	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	140	$34,096,833	3,859	21	61
California	78	$17,253,510	1,713	19	46
Florida	97	$12,735,846	2,002	18	33
Arizona	63	$11,957,899	1,206	16	35
Indiana	41	$7,443,975	814	19	31
Maryland	25	$5,976,756	605	18	50
Georgia	45	$5,605,153	715	15	25
Minnesota	28	$5,574,550	674	19	51
Tennessee	37	$5,537,581	903	18	43
Nevada	22	$5,288,291	526	22	41
Pennsylvania	41	$5,182,442	919	16	50
Mississippi	18	$5,176,583	726	32	81
Oregon	23	$5,092,188	511	21	53
South Carolina	38	$4,878,132	911	18	48
North Carolina	37	$4,663,980	974	21	54

Not listed: 18 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
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	47	$9,478,478	870	16
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	27	$8,816,697	868	21
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	21	$5,924,101	823	27
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	27	$5,057,338	459	14
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	18	$4,764,969	504	19
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	20	$4,702,271	491	19
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	21	$4,549,196	491	16
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	18	$4,288,680	437	24
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	20	$3,630,636	403	18
Fresno, CA	14	$3,555,110	396	22
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	25	$3,502,974	419	16
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	25	$3,383,908	391	13
Kansas City, MO-KS	18	$3,118,936	405	17
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	17	$2,828,300	330	16
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	12	$2,135,066	282	14

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 2022.

Specialties billing 63685 nationally

Ambulatory Surgical Center accounts for 99% of payment for 63685 nationally in 2022, across 9 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Ambulatory Surgical Center	395	34%	$187,035,286	99%	10,013	25
Neurosurgery	194	16%	$721,746	0.38%	4,110	21
Pain Management	156	13%	$447,831	0.24%	2,757	18
Anesthesiology	105	8.9%	$363,476	0.19%	2,255	21
Interventional Pain Management	106	9.0%	$314,499	0.17%	1,896	18
Orthopedic Surgery	78	6.6%	$268,738	0.14%	1,578	20
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	33	2.8%	$133,127	0.07%	833	25
Physician Assistant	74	6.3%	$39,631	0.02%	1,525	21
Nurse Practitioner	19	1.6%	$9,443	<0.01%	355	19

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 2022.

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