	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
California	1,845	$12,004,496	194,846	68	320
Florida	1,516	$11,947,799	190,517	79	378
New York	1,323	$11,891,049	185,915	74	495
Texas	1,705	$7,615,008	153,179	56	280
Pennsylvania	1,021	$5,095,615	116,251	80	330
New Jersey	629	$4,780,170	74,314	77	349
Illinois	931	$4,591,286	100,701	78	290
Maryland	431	$4,474,064	68,042	125	391
North Carolina	760	$3,590,245	76,706	63	285
Minnesota	780	$3,468,544	70,556	62	262
Massachusetts	596	$3,371,633	71,547	69	390
Virginia	549	$3,271,538	65,962	79	371
Arizona	401	$3,108,032	50,117	75	419
Ohio	767	$2,967,033	72,619	63	267
Georgia	633	$2,583,701	59,832	66	259

Not listed: 6 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AP, XX); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 3 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	1,259	$12,687,983	188,383	84
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	652	$4,643,314	73,810	69
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	532	$3,789,378	72,810	89
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	712	$3,629,516	79,802	79
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	291	$2,973,667	45,280	125
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	476	$2,703,761	56,370	67
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	366	$2,622,479	47,857	85
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	565	$2,439,476	45,648	52
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	280	$2,427,277	37,630	75
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	604	$2,393,161	53,052	64
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	287	$2,377,791	35,371	74
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	416	$1,775,926	39,430	51
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	265	$1,595,763	24,738	59
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	340	$1,420,163	33,815	63
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	206	$1,373,171	25,151	69

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 2022.

Specialties billing 71250 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 89% of payment for 71250 nationally in 2022, across 17 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	19,399	88%	$106,388,559	89%	2,124,743	110
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	481	2.2%	$5,423,871	4.5%	62,735	130
Interventional Radiology	663	3.0%	$2,942,266	2.5%	58,520	88
Pulmonary Disease	200	0.91%	$1,078,745	0.90%	17,588	88
Hematology-Oncology	333	1.5%	$683,158	0.57%	12,917	39
Nuclear Medicine	77	0.35%	$514,243	0.43%	8,457	110
Internal Medicine	171	0.78%	$427,567	0.36%	6,677	39
Radiation Oncology	112	0.51%	$299,534	0.25%	5,484	49
Cardiology	77	0.35%	$283,985	0.24%	3,764	49
Family Practice	121	0.55%	$283,906	0.24%	4,507	37
Medical Oncology	119	0.54%	$190,612	0.16%	3,902	33
Critical Care (Intensivists)	24	0.11%	$107,418	0.09%	1,646	69
Emergency Medicine	28	0.13%	$84,893	0.07%	1,291	46
Interventional Cardiology	24	0.11%	$81,560	0.07%	1,374	57
Nurse Practitioner	22	0.10%	$56,009	0.05%	890	40

Not listed: 32 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 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