	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	129	$25,024,362	3,356	18	63
California	92	$21,138,591	2,071	15	51
Florida	89	$11,263,478	1,901	18	38
Arizona	45	$8,532,078	1,097	23	43
Indiana	42	$6,454,107	813	17	41
Nevada	24	$5,295,289	588	22	50
Maryland	18	$5,000,367	542	19	109
Pennsylvania	30	$4,877,488	733	18	60
Tennessee	31	$4,847,796	760	21	60
Georgia	38	$4,455,823	645	16	28
Illinois	39	$4,053,231	653	14	28
Washington	22	$3,893,232	488	17	48
Oregon	32	$3,711,571	524	14	26
Oklahoma	27	$3,699,640	697	18	53
Michigan	33	$3,537,011	587	17	26

Not listed: 15 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
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	28	$7,262,564	817	19
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	26	$5,674,705	645	24
Fresno, CA	14	$4,882,934	553	23
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	16	$4,291,492	420	23
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	14	$4,098,886	626	31
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	20	$3,836,027	426	19
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	22	$3,557,670	406	15
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	27	$3,473,078	437	13
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	16	$3,334,895	348	17
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	18	$3,124,880	350	17
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	20	$2,869,253	294	13
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	13	$2,786,933	337	22
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	19	$2,782,924	384	16
Kansas City, MO-KS	22	$2,505,578	452	16
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	18	$2,309,385	277	15

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 20 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 63685 nationally

Ambulatory Surgical Center accounts for 99% of payment for 63685 nationally in 2020, across 9 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Ambulatory Surgical Center	332	30%	$157,693,126	99%	8,619	26
Neurosurgery	207	19%	$736,993	0.46%	4,149	20
Anesthesiology	113	10%	$407,553	0.25%	2,448	22
Interventional Pain Management	106	9.6%	$345,719	0.22%	2,081	20
Pain Management	117	11%	$343,361	0.21%	2,084	18
Orthopedic Surgery	68	6.2%	$238,871	0.15%	1,486	22
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	36	3.3%	$135,143	0.08%	830	23
Physician Assistant	78	7.1%	$42,066	0.03%	1,536	20
Nurse Practitioner	30	2.7%	$13,540	<0.01%	503	17

Not listed: 8 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 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