	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	1,000	$13,020,125	85,758	48	296
New York	587	$10,278,945	65,985	68	369
Florida	759	$9,469,087	62,848	42	258
Texas	770	$8,545,252	68,173	51	299
Massachusetts	332	$4,926,966	39,183	66	347
Pennsylvania	483	$4,784,314	44,646	56	265
Illinois	495	$4,484,659	43,010	50	299
Maryland	208	$3,984,919	24,155	71	378
New Jersey	273	$3,971,219	24,093	57	250
Virginia	261	$3,890,721	32,611	56	400
Minnesota	372	$3,844,158	29,904	52	225
North Carolina	374	$3,840,929	36,198	58	306
Arizona	221	$3,150,084	22,367	49	334
Michigan	305	$2,787,963	28,918	57	278
Ohio	335	$2,757,099	28,803	51	260

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 2023.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	533	$10,917,109	67,041	79
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	356	$5,141,431	32,776	46
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	275	$3,935,054	32,198	61
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	271	$3,648,966	28,853	67
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	398	$3,625,549	34,853	50
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	261	$2,883,986	20,282	51
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	129	$2,792,843	17,243	80
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	133	$2,713,325	17,314	73
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	238	$2,108,155	19,476	51
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	137	$2,099,808	16,268	56
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	188	$2,011,635	19,947	59
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	179	$1,810,456	13,999	42
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	123	$1,763,298	13,173	68
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	137	$1,737,511	14,616	62
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	133	$1,659,051	11,868	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 2023.

Specialties billing 70553 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 87% of payment for 70553 nationally in 2023, across 13 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	9,941	88%	$105,767,104	87%	899,499	90
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	599	5.3%	$10,787,666	8.9%	50,238	84
Interventional Radiology	213	1.9%	$1,489,219	1.2%	14,090	66
Neurology	209	1.9%	$1,348,820	1.1%	8,260	40
Nuclear Medicine	19	0.17%	$314,459	0.26%	2,449	129
Hematology-Oncology	39	0.35%	$281,686	0.23%	1,832	47
Neurosurgery	50	0.44%	$264,364	0.22%	1,605	32
Radiation Oncology	29	0.26%	$244,062	0.20%	1,550	53
Family Practice	39	0.35%	$186,954	0.15%	1,169	30
Internal Medicine	24	0.21%	$156,336	0.13%	899	37
Nurse Practitioner	19	0.17%	$71,207	0.06%	472	25
Medical Oncology	13	0.12%	$44,821	0.04%	291	22
Otolaryngology	13	0.12%	$35,675	0.03%	239	18

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 2023.

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