	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	5,267	$50,423,013	+15%	348,355	38	205	2.20
2023	4,732	$44,006,208	+9%	287,696	36	186	2.20
2022	4,470	$40,546,833	+9%	256,506	34	179	2.20
2021	4,108	$37,072,441	+23%	220,308	31	165	2.20
2020	3,674	$30,190,966	first year in data	176,669	28	143	2.20

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	565	$7,106,053	40,593	42	234
New York	386	$6,667,522	37,391	51	296
Florida	376	$4,863,587	27,444	38	219
Texas	361	$3,373,239	24,647	33	196
Massachusetts	208	$2,154,084	15,361	37	233
Pennsylvania	209	$2,009,742	16,001	46	238
New Jersey	132	$1,989,345	9,547	40	204
Maryland	123	$1,823,799	9,414	57	176
Illinois	264	$1,621,473	13,862	38	135
Arizona	101	$1,544,204	9,390	55	285
Virginia	126	$1,400,900	10,318	50	231
North Carolina	178	$1,297,972	11,216	39	163
Minnesota	170	$1,259,695	7,642	25	152
Ohio	157	$1,021,301	9,828	34	191
Georgia	127	$851,139	8,874	41	215

Not listed: 3 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AP, ZZ); 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 2024.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	372	$7,123,070	38,121	52
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	196	$2,836,232	15,272	39
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	140	$1,889,860	11,728	46
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	183	$1,553,224	12,340	37
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	95	$1,421,056	7,580	58
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	216	$1,353,449	11,809	40
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	80	$1,100,103	6,504	49
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	74	$1,067,831	6,595	56
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	81	$1,049,157	6,796	33
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	109	$1,022,673	7,345	32
Jacksonville, FL	50	$937,893	4,735	54
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	69	$936,487	5,229	58
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	123	$870,426	8,165	44
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	68	$850,276	4,707	52
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	25	$628,092	2,979	24

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 83 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 72197 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 87% of payment for 72197 nationally in 2024, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	4,826	92%	$43,798,244	87%	315,456	65
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	236	4.5%	$5,056,414	10%	22,332	95
Interventional Radiology	56	1.1%	$397,182	0.79%	3,252	58
Urology	45	0.85%	$325,219	0.64%	1,919	43
Nuclear Medicine	13	0.25%	$176,214	0.35%	1,071	82
Radiation Oncology	20	0.38%	$143,453	0.28%	880	44
Hematology-Oncology	12	0.23%	$45,120	0.09%	320	27

Not listed: 17 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 72197 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