	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	1,120	$4,191,133	61,623	39	144
Texas	832	$3,338,012	50,810	37	199
Florida	808	$3,029,481	42,874	39	142
New York	569	$2,543,517	35,531	43	189
Minnesota	481	$1,969,467	31,378	41	194
Pennsylvania	587	$1,941,254	30,879	38	138
Illinois	575	$1,863,207	28,457	37	130
North Carolina	396	$1,522,916	24,195	40	180
Massachusetts	389	$1,514,539	23,625	48	148
Michigan	355	$1,406,305	22,607	40	186
Ohio	388	$1,328,593	21,678	39	147
Virginia	291	$1,252,917	19,662	46	193
Washington	205	$1,246,758	19,738	55	340
Tennessee	353	$1,207,338	19,384	34	170
Georgia	335	$1,195,417	19,037	41	151

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 2023.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	515	$2,420,619	32,762	44
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	344	$1,644,428	26,337	56
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	449	$1,500,572	22,613	37
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	379	$1,375,296	20,182	34
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	311	$1,156,056	17,894	44
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	283	$1,125,716	16,704	46
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	270	$988,063	14,505	32
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	194	$905,232	13,950	42
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	132	$896,946	14,037	62
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	174	$737,672	11,609	54
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	151	$675,337	9,690	45
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	163	$670,684	9,583	41
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	109	$666,366	10,537	65
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	131	$654,453	9,590	55
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	210	$635,698	9,463	35

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 2023.

Specialties billing 70498 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 94% of payment for 70498 nationally in 2023, across 9 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	11,708	94%	$43,196,842	94%	673,725	58
Interventional Radiology	403	3.2%	$1,505,215	3.3%	23,613	59
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	116	0.93%	$434,707	0.95%	3,154	27
Cardiology	70	0.56%	$213,068	0.47%	1,869	27
Interventional Cardiology	21	0.17%	$76,535	0.17%	640	30
Neurology	22	0.18%	$63,822	0.14%	901	41
Nuclear Medicine	18	0.14%	$61,527	0.13%	975	54
Radiation Oncology	13	0.10%	$49,591	0.11%	794	61
Vascular Surgery	16	0.13%	$22,682	0.05%	348	22

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 2023.

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