	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	949	$2,831,298	37,837	32	94
Texas	725	$2,345,649	32,980	32	117
Florida	693	$2,309,623	29,333	30	109
New York	503	$1,738,671	22,900	34	120
Pennsylvania	544	$1,558,727	23,008	30	128
Illinois	509	$1,318,075	18,699	27	94
Michigan	376	$1,240,268	18,605	35	137
Minnesota	377	$1,191,038	17,760	31	125
North Carolina	336	$1,144,830	17,076	34	145
Tennessee	326	$1,105,267	16,468	31	152
Ohio	353	$1,095,613	16,740	36	126
Massachusetts	346	$1,080,204	15,578	30	113
Washington	190	$1,020,651	14,816	55	230
Virginia	260	$926,796	13,435	38	140
Colorado	209	$830,086	12,274	36	186

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	452	$1,547,739	19,677	35
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	405	$1,064,599	14,914	28
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	262	$973,535	14,493	41
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	273	$822,614	11,797	28
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	279	$822,573	10,878	29
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	243	$772,491	10,757	32
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	229	$681,206	9,276	32
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	105	$676,516	9,691	61
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	157	$554,647	7,917	38
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	175	$508,621	7,546	34
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	128	$501,366	6,652	38
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	142	$490,749	7,290	31
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	99	$471,835	7,045	47
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	160	$459,106	6,249	30
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	144	$440,005	5,693	28

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 70498 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 94% of payment for 70498 nationally in 2020, across 8 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	10,480	95%	$32,197,031	94%	466,926	45
Interventional Radiology	332	3.0%	$1,116,890	3.3%	16,279	49
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	81	0.73%	$322,611	0.94%	2,113	26
Cardiology	52	0.47%	$227,847	0.67%	1,654	32
Interventional Cardiology	21	0.19%	$71,367	0.21%	549	26
Neurology	18	0.16%	$59,984	0.18%	861	48
Nuclear Medicine	19	0.17%	$54,272	0.16%	766	40
Vascular Surgery	15	0.14%	$25,605	0.07%	291	19

Not listed: 21 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 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