	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	501	$6,299,226	34,357	38	250
New York	359	$6,051,252	32,526	45	258
Florida	332	$4,472,673	23,249	40	199
Texas	321	$2,888,192	20,094	32	198
Massachusetts	187	$1,860,032	12,079	40	214
Pennsylvania	199	$1,656,182	12,806	38	205
New Jersey	121	$1,633,557	7,430	35	186
Maryland	116	$1,568,930	7,485	55	158
Arizona	95	$1,454,045	8,292	49	286
Illinois	248	$1,418,329	11,361	35	111
Virginia	112	$1,385,290	9,296	54	209
Minnesota	144	$1,082,473	6,433	25	126
North Carolina	155	$970,404	8,080	35	121
Georgia	118	$781,723	7,537	37	187
Ohio	133	$780,204	7,435	36	156

Not listed: 4 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, XX, ZZ); 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	342	$6,351,185	32,664	48
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	169	$2,553,411	13,583	33
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	138	$1,571,247	9,149	37
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	160	$1,322,419	9,446	40
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	94	$1,253,585	6,181	55
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	209	$1,204,197	9,785	36
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	71	$982,217	5,663	50
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	72	$953,987	5,608	36
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	65	$884,701	4,735	54
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	63	$799,680	4,187	47
Jacksonville, FL	48	$792,538	3,828	48
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	99	$777,614	5,646	25
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	118	$760,995	6,853	38
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	65	$755,133	4,478	49
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	20	$687,071	2,923	35

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 79 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 72197 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 88% of payment for 72197 nationally in 2023, across 6 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	4,368	92%	$38,661,435	88%	262,171	60
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	202	4.3%	$4,262,295	9.7%	18,062	89
Interventional Radiology	45	0.95%	$278,756	0.63%	2,235	50
Urology	48	1.0%	$257,181	0.58%	1,491	31
Nuclear Medicine	14	0.30%	$145,792	0.33%	933	67
Radiation Oncology	15	0.32%	$113,180	0.26%	706	47

Not listed: 15 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 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