	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	1,074	$3,462,279	48,451	35	111
Texas	771	$2,728,004	39,691	33	155
Florida	725	$2,570,638	34,067	32	128
New York	545	$2,148,639	28,969	37	146
Pennsylvania	543	$1,715,233	26,259	33	132
Illinois	530	$1,594,827	23,599	32	117
Minnesota	446	$1,569,300	24,160	38	140
Michigan	393	$1,360,918	21,167	34	157
Massachusetts	386	$1,313,221	19,512	34	127
North Carolina	350	$1,282,402	19,651	39	150
Ohio	378	$1,210,852	19,015	33	138
Washington	188	$1,165,223	17,421	59	289
Tennessee	330	$1,106,879	17,226	32	149
Colorado	228	$1,052,031	15,882	47	189
Virginia	278	$999,816	15,062	38	161

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	482	$2,018,625	26,275	39
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	424	$1,342,570	19,724	35
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	310	$1,268,121	19,484	47
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	342	$1,055,984	14,723	27
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	322	$1,016,697	15,027	31
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	257	$932,683	13,193	40
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	241	$806,264	11,268	31
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	108	$784,847	11,623	69
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	173	$736,456	10,869	42
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	151	$579,286	8,829	43
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	113	$574,426	8,841	61
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	141	$572,116	7,903	37
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	186	$537,717	8,210	33
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	184	$502,711	7,206	29
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	143	$493,869	6,660	36

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 2021.

Specialties billing 70498 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 94% of payment for 70498 nationally in 2021, across 9 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	11,114	94%	$37,167,221	94%	556,518	50
Interventional Radiology	366	3.1%	$1,308,782	3.3%	19,666	54
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	104	0.88%	$395,883	1.0%	2,653	26
Cardiology	58	0.49%	$231,613	0.59%	1,816	31
Interventional Cardiology	25	0.21%	$80,488	0.20%	708	28
Neurology	25	0.21%	$72,732	0.18%	1,038	42
Nuclear Medicine	14	0.12%	$49,151	0.12%	781	56
Radiation Oncology	12	0.10%	$28,526	0.07%	455	38
Vascular Surgery	16	0.14%	$24,184	0.06%	301	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 2021.

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