	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	20,603	$83,625,206	-2%	1,782,658	54	263	1.16
2023	20,343	$85,260,101	+3%	1,751,984	54	262	1.16
2022	20,091	$83,081,686	-9%	1,684,310	53	253	1.16
2021	20,438	$91,600,669	-6%	1,788,452	55	264	1.16
2020	20,392	$97,211,330	first year in data	1,728,646	54	253	1.24

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	1,622	$7,347,262	123,896	45	240
Texas	1,626	$6,714,007	133,090	48	285
Florida	1,207	$6,546,299	99,056	45	284
New York	1,177	$6,073,671	110,875	49	352
Pennsylvania	961	$4,045,656	87,614	62	264
Illinois	874	$3,886,039	79,176	64	260
Massachusetts	581	$3,466,918	68,145	63	393
Minnesota	747	$3,386,392	64,375	56	249
North Carolina	658	$3,001,178	61,668	62	260
Maryland	383	$2,850,685	43,536	78	353
Tennessee	513	$2,804,775	55,310	59	325
Virginia	516	$2,690,291	52,199	63	298
Ohio	731	$2,558,963	56,991	51	218
Michigan	666	$2,490,820	56,439	57	229
Missouri	477	$2,289,350	52,596	79	319

Not listed: 4 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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,092	$6,000,894	103,475	50
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	464	$2,895,037	55,545	60
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	659	$2,842,032	59,645	61
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	517	$2,472,131	43,131	44
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	472	$2,402,097	47,158	64
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	570	$2,136,670	43,605	53
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	554	$2,033,359	38,865	44
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	397	$1,964,227	43,888	43
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	256	$1,873,055	28,471	76
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	260	$1,669,776	25,501	59
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	270	$1,613,618	27,609	55
St. Louis, MO-IL	262	$1,282,996	29,331	69
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	289	$1,243,754	21,935	37
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	289	$1,197,344	22,428	50
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	185	$1,186,160	22,849	56

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 2021.

Specialties billing 71260 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 88% of payment for 71260 nationally in 2021, across 13 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	18,251	89%	$80,464,310	88%	1,618,093	89
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	334	1.6%	$2,908,379	3.2%	33,855	101
Hematology-Oncology	529	2.6%	$2,638,869	2.9%	41,850	79
Interventional Radiology	562	2.7%	$2,178,614	2.4%	42,608	76
Nuclear Medicine	80	0.39%	$1,028,503	1.1%	13,485	169
Medical Oncology	191	0.93%	$801,556	0.88%	13,396	70
Radiation Oncology	139	0.68%	$569,027	0.62%	9,364	67
Internal Medicine	89	0.44%	$313,600	0.34%	4,709	53
Family Practice	63	0.31%	$145,945	0.16%	2,055	33
Pulmonary Disease	30	0.15%	$56,901	0.06%	903	30
Urology	37	0.18%	$45,822	0.05%	875	24
Gynecological Oncology	15	0.07%	$39,990	0.04%	824	55
Nurse Practitioner	14	0.07%	$20,348	0.02%	325	23

Not listed: 33 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 71260 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