	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	1,074	$3,628,433	50,909	35	125
Texas	758	$2,744,839	40,028	33	164
Florida	690	$2,517,098	35,115	35	138
New York	550	$2,283,613	30,323	38	156
Minnesota	454	$1,762,869	26,221	42	155
Pennsylvania	554	$1,721,717	26,308	35	120
Illinois	533	$1,622,832	24,087	34	117
Massachusetts	373	$1,408,392	20,709	40	138
North Carolina	368	$1,298,357	19,683	34	149
Washington	192	$1,283,116	19,182	58	313
Michigan	363	$1,271,526	19,684	37	146
Ohio	355	$1,223,524	19,174	37	143
Virginia	280	$1,104,496	16,584	40	180
Colorado	233	$1,094,351	16,126	43	198
Georgia	303	$1,058,396	16,076	37	147

Not listed: 6 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 2022.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	496	$2,150,280	27,669	39
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	315	$1,407,720	21,069	50
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	426	$1,327,293	19,557	35
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	361	$1,217,627	16,896	31
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	302	$1,081,912	15,880	38
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	117	$926,178	13,672	75
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	260	$910,351	13,100	39
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	252	$885,863	12,210	28
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	174	$736,086	11,050	40
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	163	$689,088	10,378	45
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	167	$618,876	8,490	34
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	109	$583,594	8,780	50
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	127	$578,809	7,795	42
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	149	$559,837	7,783	39
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	182	$537,381	7,866	34

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 2022.

Specialties billing 70496 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 95% of payment for 70496 nationally in 2022, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	11,072	95%	$38,126,957	95%	568,464	51
Interventional Radiology	355	3.0%	$1,272,097	3.2%	19,306	54
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	94	0.81%	$368,495	0.92%	2,162	23
Neurology	26	0.22%	$85,637	0.21%	1,152	44
Nuclear Medicine	18	0.15%	$70,391	0.18%	1,011	56
Cardiology	12	0.10%	$58,437	0.15%	517	43
Radiation Oncology	14	0.12%	$37,856	0.09%	556	40

Not listed: 18 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 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