	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	2,256	$4,214,412	178,283	47	235
California	2,456	$4,039,814	182,512	45	237
Texas	2,278	$3,048,963	151,529	42	203
New York	1,553	$2,813,378	139,083	43	285
Illinois	1,388	$2,082,783	111,967	49	270
Maryland	719	$1,893,507	88,444	45	268
North Carolina	1,393	$1,657,240	82,620	35	184
Pennsylvania	1,327	$1,636,629	94,570	44	213
New Jersey	987	$1,580,333	61,086	40	202
Virginia	939	$1,545,654	76,577	44	252
Ohio	1,210	$1,355,550	87,116	40	212
Tennessee	1,022	$1,349,469	67,044	39	185
Georgia	1,083	$1,338,202	61,572	37	168
Massachusetts	788	$1,269,802	73,462	55	304
Arizona	613	$1,241,194	51,670	51	272

Not listed: 10 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AE, 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 2023.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,516	$3,027,828	132,207	42
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	1,040	$1,648,546	84,882	47
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	826	$1,419,518	59,574	38
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	420	$1,241,380	63,724	47
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	703	$981,701	46,157	43
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	580	$954,352	53,870	52
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	494	$943,665	34,230	35
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	513	$905,084	39,701	41
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	398	$859,718	34,484	49
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	631	$850,849	42,488	45
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	554	$660,084	28,749	33
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	488	$586,331	28,329	34
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	397	$573,034	32,918	41
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	672	$539,524	37,338	37
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	368	$509,157	23,233	41

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 2023.

Specialties billing 73502 nationally

Orthopedic Surgery accounts for 47% of payment for 73502 nationally in 2023, across 22 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Orthopedic Surgery	7,838	24%	$21,822,209	47%	687,372	88
Diagnostic Radiology	17,574	53%	$14,467,486	31%	1,270,216	72
Physician Assistant	3,090	9.3%	$3,615,851	7.7%	146,573	47
Portable X-Ray Supplier	247	0.74%	$2,736,273	5.9%	138,426	560
Nurse Practitioner	750	2.3%	$798,969	1.7%	33,146	44
Family Practice	956	2.9%	$666,391	1.4%	23,857	25
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	402	1.2%	$650,325	1.4%	22,102	55
Sports Medicine	484	1.5%	$590,417	1.3%	18,390	38
Interventional Radiology	635	1.9%	$393,797	0.84%	36,408	57
Internal Medicine	397	1.2%	$238,803	0.51%	9,240	23
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	256	0.77%	$230,345	0.49%	6,777	26
Rheumatology	87	0.26%	$112,203	0.24%	3,254	37
Emergency Medicine	162	0.49%	$102,279	0.22%	4,306	27
Hand Surgery	72	0.22%	$72,395	0.15%	2,376	33
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	19	0.06%	$44,261	0.09%	1,349	71

Not listed: 22 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 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