	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	356	$4,049,414	19,301	31	161
New York	279	$4,025,708	19,732	38	188
Florida	276	$3,817,005	17,009	30	204
Texas	250	$1,908,297	11,949	25	168
Massachusetts	157	$1,364,153	7,744	28	134
New Jersey	100	$1,333,270	4,967	30	148
Arizona	73	$1,109,744	5,223	43	234
Maryland	100	$1,071,308	4,884	36	100
Pennsylvania	165	$989,461	7,785	30	126
Virginia	107	$978,929	5,793	29	154
Illinois	176	$950,909	6,791	26	99
Minnesota	107	$861,418	4,734	22	165
North Carolina	105	$543,052	4,506	29	103
Ohio	116	$512,362	4,713	31	105
Georgia	90	$501,234	4,681	42	134

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

Not listed: 7 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 2020.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	275	$4,472,116	20,630	42
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	121	$1,617,528	7,935	33
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	116	$978,102	6,118	31
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	133	$932,581	5,864	27
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	145	$813,983	5,910	27
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	72	$773,534	3,538	38
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	57	$724,410	3,393	44
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	58	$695,270	3,637	29
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	17	$671,757	2,319	22
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	75	$642,859	3,905	23
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	66	$628,534	3,450	36
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	53	$588,087	2,772	27
Rochester, MN	47	$556,145	2,768	26
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	93	$519,419	4,187	32
Jacksonville, FL	40	$509,253	2,281	30

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 66 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2020.

Specialties billing 72197 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 88% of payment for 72197 nationally in 2020, across 6 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	3,405	93%	$26,418,740	88%	161,484	47
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	152	4.1%	$2,917,404	9.7%	10,716	71
Interventional Radiology	33	0.90%	$248,474	0.82%	1,440	44
Urology	34	0.93%	$208,835	0.69%	810	24
Radiation Oncology	12	0.33%	$108,442	0.36%	579	48
Nuclear Medicine	11	0.30%	$88,080	0.29%	712	65

Not listed: 11 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 2020.

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