	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	12,116	$642,183,012	+10%	533,707	31	119	19.60
2023	12,089	$584,819,736	+18%	526,893	31	118	19.60
2022	11,815	$497,565,444	+21%	489,314	29	112	19.60
2021	11,135	$410,771,990	+24%	429,083	27	104	19.60
2020	10,465	$332,059,865	first year in data	378,316	26	94	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	661	$24,289,917	26,301	28	101
California	650	$21,843,233	24,186	26	96
Texas	635	$18,164,536	22,940	26	102
Ohio	443	$16,024,141	15,331	24	92
Illinois	428	$14,696,335	16,644	29	98
Pennsylvania	460	$13,066,670	15,382	24	91
New York	398	$12,060,328	12,976	23	87
Georgia	300	$12,019,222	10,865	24	91
North Carolina	398	$10,994,688	14,685	26	100
Michigan	343	$9,829,226	9,450	22	68
Virginia	269	$9,201,078	11,545	31	105
Indiana	285	$9,190,627	10,516	29	96
Tennessee	252	$9,150,056	9,453	27	93
Maryland	221	$8,887,562	8,085	27	104
Washington	304	$8,150,971	9,967	26	81

Not listed: 1 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (ZZ); they are in the national totals.

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 2020.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	345	$11,274,850	12,058	24
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	281	$10,373,632	10,721	27
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	159	$7,575,210	7,717	32
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	121	$6,757,251	4,313	25
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	179	$5,933,917	6,784	27
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	149	$5,355,312	5,138	24
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	129	$5,038,971	3,894	22
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	181	$4,819,146	6,205	23
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	153	$4,700,264	5,535	22
Columbus, OH	68	$4,644,497	3,553	36
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	122	$4,498,594	3,535	26
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	123	$4,330,340	4,819	27
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	162	$4,322,826	6,141	29
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	82	$3,823,987	3,058	26
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	94	$3,694,896	3,876	34

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 2020.

Specialties billing 27447 nationally

Orthopedic Surgery accounts for 74% of payment for 27447 nationally in 2020, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Orthopedic Surgery	6,175	59%	$245,641,801	74%	227,361	37
Ambulatory Surgical Center	243	2.3%	$62,487,272	19%	9,469	39
Physician Assistant	3,472	33%	$18,356,488	5.5%	122,129	35
Sports Medicine	79	0.75%	$2,523,414	0.76%	2,327	29
Nurse Practitioner	431	4.1%	$2,187,729	0.66%	14,946	35
General Surgery	23	0.22%	$172,230	0.05%	712	31
Family Practice	16	0.15%	$94,836	0.03%	470	29

Not listed: 12 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 27447 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