	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	71	$5,318,647	3,018	24	115
California	65	$4,770,544	2,339	22	94
New York	39	$2,880,097	1,259	18	79
Pennsylvania	23	$1,901,774	1,016	22	127
New Jersey	18	$1,808,985	947	36	114
Maryland	17	$1,712,985	917	46	131
Virginia	23	$1,608,716	814	26	75
Illinois	35	$1,607,214	862	21	58
Florida	34	$1,146,434	988	24	69
Michigan	19	$1,003,097	540	25	46
Ohio	16	$860,776	482	20	82
Georgia	25	$854,473	792	22	75
Tennessee	11	$823,969	516	28	119
North Carolina	16	$795,540	499	24	68
Alabama	16	$728,477	593	22	84

Not listed: 26 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	47	$4,116,993	1,837	26
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	27	$2,465,560	1,329	39
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	15	$2,428,173	1,317	42
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	18	$1,847,791	860	37
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	11	$1,691,531	812	55
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	31	$1,435,854	752	22
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	13	$942,988	557	46
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	11	$721,062	370	31
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	18	$720,393	460	22
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	12	$440,323	373	25

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 10 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 36905 nationally

Ambulatory Surgical Center accounts for 43% of payment for 36905 nationally in 2021, across 6 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Ambulatory Surgical Center	71	12%	$14,769,506	43%	4,367	62
Nephrology	204	35%	$9,022,451	27%	6,403	31
Interventional Radiology	89	15%	$3,363,257	9.9%	3,031	34
Vascular Surgery	77	13%	$2,756,693	8.1%	1,893	25
Diagnostic Radiology	87	15%	$2,209,368	6.5%	2,337	27
General Surgery	30	5.1%	$725,824	2.1%	815	27

Not listed: 5 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 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