	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	59	$4,549,705	2,300	24	92
California	57	$4,275,238	2,036	24	101
New York	22	$1,969,212	849	29	101
New Jersey	15	$1,855,421	738	33	107
Maryland	13	$1,726,495	800	49	124
Pennsylvania	18	$1,646,198	671	23	91
Virginia	18	$1,351,778	593	23	77
Illinois	23	$1,339,913	613	20	62
Florida	20	$1,003,106	548	26	46
Ohio	11	$785,098	292	21	56
Alabama	16	$716,077	435	20	50
Arizona	11	$695,703	298	14	86
Michigan	14	$670,682	366	27	38
North Carolina	12	$579,407	303	21	56
Georgia	20	$539,745	499	18	69

Not listed: 24 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	29	$3,299,210	1,345	33
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	14	$2,080,401	924	45
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	23	$2,066,744	861	26
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	18	$1,611,610	757	34
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	12	$1,528,693	713	46
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	19	$1,059,447	495	20
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	17	$613,552	379	18
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	11	$340,348	203	17

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 8 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 36905 nationally

Ambulatory Surgical Center accounts for 58% of payment for 36905 nationally in 2022, across 6 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Ambulatory Surgical Center	78	18%	$17,103,400	58%	3,881	50
Nephrology	158	36%	$6,155,324	21%	4,666	30
Interventional Radiology	62	14%	$2,049,031	7.0%	2,129	34
Vascular Surgery	49	11%	$1,892,631	6.4%	1,273	26
Diagnostic Radiology	57	13%	$1,270,966	4.3%	1,455	26
Internal Medicine	18	4.1%	$501,475	1.7%	618	34

Not listed: 6 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 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