	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% (2023 changed hospital and observation visit codes)	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	– (Not compared: 2021 changed office visit values)	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	927	$2,778,919	36,879	32	93
Texas	693	$2,244,714	31,007	31	115
Florida	627	$1,955,466	25,752	28	106
New York	498	$1,782,337	22,836	32	123
Pennsylvania	517	$1,534,404	22,116	30	131
Illinois	493	$1,297,152	18,078	27	97
Michigan	364	$1,244,014	18,172	35	139
Minnesota	375	$1,228,621	17,656	32	120
North Carolina	335	$1,148,400	16,508	32	145
Massachusetts	338	$1,124,629	15,674	32	120
Ohio	340	$1,101,148	16,436	35	135
Washington	188	$1,088,011	14,999	57	230
Tennessee	307	$1,071,111	15,441	30	148
Virginia	259	$931,780	13,298	38	136
Colorado	202	$832,322	11,944	36	187

Not listed: 4 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, 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 2020.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	441	$1,556,077	19,311	34
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	392	$1,046,243	14,487	28
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	260	$998,148	14,324	41
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	267	$864,996	11,982	32
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	273	$808,172	10,644	29
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	230	$741,110	10,284	33
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	104	$725,693	9,901	66
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	224	$681,139	9,117	30
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	147	$524,254	7,345	39
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	169	$505,481	7,327	33
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	140	$497,055	7,264	33
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	98	$492,986	7,095	46
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	161	$484,589	6,226	28
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	126	$476,504	6,161	37
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	139	$428,951	5,570	29

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 98 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 70496 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 95% of payment for 70496 nationally in 2020, across 5 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	10,200	95%	$31,827,130	95%	450,872	44
Interventional Radiology	314	2.9%	$1,036,751	3.1%	15,140	48
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	69	0.65%	$267,383	0.80%	1,527	22
Neurology	22	0.21%	$83,727	0.25%	1,000	45
Nuclear Medicine	19	0.18%	$51,153	0.15%	719	38

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 2020.

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