	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	20,838	$41,162,853	+1%	1,657,456	43	261	0.22
2023	20,494	$40,581,653	+6%	1,615,654	44	261	0.22
2022	19,871	$38,261,693	+4%	1,528,697	43	256	0.22
2021	19,405	$36,738,064	+34%	1,469,461	42	251	0.22
2020	17,756	$27,428,158	first year in data	1,198,148	39	219	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	1,126	$3,201,485	110,571	46	370
California	1,481	$3,102,349	110,983	41	249
Texas	981	$2,455,592	84,587	49	271
Illinois	1,026	$2,276,790	88,593	43	310
New York	856	$2,020,020	78,984	40	322
Pennsylvania	1,058	$1,574,591	75,874	42	235
New Jersey	585	$1,479,385	46,139	39	305
Virginia	678	$1,330,536	53,929	43	304
Maryland	463	$1,164,853	38,733	44	296
North Carolina	676	$1,157,341	47,118	42	241
Georgia	478	$1,101,246	40,023	57	257
Ohio	701	$1,079,898	54,011	44	276
Michigan	765	$996,925	45,905	41	178
Arizona	400	$958,965	35,187	49	296
Massachusetts	543	$932,218	46,206	46	298

Not listed: 3 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AE, AP); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 3 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	731	$2,228,263	75,052	40
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	729	$1,752,769	64,295	44
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	462	$1,187,375	39,403	38
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	548	$1,147,951	43,417	42
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	268	$847,890	26,587	50
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	344	$785,417	26,003	42
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	397	$689,132	32,788	43
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	248	$680,427	23,586	45
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	260	$663,514	21,538	34
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	249	$616,861	20,127	39
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	215	$595,692	19,556	60
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	209	$515,016	16,708	49
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	299	$481,243	18,912	42
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	192	$469,893	16,425	38
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	297	$425,408	17,810	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 2021.

Specialties billing 73564 nationally

Orthopedic Surgery accounts for 61% of payment for 73564 nationally in 2021, across 19 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Orthopedic Surgery	5,617	29%	$22,361,084	61%	664,342	118
Diagnostic Radiology	9,479	49%	$7,457,022	20%	551,951	58
Physician Assistant	1,900	9.8%	$2,788,375	7.6%	111,815	59
Sports Medicine	468	2.4%	$1,447,947	3.9%	43,433	93
Family Practice	566	2.9%	$794,452	2.2%	25,084	44
Nurse Practitioner	378	1.9%	$557,794	1.5%	22,474	59
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	157	0.81%	$272,100	0.74%	8,803	56
Internal Medicine	143	0.74%	$166,567	0.45%	5,623	39
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	101	0.52%	$152,643	0.42%	4,423	44
Interventional Radiology	265	1.4%	$147,371	0.40%	11,077	42
Rheumatology	49	0.25%	$143,849	0.39%	4,079	83
Portable X-Ray Supplier	42	0.22%	$95,419	0.26%	4,309	103
Emergency Medicine	69	0.36%	$87,918	0.24%	2,755	40
Hand Surgery	38	0.20%	$61,349	0.17%	1,759	46
Radiation Oncology	17	0.09%	$41,003	0.11%	1,861	109

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 73564 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