	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	21,933	$121,548,831	+0%	2,464,435	71	342	1.08
2023	21,854	$121,176,703	+2%	2,372,584	69	324	1.08
2022	21,985	$119,242,826	+2%	2,322,020	70	314	1.08
2021	21,786	$116,659,486	-4%	2,196,601	67	298	1.08
2020	21,925	$122,037,645	first year in data	2,133,142	66	281	1.16

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
Florida	1,513	$12,010,353	182,439	79	368
New York	1,337	$11,847,325	181,504	73	453
California	1,763	$10,388,395	161,797	60	273
Texas	1,676	$7,252,342	140,388	54	262
New Jersey	612	$5,098,781	76,144	85	323
Pennsylvania	1,018	$4,878,409	108,901	72	309
Maryland	423	$4,561,117	66,161	121	379
Illinois	903	$4,418,074	93,313	74	279
North Carolina	707	$3,420,167	70,860	62	319
Arizona	403	$3,403,119	53,689	77	462
Minnesota	779	$3,245,132	63,746	58	216
Virginia	541	$3,204,533	62,338	74	374
Massachusetts	612	$3,179,426	66,498	63	341
Ohio	772	$2,960,185	70,806	67	263
Tennessee	562	$2,540,940	54,824	68	269

Not listed: 5 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AE, AP, XX); 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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,250	$12,896,402	187,998	84
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	615	$4,083,824	62,811	60
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	513	$3,581,120	66,327	79
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	692	$3,439,887	73,499	74
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	280	$3,034,350	43,255	117
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	285	$2,658,385	40,060	73
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	364	$2,649,278	46,561	83
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	486	$2,513,123	51,896	63
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	298	$2,485,798	36,837	67
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	533	$2,305,549	41,018	50
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	607	$2,173,552	47,102	57
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	249	$1,747,650	24,622	66
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	415	$1,611,340	34,789	50
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	204	$1,423,155	22,620	72
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	333	$1,344,185	31,518	58

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 2021.

Specialties billing 71250 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 90% of payment for 71250 nationally in 2021, across 17 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	19,296	89%	$104,446,420	90%	2,017,889	105
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	468	2.1%	$5,330,672	4.6%	58,589	125
Interventional Radiology	620	2.8%	$2,368,125	2.0%	47,994	77
Pulmonary Disease	198	0.91%	$1,185,298	1.0%	18,797	95
Hematology-Oncology	328	1.5%	$643,814	0.55%	11,423	35
Nuclear Medicine	72	0.33%	$464,547	0.40%	7,084	98
Internal Medicine	174	0.80%	$452,738	0.39%	6,477	37
Family Practice	115	0.53%	$339,460	0.29%	5,003	44
Radiation Oncology	109	0.50%	$303,817	0.26%	5,303	49
Cardiology	79	0.36%	$284,429	0.24%	3,664	46
Medical Oncology	108	0.50%	$187,065	0.16%	3,589	33
Critical Care (Intensivists)	24	0.11%	$116,040	0.10%	1,683	70
Emergency Medicine	21	0.10%	$71,031	0.06%	1,097	52
Interventional Cardiology	19	0.09%	$68,778	0.06%	1,115	59
Nurse Practitioner	27	0.12%	$55,664	0.05%	856	32

Not listed: 29 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 2021.

Top billers of 71250 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