	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	1,048	$3,425,609	46,951	34	109
Texas	726	$2,592,166	37,148	33	153
Florida	656	$2,247,565	30,403	32	128
New York	540	$2,190,389	28,769	37	148
Pennsylvania	536	$1,718,334	25,604	33	135
Minnesota	444	$1,624,044	23,933	38	139
Illinois	511	$1,573,387	22,845	31	117
Massachusetts	389	$1,397,203	19,880	34	137
Michigan	385	$1,372,618	20,859	35	158
North Carolina	344	$1,294,206	19,035	36	152
Washington	188	$1,238,254	17,657	60	300
Ohio	371	$1,233,299	18,830	34	145
Tennessee	316	$1,103,213	16,337	33	149
Colorado	226	$1,057,097	15,513	46	190
Virginia	276	$1,023,294	15,106	38	169

Not listed: 4 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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	474	$1,993,098	25,449	38
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	414	$1,323,944	19,119	34
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	306	$1,295,423	19,144	47
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	321	$1,084,563	15,366	31
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	336	$1,059,908	14,409	28
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	251	$909,058	12,659	40
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	108	$836,051	11,817	80
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	234	$800,565	10,963	31
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	161	$684,372	10,055	43
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	145	$589,700	8,726	43
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	111	$587,425	8,760	62
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	137	$558,125	7,377	37
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	181	$533,048	8,004	33
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	151	$521,264	6,672	30
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	140	$493,822	6,596	36

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 2021.

Specialties billing 70496 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 95% of payment for 70496 nationally in 2021, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	10,857	95%	$37,036,391	95%	539,534	50
Interventional Radiology	352	3.1%	$1,237,871	3.2%	18,503	53
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	89	0.78%	$339,183	0.87%	1,979	22
Neurology	28	0.25%	$91,001	0.23%	1,149	41
Cardiology	11	0.10%	$67,810	0.17%	536	49
Nuclear Medicine	14	0.12%	$51,022	0.13%	782	56
Radiation Oncology	12	0.11%	$29,809	0.08%	460	38

Not listed: 20 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 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