	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	652	$12,155,255	72,232	83	294
California	686	$11,971,346	63,729	75	230
New York	608	$9,304,210	51,150	67	211
Texas	600	$7,695,595	47,420	68	171
Pennsylvania	414	$5,948,552	40,171	66	210
Maryland	210	$5,332,103	36,752	115	614
Illinois	316	$5,230,510	30,609	81	235
New Jersey	290	$4,665,128	23,029	65	199
Massachusetts	249	$4,566,581	25,534	81	227
Arizona	190	$4,186,974	24,753	109	305
Georgia	266	$3,867,773	27,122	76	235
Virginia	220	$3,811,658	22,104	87	215
Ohio	344	$3,751,227	30,006	70	200
North Carolina	287	$3,648,192	23,382	70	185
Tennessee	195	$3,209,545	22,048	85	237

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 2022.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	606	$9,862,246	48,875	62
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	259	$4,177,472	23,846	79
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	257	$3,741,093	19,748	56
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	204	$3,409,973	22,591	78
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	128	$3,328,045	23,879	116
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	136	$3,168,679	18,275	113
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	180	$3,028,275	16,680	71
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	147	$2,757,671	15,475	82
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	168	$2,290,018	12,379	47
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	158	$2,142,723	15,099	65
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	159	$2,101,327	11,429	61
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	156	$1,828,262	11,701	56
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	123	$1,735,722	10,202	69
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	96	$1,562,695	9,358	79
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	80	$1,496,032	7,282	79

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 93 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 52000 nationally

Urology accounts for 84% of payment for 52000 nationally in 2022, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Urology	7,616	90%	$109,547,250	84%	715,758	94
Ambulatory Surgical Center	208	2.4%	$16,169,850	12%	74,966	360
Obstetrics & Gynecology	451	5.3%	$2,838,469	2.2%	17,647	39
Physician Assistant	84	0.99%	$539,639	0.42%	5,066	60
Nurse Practitioner	89	1.0%	$456,159	0.35%	3,593	40
General Surgery	12	0.14%	$132,089	0.10%	1,152	96
Gynecological Oncology	17	0.20%	$47,220	0.04%	565	33

Not listed: 12 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 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