	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	138	$30,580,424	3,768	20	67
California	83	$19,279,248	1,916	19	50
Florida	86	$13,284,459	1,947	18	43
Arizona	50	$8,732,872	1,042	18	40
Indiana	45	$8,398,563	941	17	37
Pennsylvania	45	$5,935,412	1,045	18	55
Maryland	26	$5,917,909	642	19	72
Illinois	39	$5,364,950	728	17	28
Minnesota	22	$4,939,966	559	21	50
Washington	26	$4,928,723	576	18	47
Oregon	23	$4,862,361	498	19	38
South Carolina	33	$4,293,225	812	23	46
Tennessee	33	$4,273,499	753	17	55
Nevada	18	$4,217,860	507	23	43
Mississippi	21	$4,126,386	689	26	64

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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	23	$7,794,712	764	22
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	32	$5,920,025	630	17
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	23	$5,128,168	789	23
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	26	$5,070,395	622	19
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	19	$4,410,983	496	20
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	28	$4,240,560	513	15
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	16	$4,235,622	404	19
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	18	$3,994,693	461	21
Fresno, CA	13	$3,727,169	428	22
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	34	$3,540,885	585	15
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	20	$3,515,368	355	13
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	13	$3,098,760	394	24
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	15	$2,851,074	332	14
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	13	$2,632,754	301	19
Kansas City, MO-KS	20	$2,409,358	442	17

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 21 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 63685 nationally

Ambulatory Surgical Center accounts for 99% of payment for 63685 nationally in 2021, across 9 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Ambulatory Surgical Center	356	32%	$175,193,472	99%	9,420	26
Neurosurgery	200	18%	$780,345	0.44%	4,298	21
Anesthesiology	110	9.8%	$405,162	0.23%	2,415	22
Pain Management	127	11%	$392,215	0.22%	2,374	19
Interventional Pain Management	103	9.2%	$331,363	0.19%	1,936	19
Orthopedic Surgery	71	6.3%	$262,007	0.15%	1,576	22
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	38	3.4%	$147,517	0.08%	901	24
Physician Assistant	79	7.0%	$43,015	0.02%	1,596	20
Nurse Practitioner	20	1.8%	$10,739	<0.01%	384	19

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 2021.

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