	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	1,210	$217,454,221	+1%	27,098	17	50	5.19
2023	1,281	$215,549,513	+14%	28,192	17	49	5.19
2022	1,177	$189,375,294	+7%	25,571	17	46	5.19
2021	1,121	$177,608,619	+11%	25,141	17	49	5.19
2020	1,101	$159,998,315	first year in data	23,963	17	47	5.19

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
Texas	164	$35,765,903	4,303	18	72
California	94	$25,474,689	2,222	18	56
Florida	104	$17,680,545	2,292	18	47
Arizona	59	$12,312,694	1,172	16	40
Tennessee	41	$8,699,219	1,065	20	51
Maryland	32	$7,458,263	714	18	55
Oklahoma	30	$6,742,748	901	23	55
North Carolina	44	$6,391,240	1,148	23	52
Indiana	36	$5,833,276	720	16	45
Illinois	33	$5,598,708	638	16	35
Minnesota	22	$5,595,162	621	23	49
Oregon	23	$5,403,738	448	16	32
Washington	30	$5,170,104	547	16	31
Pennsylvania	43	$5,155,833	882	16	48
Missouri	34	$5,103,605	721	18	47

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

Not listed: 17 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 2024.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	46	$10,343,720	926	16
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	33	$8,866,273	929	20
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	34	$6,052,215	590	15
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	23	$5,630,229	840	17
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	27	$5,066,281	535	16
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	28	$4,689,119	520	16
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	14	$4,528,273	490	30
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	16	$4,349,078	450	19
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	20	$4,336,045	455	21
Jacksonville, FL	18	$4,030,117	468	21
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	14	$3,869,440	331	22
Oklahoma City, OK	16	$3,766,716	546	23
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	18	$3,749,420	426	19
Kansas City, MO-KS	21	$3,468,603	428	17
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	14	$3,289,107	272	14

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 27 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2024.

Specialties billing 63685 nationally

Ambulatory Surgical Center accounts for 99% of payment for 63685 nationally in 2024, across 9 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Ambulatory Surgical Center	420	35%	$215,258,442	99%	11,234	27
Neurosurgery	172	14%	$611,911	0.28%	3,753	22
Pain Management	163	13%	$445,952	0.21%	2,928	18
Anesthesiology	128	11%	$379,386	0.17%	2,481	19
Interventional Pain Management	96	7.9%	$275,894	0.13%	1,820	19
Orthopedic Surgery	65	5.4%	$213,033	0.10%	1,357	21
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	50	4.1%	$168,172	0.08%	1,131	23
Physician Assistant	78	6.4%	$43,695	0.02%	1,633	21
Nurse Practitioner	25	2.1%	$12,856	<0.01%	455	18

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 2024.

Top billers of 63685 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