	59%	$148,356,580	69%	145,887	34
Ambulatory Surgical Center	208	2.8%	$53,057,510	25%	7,787	37
Physician Assistant	2,447	33%	$10,661,030	5.0%	74,782	31
Nurse Practitioner	302	4.1%	$1,262,170	0.59%	9,135	30
Sports Medicine	23	0.31%	$622,509	0.29%	584	25
General Surgery	12	0.16%	$117,792	0.05%	371	31

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 27130 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