	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	12,590	$48,854,982	+8%	757,050	41	171	1.75
2023	12,155	$45,441,362	+13%	681,715	38	158	1.75
2022	11,646	$40,160,419	+3%	594,906	35	143	1.75
2021	11,423	$39,013,717	+16%	564,771	34	139	1.75
2020	10,696	$33,526,468	first year in data	471,911	30	123	1.75

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
California	1,200	$4,922,803	70,795	42	160
Texas	837	$3,584,788	55,331	38	206
Florida	746	$2,803,045	41,273	39	148
New York	591	$2,741,443	38,446	41	205
Minnesota	489	$2,204,658	34,681	49	194
Illinois	596	$2,061,455	31,751	40	132
Pennsylvania	589	$1,975,919	31,888	39	145
Massachusetts	406	$1,697,016	26,160	44	164
North Carolina	398	$1,678,271	26,469	40	193
Michigan	366	$1,494,896	24,282	41	199
Ohio	382	$1,413,455	23,283	45	156
Colorado	262	$1,346,711	20,660	49	256
Washington	217	$1,333,993	20,739	57	274
Virginia	295	$1,322,040	20,695	50	186
Georgia	328	$1,300,456	20,371	47	164

Not listed: 7 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AP, XX, ZZ); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 2 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
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	540	$2,662,503	36,604	43
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	350	$1,789,227	28,617	62
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	416	$1,657,451	23,631	41
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	456	$1,589,076	24,326	41
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	331	$1,349,096	20,611	42
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	295	$1,219,029	18,335	44
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	280	$1,132,154	16,687	33
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	193	$948,079	15,130	53
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	139	$941,462	14,563	61
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	178	$822,707	12,779	60
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	130	$787,674	11,948	59
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	150	$759,718	11,029	59
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	184	$757,647	10,573	42
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	144	$710,945	10,396	51
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	166	$677,574	9,761	42

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 100 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 70496 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 95% of payment for 70496 nationally in 2024, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	11,895	94%	$46,322,084	95%	723,196	61
Interventional Radiology	434	3.4%	$1,584,725	3.2%	25,184	58
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	133	1.1%	$527,421	1.1%	3,192	24
Neurology	26	0.21%	$87,980	0.18%	1,162	45
Nuclear Medicine	17	0.14%	$60,971	0.12%	958	56
Radiation Oncology	12	0.10%	$49,020	0.10%	750	63
Internal Medicine	13	0.10%	$47,499	0.10%	600	46

Not listed: 19 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 70496 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