	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	47,619	$74,912,200	-5%	6,490,270	47	482	0.22
2023	47,284	$78,932,354	-2%	6,665,091	49	502	0.22
2022	46,917	$80,332,031	+0%	6,694,514	51	504	0.22
2021	45,375	$79,991,329	-0%	6,575,477	55	506	0.22
2020	46,360	$80,189,946	first year in data	7,130,310	59	525	0.22

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	3,782	$7,662,943	518,752	50	495
New York	2,303	$5,238,480	373,787	58	566
Florida	2,461	$5,166,148	362,073	53	541
Texas	3,426	$4,845,495	399,506	40	451
Maryland	974	$4,131,567	322,718	70	600
Illinois	1,534	$2,999,916	298,181	95	651
Pennsylvania	1,735	$2,605,871	268,453	67	493
North Carolina	2,278	$2,553,951	246,598	36	438
New Jersey	1,265	$2,501,064	176,433	60	437
Massachusetts	1,062	$2,416,659	245,271	89	850
Tennessee	1,692	$2,201,460	182,478	39	401
Ohio	1,312	$2,079,526	225,629	56	481
Virginia	1,510	$2,047,146	179,417	45	444
Georgia	1,890	$2,046,348	174,472	38	334
Minnesota	1,244	$1,922,429	185,927	73	529

Not listed: 19 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AE, AP, XX, ZZ); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 1 state 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 2024.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	2,401	$5,717,902	381,079	55
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	581	$3,248,528	261,870	82
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	1,583	$2,974,546	187,201	40
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	1,102	$2,187,333	214,601	97
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	828	$1,875,841	184,142	88
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	889	$1,612,367	148,780	78
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	997	$1,474,188	113,289	40
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	747	$1,230,842	84,373	43
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	633	$1,190,153	89,443	52
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	924	$1,179,871	128,221	68
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	521	$1,082,489	69,956	37
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	1,042	$1,056,789	88,467	39
St. Louis, MO-IL	503	$924,061	95,804	63
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	700	$923,102	83,493	45
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	519	$863,303	85,513	55

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 2024.

Specialties billing 71046 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 62% of payment for 71046 nationally in 2024, across 34 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	22,059	46%	$46,462,575	62%	4,714,793	214
Portable X-Ray Supplier	230	0.48%	$6,640,783	8.9%	480,316	2,088
Family Practice	6,450	14%	$5,386,903	7.2%	295,385	46
Internal Medicine	2,997	6.3%	$3,394,634	4.5%	183,839	61
Nurse Practitioner	6,495	14%	$3,002,827	4.0%	186,498	29
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	523	1.1%	$2,181,189	2.9%	107,397	205
Physician Assistant	4,623	9.7%	$2,099,596	2.8%	133,218	29
Interventional Radiology	1,026	2.2%	$1,618,003	2.2%	171,050	167
Pulmonary Disease	747	1.6%	$1,588,757	2.1%	77,868	104
Emergency Medicine	1,236	2.6%	$1,159,557	1.5%	58,764	48
General Practice	159	0.33%	$181,789	0.24%	9,309	59
Cardiology	106	0.22%	$167,857	0.22%	7,843	74
Critical Care (Intensivists)	85	0.18%	$141,142	0.19%	7,403	87
Rheumatology	144	0.30%	$117,886	0.16%	6,208	43
Orthopedic Surgery	104	0.22%	$109,320	0.15%	5,699	55

Not listed: 28 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 2024.

Top billers of 71046 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