	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	674	$11,757,762	72,578	77	280
California	717	$11,468,995	62,987	69	224
New York	618	$8,853,382	51,249	63	195
Texas	602	$7,202,050	45,732	61	170
Pennsylvania	401	$5,569,389	39,855	69	202
Maryland	201	$5,181,695	37,256	119	624
Illinois	314	$4,976,321	30,426	84	229
New Jersey	286	$4,430,657	23,253	66	188
Arizona	195	$4,425,066	27,743	111	354
Massachusetts	242	$4,268,810	24,673	85	231
Georgia	272	$3,741,936	27,500	72	233
Ohio	341	$3,595,394	30,231	69	199
Virginia	219	$3,506,248	21,237	81	222
North Carolina	283	$3,422,675	22,500	68	179
Tennessee	200	$3,091,090	21,860	86	242

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 2023.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	606	$9,213,999	48,272	60
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	256	$3,992,204	23,777	83
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	274	$3,798,394	20,844	60
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	145	$3,468,671	21,218	118
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	210	$3,358,463	23,585	79
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	121	$3,246,856	24,357	126
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	174	$2,827,923	16,119	72
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	145	$2,681,163	15,655	78
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	168	$2,154,725	12,002	50
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	161	$2,081,394	15,310	66
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	164	$2,033,254	11,513	64
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	161	$1,741,304	11,494	49
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	125	$1,664,848	10,263	68
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	101	$1,514,554	9,599	75
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	76	$1,386,517	6,882	79

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 96 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2023.

Specialties billing 52000 nationally

Urology accounts for 83% of payment for 52000 nationally in 2023, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Urology	7,643	89%	$103,359,831	83%	703,993	92
Ambulatory Surgical Center	206	2.4%	$16,592,866	13%	81,438	395
Obstetrics & Gynecology	447	5.2%	$2,834,321	2.3%	18,101	40
Physician Assistant	101	1.2%	$550,803	0.44%	5,175	51
Nurse Practitioner	99	1.2%	$538,771	0.43%	4,264	43
General Surgery	13	0.15%	$113,126	0.09%	1,068	82
Gynecological Oncology	15	0.18%	$41,621	0.03%	516	34

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 2023.

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