	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	8,706	$30,775,969	+7%	422,719	30	139	1.08
2023	8,424	$28,735,688	+15%	384,227	29	130	1.08
2022	7,731	$25,013,383	+26%	331,492	29	122	1.08
2021	7,316	$19,882,890	not in the 2020 file	299,291	27	114	1.08

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2021–2024.

By state

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York	458	$2,116,117	22,542	33	144
California	466	$1,959,898	18,910	22	106
Florida	434	$1,885,701	18,852	27	127
North Carolina	408	$1,560,435	22,382	35	145
Texas	450	$1,344,766	16,778	27	101
Maryland	166	$1,336,951	11,298	39	234
Massachusetts	304	$1,315,286	18,970	42	183
Illinois	393	$1,151,857	17,515	29	121
Virginia	255	$1,140,001	15,386	39	173
Pennsylvania	423	$1,028,533	17,127	26	113
Michigan	318	$945,956	16,205	34	148
Ohio	290	$941,801	16,699	35	193
New Jersey	201	$866,234	7,719	25	111
Tennessee	251	$777,458	11,080	28	114
Washington	168	$648,389	8,683	26	143

Not listed: 3 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AP, XX); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 4 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	320	$1,687,340	15,169	28
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	234	$994,866	13,379	41
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	112	$883,480	7,505	36
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	194	$717,623	8,273	25
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	265	$696,020	10,433	28
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	101	$595,827	4,961	24
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	91	$547,243	4,564	29
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	135	$432,767	4,581	26
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	134	$389,774	5,343	33
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	138	$361,105	6,135	32
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	68	$329,325	2,938	25
St. Louis, MO-IL	113	$309,311	5,605	32
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	98	$308,805	4,267	30
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	71	$294,551	3,702	33
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	47	$293,213	2,827	38

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 96 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 71271 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 90% of payment for 71271 nationally in 2023, across 10 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	7,606	90%	$25,725,419	90%	352,576	46
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	216	2.6%	$1,487,144	5.2%	12,291	57
Interventional Radiology	228	2.7%	$542,410	1.9%	8,490	37
Family Practice	107	1.3%	$241,557	0.84%	2,592	24
Internal Medicine	97	1.2%	$232,013	0.81%	2,498	26
Pulmonary Disease	58	0.69%	$153,587	0.53%	1,625	28
Cardiology	25	0.30%	$79,596	0.28%	699	28
Nuclear Medicine	14	0.17%	$75,540	0.26%	1,147	82
Radiation Oncology	11	0.13%	$37,943	0.13%	433	39
Nurse Practitioner	14	0.17%	$31,466	0.11%	358	26

Not listed: 21 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 71271 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