	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	1,140	$93,069,548	+16%	93,422	47	265	2.35
2023	989	$80,490,381	+18%	76,407	43	241	2.35
2022	798	$67,926,578	+8%	60,734	44	232	2.35
2021	671	$62,664,557	+63%	49,855	42	225	2.35
2020	472	$38,414,293	first year in data	30,621	41	197	2.35

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	123	$10,562,003	10,120	42	252
California	78	$9,815,574	8,063	60	397
New York	63	$6,695,112	5,009	54	291
Texas	64	$5,318,693	4,813	55	202
New Jersey	37	$3,667,066	2,804	37	285
Arizona	42	$3,246,105	3,067	47	236
Illinois	33	$2,895,584	2,629	49	273
Maryland	23	$2,006,467	1,691	44	181
Tennessee	31	$1,947,375	1,970	38	173
Ohio	25	$1,869,887	1,935	54	217
Colorado	19	$1,621,602	1,396	42	176
North Carolina	25	$1,610,643	1,564	57	126
Pennsylvania	23	$1,607,936	1,443	49	140
Alabama	12	$1,239,001	1,259	68	319
Virginia	11	$1,234,149	1,080	68	230

Not listed: 22 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	86	$9,794,341	7,359	51
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	40	$4,911,281	3,834	62
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	34	$3,012,723	2,842	63
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	32	$2,454,560	2,230	43
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	30	$2,319,930	2,071	40
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	23	$2,222,077	1,861	55
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	18	$1,571,526	1,437	58
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	21	$1,466,260	1,392	44
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	11	$1,448,118	1,417	87
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	20	$1,401,532	1,217	49
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	11	$1,336,867	1,117	55
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	11	$984,550	1,049	28
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	16	$844,084	753	29
Jacksonville, FL	11	$513,154	513	25
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	15	$466,796	423	25

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 15 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 36465 nationally

Vascular Surgery accounts for 23% of payment for 36465 nationally in 2022, across 13 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Vascular Surgery	191	24%	$15,588,507	23%	13,821	72
General Surgery	128	16%	$12,988,214	19%	11,883	93
Cardiology	111	14%	$8,878,896	13%	7,970	72
Interventional Radiology	54	6.8%	$4,959,714	7.3%	4,049	75
Diagnostic Radiology	42	5.3%	$4,923,435	7.2%	4,333	103
Internal Medicine	46	5.8%	$4,533,800	6.7%	3,904	85
Family Practice	40	5.0%	$3,110,492	4.6%	2,820	71
Interventional Cardiology	43	5.4%	$2,260,072	3.3%	2,118	49
Emergency Medicine	18	2.3%	$1,890,574	2.8%	1,655	92
Thoracic Surgery	22	2.8%	$1,869,092	2.8%	1,711	78
Nurse Practitioner	28	3.5%	$1,020,937	1.5%	1,108	40
Cardiac Surgery	12	1.5%	$982,516	1.4%	928	77
Physician Assistant	16	2.0%	$895,487	1.3%	878	55

Not listed: 17 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 36465 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