	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	643	$12,542,429	75,121	87	306
California	668	$11,640,691	63,611	80	228
New York	615	$9,372,761	52,867	68	219
Texas	596	$7,747,572	48,923	67	182
Pennsylvania	413	$6,199,176	42,336	72	223
Illinois	319	$5,329,239	32,004	82	236
Maryland	216	$5,264,232	36,368	114	607
New Jersey	288	$4,677,564	24,204	69	195
Massachusetts	234	$4,579,195	26,007	92	245
Arizona	189	$4,138,286	24,737	115	283
Georgia	265	$3,988,471	28,569	80	257
Virginia	225	$3,955,574	23,558	94	223
Ohio	342	$3,950,698	32,093	75	227
North Carolina	289	$3,800,246	24,675	72	193
Tennessee	203	$3,262,941	22,838	86	222

Not listed: 3 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AE, ZZ); 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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	608	$9,906,311	50,825	65
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	249	$4,002,192	23,415	82
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	251	$3,614,057	19,699	61
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	198	$3,437,306	22,860	83
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	136	$3,315,316	23,610	110
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	167	$3,129,396	17,371	86
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	135	$3,059,413	17,890	118
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	148	$2,708,089	15,525	77
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	161	$2,268,916	12,403	45
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	161	$2,267,597	16,141	65
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	153	$2,072,573	11,462	70
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	150	$1,719,637	11,283	57
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	122	$1,691,118	10,330	66
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	93	$1,597,321	9,655	83
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	75	$1,438,788	7,023	91

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 2021.

Specialties billing 52000 nationally

Urology accounts for 85% of payment for 52000 nationally in 2021, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Urology	7,647	90%	$112,541,861	85%	749,691	98
Ambulatory Surgical Center	207	2.4%	$16,446,973	12%	76,833	371
Obstetrics & Gynecology	435	5.1%	$2,637,768	2.0%	17,005	39
Physician Assistant	88	1.0%	$504,165	0.38%	4,840	55
Nurse Practitioner	76	0.89%	$430,374	0.32%	3,412	45
General Surgery	14	0.16%	$128,387	0.10%	1,023	73
Gynecological Oncology	21	0.25%	$54,171	0.04%	672	32

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 2021.

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