	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	380	$27,768,179	+0%	12,153	23	82	9.00
2023	396	$27,749,120	-6%	12,696	23	80	9.00
2022	443	$29,372,409	-14%	14,531	22	87	9.00
2021	585	$34,001,784	-32%	19,907	22	92	9.00
2020	788	$49,807,411	first year in data	31,002	24	118	9.00

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
Texas	97	$8,878,294	5,428	30	180
California	81	$5,998,491	3,180	23	119
New York	42	$3,517,330	1,630	31	117
Georgia	55	$2,983,820	2,079	26	92
Florida	55	$2,723,998	1,881	23	106
New Jersey	20	$2,452,355	1,293	46	152
Virginia	31	$2,370,075	1,221	22	90
Pennsylvania	25	$2,188,226	1,225	29	123
Maryland	19	$2,163,020	1,159	49	179
Illinois	40	$1,981,422	1,161	20	75
North Carolina	32	$1,504,975	1,051	21	91
Michigan	25	$1,495,596	849	32	69
Ohio	20	$1,072,137	670	24	101
Alabama	23	$1,021,978	814	22	87
Louisiana	20	$938,253	645	18	112

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 2020.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	47	$5,099,334	2,292	35
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	23	$3,826,789	2,146	27
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	30	$3,017,584	1,692	37
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	18	$2,335,298	1,141	39
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	21	$2,212,659	1,144	39
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	28	$1,918,490	1,021	28
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	25	$1,642,079	986	31
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	37	$1,623,820	963	19
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	13	$1,109,795	650	49
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	14	$963,229	537	38
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	11	$930,351	599	47
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	12	$889,163	530	28
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	12	$723,083	304	18
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	11	$674,359	374	21
St. Louis, MO-IL	13	$407,520	451	25

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 17 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 36905 nationally

Ambulatory Surgical Center accounts for 43% of payment for 36905 nationally in 2020, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Ambulatory Surgical Center	89	11%	$21,474,016	43%	6,493	73
Nephrology	256	32%	$13,121,777	26%	9,837	38
Interventional Radiology	113	14%	$4,922,916	9.9%	4,566	40
Vascular Surgery	108	14%	$4,168,082	8.4%	3,004	28
Diagnostic Radiology	142	18%	$3,456,455	6.9%	4,199	30
Internal Medicine	24	3.0%	$1,219,741	2.4%	1,222	51
General Surgery	45	5.7%	$1,082,731	2.2%	1,414	31

Not listed: 8 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 36905 nationally

Named top billers are a Pro figure, and Pro is not available to buy, so this list is not shown to any account. The counts and totals by state, metro area and specialty on this page are free.

Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; CMS suppresses provider lines with fewer than 11 beneficiaries. How these figures are computed · Limitations