	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	719	$32,579,492	30,587	28	118
California	714	$25,710,587	27,960	27	108
Texas	675	$20,433,652	25,302	27	102
Ohio	484	$20,431,570	17,704	26	99
Illinois	478	$18,038,095	19,861	31	108
New York	448	$15,923,010	15,767	24	96
Georgia	313	$15,458,244	11,890	24	91
Pennsylvania	480	$14,605,806	17,591	25	106
Michigan	362	$13,207,899	10,831	23	76
Maryland	239	$12,087,281	9,527	31	104
North Carolina	402	$12,000,044	15,566	27	110
Tennessee	254	$11,586,975	10,143	29	100
Indiana	307	$11,459,928	11,859	29	96
Arizona	254	$11,252,262	11,017	31	112
Virginia	282	$11,026,261	13,257	36	116

Not listed: 4 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	410	$14,029,883	15,199	24
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	335	$13,784,627	13,930	31
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	123	$9,384,201	4,893	24
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	176	$8,819,483	9,068	37
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	138	$7,060,886	4,728	27
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	158	$7,059,963	6,353	32
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	184	$6,874,452	7,880	30
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	197	$6,786,493	7,629	25
Columbus, OH	77	$5,929,643	4,038	34
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	138	$5,784,756	3,912	23
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	173	$5,751,283	7,223	31
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	140	$5,502,805	5,647	28
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	190	$5,406,457	6,809	25
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	78	$5,313,540	3,451	26
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	82	$4,973,974	3,719	28

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 97 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 27447 nationally

Orthopedic Surgery accounts for 62% of payment for 27447 nationally in 2021, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Orthopedic Surgery	6,381	57%	$255,558,306	62%	251,579	39
Ambulatory Surgical Center	397	3.6%	$129,627,141	32%	19,303	49
Physician Assistant	3,703	33%	$19,189,838	4.7%	135,319	37
Sports Medicine	96	0.86%	$2,930,062	0.71%	2,872	30
Nurse Practitioner	488	4.4%	$2,445,393	0.60%	17,738	36
General Surgery	20	0.18%	$163,953	0.04%	653	33
Family Practice	20	0.18%	$110,961	0.03%	519	26

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 2021.

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