	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	2,176	$4,068,077	169,475	44	240
California	2,412	$3,789,598	171,134	42	227
Texas	2,258	$2,982,232	146,571	41	194
New York	1,651	$2,757,586	133,505	41	259
Illinois	1,378	$2,064,063	109,070	51	252
Maryland	691	$1,925,515	89,505	45	223
North Carolina	1,322	$1,656,317	83,147	37	199
Pennsylvania	1,404	$1,598,209	93,738	41	203
New Jersey	946	$1,493,751	56,656	40	201
Virginia	941	$1,485,503	74,354	47	226
Ohio	1,230	$1,358,712	86,412	44	197
Georgia	1,069	$1,327,039	60,596	35	175
Tennessee	996	$1,289,998	65,831	40	180
Arizona	623	$1,210,660	53,325	54	237
Massachusetts	844	$1,206,719	69,137	53	263

Not listed: 3 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AP, XX); 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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,552	$2,889,899	122,492	40
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	1,028	$1,574,661	80,271	49
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	808	$1,307,760	57,122	34
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	403	$1,269,553	64,893	44
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	663	$930,011	41,430	41
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	623	$904,521	50,977	52
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	495	$871,359	37,795	39
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	466	$870,742	32,330	39
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	644	$830,445	40,161	40
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	405	$812,907	34,288	51
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	540	$678,745	29,266	34
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	457	$576,380	30,089	43
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	408	$562,869	32,191	44
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	667	$557,529	36,790	39
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	476	$520,767	25,481	35

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 2021.

Specialties billing 73502 nationally

Orthopedic Surgery accounts for 47% of payment for 73502 nationally in 2021, across 23 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Orthopedic Surgery	8,091	24%	$21,658,609	47%	674,100	83
Diagnostic Radiology	18,046	54%	$14,863,343	32%	1,284,980	71
Portable X-Ray Supplier	255	0.76%	$2,888,158	6.3%	146,737	575
Physician Assistant	2,485	7.5%	$2,769,833	6.0%	113,268	46
Family Practice	1,115	3.3%	$715,003	1.6%	25,813	23
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	396	1.2%	$692,713	1.5%	22,964	58
Nurse Practitioner	602	1.8%	$612,143	1.3%	25,081	42
Sports Medicine	414	1.2%	$480,379	1.0%	14,876	36
Interventional Radiology	538	1.6%	$320,230	0.69%	28,992	54
Internal Medicine	502	1.5%	$284,366	0.62%	10,702	21
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	260	0.78%	$218,252	0.47%	6,322	24
Rheumatology	114	0.34%	$129,890	0.28%	3,806	33
Emergency Medicine	153	0.46%	$99,390	0.22%	4,277	28
Hand Surgery	79	0.24%	$73,513	0.16%	2,225	28
Radiation Oncology	28	0.08%	$37,340	0.08%	2,641	94

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 2021.

Top billers of 73502 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