	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	33,149	$46,696,753	-0%	2,430,495	43	223	0.22
2023	33,225	$46,760,599	+1%	2,415,267	43	218	0.22
2022	33,171	$46,312,796	+0%	2,393,259	43	213	0.22
2021	33,338	$46,098,725	+14%	2,378,528	43	209	0.22
2020	32,219	$40,268,016	first year in data	2,213,195	42	196	0.22

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
Florida	2,127	$3,652,203	160,718	44	224
California	2,296	$3,166,233	152,437	39	202
Texas	2,188	$2,648,228	139,560	39	186
New York	1,580	$2,239,561	116,315	38	249
Illinois	1,316	$1,817,990	99,672	48	248
Maryland	657	$1,734,185	89,478	44	213
North Carolina	1,285	$1,477,049	79,618	36	186
Pennsylvania	1,345	$1,390,473	86,462	42	185
Virginia	881	$1,307,763	68,710	48	217
New Jersey	884	$1,209,543	50,629	39	180
Georgia	1,034	$1,187,777	56,960	35	163
Ohio	1,215	$1,184,356	80,660	43	184
Tennessee	969	$1,174,120	64,612	39	173
Arizona	610	$1,059,527	49,002	51	233
Michigan	1,074	$1,027,694	63,806	44	152

Not listed: 3 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, XX, 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 2020.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,459	$2,319,853	105,503	39
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	958	$1,357,555	71,025	45
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	379	$1,225,269	68,256	42
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	760	$1,026,052	49,274	31
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	623	$775,259	36,307	37
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	476	$764,480	35,155	38
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	603	$715,219	43,351	48
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	395	$699,589	31,222	47
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	448	$677,911	27,256	36
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	591	$664,617	34,723	39
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	530	$588,114	26,624	31
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	468	$505,572	27,952	40
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	406	$470,459	29,346	40
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	325	$467,578	21,245	43
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	455	$460,202	24,283	34

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 100 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 73502 nationally

Orthopedic Surgery accounts for 47% of payment for 73502 nationally in 2020, across 22 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Orthopedic Surgery	7,953	25%	$18,731,126	47%	621,743	78
Diagnostic Radiology	17,984	56%	$13,298,812	33%	1,200,840	67
Portable X-Ray Supplier	240	0.74%	$3,036,992	7.5%	162,461	677
Physician Assistant	2,092	6.5%	$2,059,075	5.1%	91,928	44
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	381	1.2%	$587,090	1.5%	20,752	54
Family Practice	996	3.1%	$564,142	1.4%	21,731	22
Nurse Practitioner	489	1.5%	$446,134	1.1%	19,529	40
Sports Medicine	346	1.1%	$362,363	0.90%	12,173	35
Interventional Radiology	512	1.6%	$265,564	0.66%	25,231	49
Internal Medicine	430	1.3%	$219,126	0.54%	8,945	21
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	234	0.73%	$172,387	0.43%	5,293	23
Rheumatology	120	0.37%	$127,401	0.32%	3,967	33
Emergency Medicine	131	0.41%	$82,328	0.20%	3,711	28
Hand Surgery	62	0.19%	$59,900	0.15%	1,980	32
Radiation Oncology	26	0.08%	$30,296	0.08%	2,197	85

Not listed: 20 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 73502 nationally

Named top billers are a Pro figure, and Pro is not available to buy, so this list is not shown to any account. The counts and totals by state, metro area and specialty on this page are free.

Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; CMS suppresses provider lines with fewer than 11 beneficiaries. How these figures are computed · Limitations