	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	6,468	$91,885,094	+2%	718,711	54	360	1.10
2023	6,206	$89,697,216	+8%	668,637	53	354	1.10
2022	5,908	$83,358,923	+4%	603,894	52	331	1.10
2021	5,669	$80,380,280	+24%	544,873	49	312	1.10
2020	5,360	$64,591,268	first year in data	455,244	44	272	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	517	$14,652,878	84,923	99	528
Florida	494	$11,458,323	80,642	87	515
California	485	$9,401,123	83,228	69	422
New Jersey	220	$5,332,739	31,978	112	411
Texas	425	$4,580,639	33,102	48	241
Pennsylvania	297	$4,486,482	33,284	59	376
Illinois	224	$2,817,409	21,153	68	286
Massachusetts	185	$2,666,603	19,684	51	338
Maryland	125	$2,566,158	16,181	74	389
Georgia	223	$2,142,449	16,194	54	205
Arizona	118	$1,804,937	13,217	69	331
Virginia	161	$1,689,244	12,292	40	260
North Carolina	190	$1,614,546	13,024	43	210
South Carolina	118	$1,538,018	12,362	73	277
Connecticut	83	$1,159,385	7,321	57	259

Not listed: 1 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AP); 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 2022.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	541	$17,474,724	99,968	131
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	183	$4,533,355	51,318	73
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	173	$3,724,321	26,790	93
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	149	$3,640,322	24,499	88
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	184	$2,769,301	20,361	71
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	143	$2,302,539	16,968	59
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	128	$1,857,540	12,831	56
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	117	$1,687,046	10,041	45
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	63	$1,589,819	10,292	108
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	139	$1,488,757	10,831	58
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	73	$1,229,646	8,819	81
Jacksonville, FL	41	$1,205,664	8,956	148
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	83	$1,202,136	8,824	65
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	60	$1,101,836	6,847	86
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	65	$1,070,163	6,565	71

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 89 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2022.

Specialties billing 31231 nationally

Otolaryngology accounts for 93% of payment for 31231 nationally in 2022, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Otolaryngology	4,992	84%	$77,316,130	93%	550,595	110
Physician Assistant	484	8.2%	$3,101,529	3.7%	30,042	62
Nurse Practitioner	267	4.5%	$1,659,244	2.0%	14,514	54
Allergy/ Immunology	46	0.78%	$375,682	0.45%	2,396	52
Ophthalmology	54	0.91%	$241,424	0.29%	2,071	38
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	19	0.32%	$175,374	0.21%	1,251	66
Internal Medicine	16	0.27%	$141,103	0.17%	825	52

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 2022.

Top billers of 31231 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