	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	8,677	$120,811,085	-3%	800,242	71	221	1.53
2023	8,548	$124,210,177	-4%	816,005	74	225	1.53
2022	8,506	$129,943,457	-2%	820,214	76	228	1.53
2021	8,510	$132,915,733	+17%	854,746	80	237	1.53
2020	8,401	$113,856,030	first year in data	807,877	75	230	1.53

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
Florida	615	$10,729,765	70,624	85	300
California	657	$9,504,990	58,662	70	225
New York	595	$7,492,562	47,873	64	201
Texas	596	$6,684,208	47,388	66	178
Pennsylvania	402	$5,359,611	39,170	71	218
Maryland	212	$4,731,943	33,885	112	542
Illinois	309	$4,343,127	29,451	79	215
New Jersey	282	$3,829,938	21,979	64	182
Massachusetts	228	$3,609,184	22,941	84	234
Georgia	270	$3,561,486	27,109	73	283
North Carolina	292	$3,504,578	25,298	72	208
Arizona	191	$3,462,779	23,227	108	269
Ohio	335	$3,426,076	29,765	68	216
Virginia	224	$3,238,192	21,825	88	207
Tennessee	199	$2,876,252	22,177	81	231

Not listed: 1 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AE); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 3 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	582	$7,853,997	45,086	62
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	239	$3,314,306	21,656	83
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	135	$3,059,845	22,544	110
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	207	$2,952,160	20,462	73
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	239	$2,832,702	17,419	58
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	134	$2,537,497	16,628	110
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	167	$2,442,128	15,332	72
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	143	$2,115,513	13,290	62
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	163	$1,947,235	14,685	61
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	153	$1,884,671	11,584	46
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	146	$1,792,209	11,210	70
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	149	$1,477,684	10,688	57
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	112	$1,437,819	9,517	71
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	94	$1,376,314	9,457	84
St. Louis, MO-IL	86	$1,138,895	7,529	84

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 94 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 52000 nationally

Urology accounts for 84% of payment for 52000 nationally in 2020, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Urology	7,604	91%	$96,065,982	84%	711,548	94
Ambulatory Surgical Center	205	2.4%	$14,739,201	13%	71,936	351
Obstetrics & Gynecology	409	4.9%	$2,072,560	1.8%	15,142	37
Physician Assistant	72	0.86%	$376,239	0.33%	3,880	54
Nurse Practitioner	56	0.67%	$285,373	0.25%	2,672	48
General Surgery	14	0.17%	$111,627	0.10%	848	61
Gynecological Oncology	20	0.24%	$32,652	0.03%	533	27

Not listed: 9 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 52000 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