	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	12,868	$48,928,168	+7%	785,257	42	174	1.75
2023	12,442	$45,765,323	+12%	707,880	39	161	1.75
2022	12,021	$40,687,171	+3%	618,948	35	144	1.75
2021	11,783	$39,485,546	+15%	585,521	34	139	1.75
2020	11,076	$34,225,669	first year in data	491,265	31	124	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	1,226	$4,922,770	73,827	43	162
Texas	889	$3,684,089	58,862	38	211
Florida	799	$2,996,259	44,603	40	148
New York	600	$2,697,076	39,158	43	199
Minnesota	496	$2,145,688	35,434	47	202
Illinois	600	$2,051,504	32,482	41	133
Pennsylvania	588	$1,984,392	32,856	40	149
North Carolina	396	$1,644,736	27,252	45	196
Massachusetts	408	$1,609,224	25,914	43	160
Michigan	377	$1,471,135	24,561	39	197
Ohio	388	$1,383,860	23,505	45	152
Virginia	300	$1,321,612	21,493	50	199
Colorado	263	$1,317,925	21,053	51	254
Georgia	332	$1,294,628	21,030	46	164
New Jersey	299	$1,277,480	18,716	43	200

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	548	$2,648,542	37,474	45
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	358	$1,762,263	29,391	61
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	415	$1,652,913	24,578	43
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	465	$1,603,466	25,103	42
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	331	$1,262,783	20,255	43
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	299	$1,225,566	18,990	47
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	289	$1,131,553	17,428	34
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	214	$997,330	16,117	48
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	138	$883,064	14,389	61
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	179	$806,520	13,019	61
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	155	$782,461	11,762	57
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	133	$764,669	12,055	57
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	185	$738,178	10,749	42
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	154	$705,937	10,999	52
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	221	$703,507	11,228	38

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 70498 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 94% of payment for 70498 nationally in 2024, across 10 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	12,087	94%	$46,233,825	94%	747,837	62
Interventional Radiology	440	3.4%	$1,632,077	3.3%	26,561	60
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	143	1.1%	$475,674	0.97%	3,610	25
Cardiology	54	0.42%	$164,095	0.34%	1,418	26
Neurology	22	0.17%	$72,146	0.15%	1,050	48
Nuclear Medicine	17	0.13%	$56,196	0.11%	948	56
Interventional Cardiology	20	0.16%	$56,006	0.11%	462	23
Internal Medicine	17	0.13%	$48,992	0.10%	683	40
Radiation Oncology	12	0.09%	$46,350	0.09%	758	63
Vascular Surgery	11	0.09%	$14,662	0.03%	226	21

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 70498 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