	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	567	$165,437,123	-11%	28,601	28	157	13.80
2023	603	$185,906,802	-4%	29,304	28	142	13.80
2022	605	$194,543,578	-9%	29,196	27	139	13.80
2021	596	$213,646,255	-3%	28,778	27	163	13.80
2020	625	$219,318,246	first year in data	29,281	27	169	13.80

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	86	$57,900,874	6,528	45	253
Texas	88	$30,284,786	4,296	30	134
Florida	80	$19,149,213	2,854	23	94
Maryland	30	$17,234,248	1,817	33	202
New York	36	$12,495,191	1,337	22	110
Michigan	27	$10,644,257	1,409	33	157
Arizona	22	$10,103,288	1,215	31	172
New Jersey	25	$8,302,074	988	23	116
Pennsylvania	12	$6,168,438	856	42	178
Tennessee	21	$5,075,989	756	20	106
North Carolina	21	$3,500,841	584	22	54
Illinois	15	$3,476,947	572	23	112
Georgia	18	$3,096,415	450	20	52
Louisiana	13	$1,647,517	368	20	66
Indiana	11	$1,052,090	338	24	68

Not listed: 27 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
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	37	$31,216,535	3,462	46
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	50	$17,764,096	1,953	23
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	20	$14,993,419	1,519	41
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	19	$8,581,117	1,137	36
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	12	$8,485,443	1,067	50
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	17	$8,332,048	1,004	34
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	22	$6,672,359	929	33
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	14	$4,723,415	561	23
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	19	$4,650,945	736	29
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	13	$4,325,643	522	33
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	15	$797,203	334	23

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 11 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 37229 nationally

Vascular Surgery accounts for 29% of payment for 37229 nationally in 2020, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Vascular Surgery	226	36%	$63,645,177	29%	9,055	40
Interventional Radiology	72	12%	$45,629,765	21%	5,241	73
Cardiology	128	20%	$40,127,558	18%	5,408	42
Diagnostic Radiology	46	7.4%	$29,096,352	13%	3,389	74
Interventional Cardiology	72	12%	$16,478,387	7.5%	2,639	37
Thoracic Surgery	15	2.4%	$5,946,914	2.7%	757	50
General Surgery	30	4.8%	$4,654,396	2.1%	804	27

Not listed: 10 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 37229 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