	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	11,330	$120,839,090	-0%	1,028,334	52	291	2.29
2023	11,271	$121,433,194	+1%	985,641	49	285	2.29
2022	11,384	$120,239,788	-4%	951,442	47	275	2.29
2021	11,567	$125,898,956	+9%	950,922	46	269	2.29
2020	11,402	$115,242,874	first year in data	865,620	44	248	2.29

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	986	$12,361,555	78,764	47	271
New York	585	$10,067,660	62,005	62	365
Florida	759	$9,591,803	60,216	41	248
Texas	749	$8,328,596	63,333	47	273
Massachusetts	341	$4,929,261	38,409	60	344
Pennsylvania	505	$4,656,464	41,540	55	235
Illinois	501	$4,424,051	42,620	48	298
Maryland	223	$4,184,916	24,484	69	367
Minnesota	375	$3,839,258	29,743	47	226
New Jersey	277	$3,800,873	22,531	51	233
North Carolina	365	$3,756,512	34,994	57	311
Virginia	249	$3,755,151	30,975	56	361
Arizona	208	$3,098,658	21,278	47	361
Ohio	335	$2,705,440	28,088	44	275
Tennessee	307	$2,690,910	23,146	42	241

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 2022.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	537	$10,647,646	62,730	73
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	345	$4,814,488	29,985	46
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	286	$3,967,551	31,678	60
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	398	$3,546,821	34,283	48
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	262	$3,372,734	25,503	65
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	138	$2,940,366	17,511	80
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	249	$2,891,406	19,132	47
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	136	$2,641,441	16,317	64
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	130	$2,110,701	15,104	65
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	238	$2,038,398	18,740	45
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	175	$1,919,160	18,387	60
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	180	$1,775,164	13,052	43
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	156	$1,769,903	15,838	75
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	121	$1,744,932	14,251	64
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	125	$1,654,118	11,099	35

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 2022.

Specialties billing 70553 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 87% of payment for 70553 nationally in 2022, across 13 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	10,048	88%	$104,302,994	87%	866,773	86
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	607	5.3%	$10,890,091	9.1%	49,285	81
Interventional Radiology	223	2.0%	$1,536,834	1.3%	13,544	61
Neurology	212	1.9%	$1,531,687	1.3%	8,913	42
Nuclear Medicine	19	0.17%	$356,109	0.30%	2,619	138
Hematology-Oncology	43	0.38%	$308,092	0.26%	1,925	45
Neurosurgery	45	0.40%	$252,744	0.21%	1,579	35
Radiation Oncology	27	0.24%	$223,274	0.19%	1,411	52
Family Practice	42	0.37%	$172,818	0.14%	1,067	25
Internal Medicine	22	0.19%	$143,140	0.12%	851	39
Medical Oncology	14	0.12%	$54,317	0.05%	345	25
Otolaryngology	18	0.16%	$50,809	0.04%	326	18
Nurse Practitioner	12	0.11%	$32,902	0.03%	224	19

Not listed: 22 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 70553 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