	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	666	$57,136,862	-5%	44,884	39	225	3.50
2023	710	$60,325,271	+0%	45,183	38	222	3.50
2022	701	$60,267,022	-0%	42,794	38	199	3.50
2021	640	$60,522,550	+14%	39,043	36	189	3.50
2020	541	$53,018,913	first year in data	34,176	36	183	3.50

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
California	100	$14,392,966	9,066	51	298
Florida	73	$8,019,410	5,795	51	240
Texas	84	$6,838,831	4,953	40	145
Arizona	40	$4,566,748	3,395	49	235
New York	51	$4,268,116	2,567	39	118
Illinois	32	$2,628,335	1,871	35	228
Tennessee	21	$2,047,752	1,610	40	362
Colorado	15	$1,791,832	1,238	56	190
Pennsylvania	22	$1,297,599	1,032	25	79
Nevada	13	$1,207,469	859	48	150
Maryland	18	$1,170,121	757	29	90
Georgia	24	$1,120,218	850	36	51
Virginia	12	$869,643	574	48	84
Alabama	16	$766,579	621	34	60
Indiana	16	$628,846	546	29	61

Not listed: 29 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
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	35	$6,006,562	3,667	45
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	47	$4,137,358	2,442	41
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	27	$3,315,049	2,467	46
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	36	$2,939,667	2,109	37
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	34	$2,296,379	1,617	42
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	17	$2,091,722	1,428	56
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	16	$1,338,298	849	53
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	11	$1,161,141	817	60
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	20	$1,123,144	899	39
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	12	$1,067,830	776	47
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	11	$1,057,278	738	44
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	11	$867,543	554	26
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	11	$503,231	362	37

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 13 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 36482 nationally

Cardiology accounts for 23% of payment for 36482 nationally in 2022, across 11 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Cardiology	166	24%	$14,057,304	23%	9,962	60
Vascular Surgery	164	23%	$12,012,407	20%	8,218	50
General Surgery	94	13%	$11,914,288	20%	8,523	91
Interventional Radiology	48	6.8%	$3,941,551	6.5%	2,694	56
Diagnostic Radiology	36	5.1%	$3,887,069	6.4%	2,747	76
Interventional Cardiology	71	10%	$3,878,962	6.4%	2,963	42
Internal Medicine	17	2.4%	$2,717,394	4.5%	1,843	108
Family Practice	16	2.3%	$1,412,128	2.3%	976	61
Physician Assistant	12	1.7%	$1,220,770	2.0%	964	80
Emergency Medicine	14	2.0%	$947,125	1.6%	671	48
Thoracic Surgery	12	1.7%	$695,744	1.2%	512	43

Not listed: 15 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 36482 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