	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	26,591	$42,250,673	-3%	2,129,460	43	263	0.18
2023	26,819	$43,620,018	+1%	2,140,677	43	268	0.18
2022	26,356	$43,133,137	+1%	2,078,402	43	258	0.18
2021	26,202	$42,522,867	+20%	2,041,253	42	254	0.18
2020	24,800	$35,572,787	first year in data	1,802,760	40	238	0.18

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	2,074	$3,707,626	166,578	42	275
Florida	1,615	$3,422,513	137,332	41	293
New York	1,355	$3,050,301	132,500	44	321
Texas	1,832	$2,637,352	131,206	41	226
Illinois	1,072	$1,820,237	90,671	46	329
Pennsylvania	905	$1,751,800	87,258	46	318
New Jersey	736	$1,730,365	58,209	39	286
North Carolina	956	$1,704,364	75,012	40	273
Virginia	718	$1,496,515	65,934	43	307
Maryland	572	$1,364,859	57,200	53	319
Georgia	802	$1,171,561	52,261	34	213
Tennessee	770	$1,167,332	55,345	39	241
Ohio	893	$1,156,071	64,350	41	221
Massachusetts	682	$1,087,292	55,732	45	246
Michigan	829	$996,491	52,872	39	191

Not listed: 4 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AE, 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	1,340	$3,472,410	133,548	45
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	790	$1,428,052	67,527	45
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	667	$1,185,959	50,341	33
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	408	$1,046,202	41,577	45
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	369	$971,212	33,720	47
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	511	$817,279	42,061	42
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	527	$785,712	36,562	40
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	304	$677,518	31,201	50
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	371	$646,168	29,239	41
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	375	$632,325	28,549	46
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	377	$619,734	25,553	34
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	456	$606,865	26,910	34
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	547	$529,466	31,284	34
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	399	$517,921	25,302	38
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	211	$515,291	21,838	51

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 73562 nationally

Orthopedic Surgery accounts for 58% of payment for 73562 nationally in 2021, across 21 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Orthopedic Surgery	6,896	26%	$24,608,739	58%	845,955	123
Diagnostic Radiology	13,240	51%	$9,956,027	23%	840,326	63
Physician Assistant	2,468	9.4%	$3,282,099	7.7%	153,246	62
Nurse Practitioner	550	2.1%	$801,966	1.9%	36,854	67
Sports Medicine	334	1.3%	$715,904	1.7%	24,275	73
Portable X-Ray Supplier	157	0.60%	$707,180	1.7%	35,758	228
Family Practice	853	3.3%	$620,346	1.5%	25,299	30
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	334	1.3%	$550,810	1.3%	20,683	62
Rheumatology	184	0.70%	$287,038	0.68%	9,270	50
Internal Medicine	271	1.0%	$209,681	0.49%	8,277	31
Interventional Radiology	379	1.4%	$196,351	0.46%	18,099	48
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	138	0.53%	$152,993	0.36%	4,804	35
Emergency Medicine	147	0.56%	$131,590	0.31%	5,163	35
Hand Surgery	66	0.25%	$76,927	0.18%	2,529	38
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	15	0.06%	$50,180	0.12%	1,775	118

Not listed: 21 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 73562 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