	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	1,103	$3,645,697	52,617	35	128
Texas	813	$2,897,120	43,015	32	167
Florida	748	$2,780,501	38,625	36	143
New York	565	$2,232,943	30,605	37	150
Pennsylvania	570	$1,753,063	27,331	36	125
Minnesota	461	$1,710,477	26,608	40	156
Illinois	542	$1,620,935	24,629	33	116
Massachusetts	373	$1,356,866	20,680	40	136
North Carolina	375	$1,320,375	20,632	35	155
Michigan	370	$1,256,052	19,975	36	147
Washington	196	$1,227,322	19,136	58	305
Ohio	362	$1,218,993	19,662	38	139
Virginia	281	$1,092,049	16,859	40	177
Colorado	234	$1,085,728	16,555	47	206
Georgia	316	$1,074,777	16,936	39	145

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	506	$2,158,074	28,579	40
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	324	$1,375,089	21,505	48
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	430	$1,330,184	20,014	35
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	365	$1,207,534	17,338	32
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	303	$1,041,556	15,796	38
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	265	$950,120	13,752	41
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	264	$904,077	12,732	28
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	119	$875,318	13,524	73
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	184	$773,531	11,733	38
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	173	$693,856	10,788	44
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	174	$616,023	8,649	33
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	131	$576,061	8,151	43
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	111	$575,127	8,984	57
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	196	$572,205	8,539	34
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	148	$563,885	7,947	40

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 70498 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 94% of payment for 70498 nationally in 2022, across 9 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	11,338	94%	$38,331,512	94%	588,473	52
Interventional Radiology	370	3.1%	$1,331,094	3.3%	20,466	55
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	107	0.89%	$407,539	1.0%	2,831	26
Cardiology	68	0.57%	$226,073	0.56%	1,940	29
Interventional Cardiology	22	0.18%	$75,685	0.19%	735	33
Neurology	22	0.18%	$69,648	0.17%	1,072	49
Nuclear Medicine	18	0.15%	$67,734	0.17%	1,031	57
Radiation Oncology	14	0.12%	$36,882	0.09%	581	42
Vascular Surgery	14	0.12%	$21,438	0.05%	288	21

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 2022.

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