	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	2,215	$4,102,952	172,589	46	236
California	2,453	$3,916,881	178,679	43	225
Texas	2,222	$2,991,117	148,052	44	198
New York	1,614	$2,798,002	137,150	42	276
Illinois	1,386	$2,021,628	108,697	51	254
Maryland	693	$1,872,768	85,560	46	246
North Carolina	1,350	$1,648,226	82,441	37	190
Pennsylvania	1,377	$1,593,612	93,143	42	197
Virginia	920	$1,495,026	73,954	47	235
New Jersey	946	$1,481,143	56,584	39	198
Ohio	1,217	$1,383,918	87,403	43	201
Georgia	1,070	$1,333,992	62,013	36	170
Massachusetts	822	$1,253,227	71,857	54	304
Tennessee	976	$1,252,964	63,482	40	174
Arizona	604	$1,192,772	51,536	51	251

Not listed: 6 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AP, 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 2022.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,544	$2,924,740	125,893	41
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	1,032	$1,584,680	81,829	49
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	845	$1,388,891	59,476	37
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	415	$1,206,854	61,023	44
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	618	$947,913	53,406	52
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	658	$931,634	42,514	44
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	533	$899,297	38,713	41
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	470	$880,753	32,214	37
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	641	$826,050	41,203	41
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	399	$812,186	33,902	48
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	547	$658,373	29,189	34
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	470	$561,000	27,441	38
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	467	$553,907	29,704	42
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	669	$537,506	37,313	36
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	385	$536,500	31,057	44

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 2022.

Specialties billing 73502 nationally

Orthopedic Surgery accounts for 47% of payment for 73502 nationally in 2022, across 22 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Orthopedic Surgery	7,948	24%	$21,679,889	47%	676,452	85
Diagnostic Radiology	17,855	54%	$14,624,919	32%	1,283,122	72
Physician Assistant	2,812	8.5%	$3,275,663	7.1%	133,240	47
Portable X-Ray Supplier	255	0.77%	$2,758,850	6.0%	136,927	537
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	396	1.2%	$691,149	1.5%	22,982	58
Nurse Practitioner	655	2.0%	$685,368	1.5%	27,993	43
Family Practice	994	3.0%	$668,661	1.4%	24,138	24
Sports Medicine	439	1.3%	$544,714	1.2%	17,000	39
Interventional Radiology	576	1.7%	$363,715	0.79%	33,383	58
Internal Medicine	411	1.2%	$242,628	0.52%	9,287	23
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	256	0.77%	$223,476	0.48%	6,442	25
Rheumatology	96	0.29%	$129,201	0.28%	3,710	39
Emergency Medicine	137	0.41%	$88,382	0.19%	3,728	27
Hand Surgery	62	0.19%	$71,903	0.16%	2,247	36
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	20	0.06%	$40,806	0.09%	1,213	61

Not listed: 23 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 2022.

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