	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	22,065	$130,710,123	-6%	1,923,949	63	239	1.74
2023	22,168	$139,602,945	-11%	1,980,729	66	242	1.74
2022	22,584	$156,679,010	+6%	2,194,394	73	261	1.74
2021	22,377	$148,391,683	+1%	1,999,668	68	235	1.74
2020	22,384	$147,224,361	first year in data	1,954,684	67	229	1.74

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	1,492	$13,591,214	159,545	78	290
California	1,830	$13,084,707	159,514	63	235
Texas	1,691	$10,715,694	145,696	64	244
New York	1,299	$10,006,619	113,759	66	235
Illinois	927	$6,432,333	89,604	81	231
Pennsylvania	1,015	$6,159,293	89,033	69	220
Minnesota	841	$5,441,006	77,060	69	248
New Jersey	604	$5,202,020	59,535	76	234
Ohio	805	$4,805,985	72,044	72	216
Maryland	421	$4,690,162	52,879	112	318
North Carolina	778	$4,293,643	62,277	61	209
Virginia	550	$4,111,419	56,042	88	242
Georgia	641	$3,915,331	56,133	65	234
Tennessee	580	$3,817,356	54,156	77	233
Michigan	691	$3,793,685	55,927	68	194

Not listed: 7 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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,215	$10,614,032	116,008	71
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	657	$5,284,462	62,826	65
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	716	$5,128,213	71,236	81
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	641	$4,698,822	66,760	81
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	361	$3,777,055	45,795	94
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	519	$3,649,318	46,069	70
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	514	$3,215,855	41,617	60
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	301	$2,891,955	33,170	80
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	281	$2,740,350	30,935	102
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	412	$2,462,533	34,563	57
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	473	$2,437,996	33,757	56
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	281	$2,371,582	28,912	69
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	357	$2,063,629	29,516	63
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	303	$1,713,478	24,768	70
St. Louis, MO-IL	289	$1,709,007	25,039	70

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 74176 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 92% of payment for 74176 nationally in 2021, across 15 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	19,879	89%	$136,594,746	92%	1,871,545	94
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	428	1.9%	$3,625,131	2.4%	28,088	66
Interventional Radiology	645	2.9%	$3,418,735	2.3%	47,410	74
Urology	623	2.8%	$2,229,298	1.5%	24,275	39
Hematology-Oncology	198	0.88%	$491,679	0.33%	5,462	28
Nuclear Medicine	65	0.29%	$457,225	0.31%	4,866	75
Radiation Oncology	87	0.39%	$291,777	0.20%	3,453	40
Internal Medicine	103	0.46%	$283,072	0.19%	2,961	29
Family Practice	85	0.38%	$207,583	0.14%	2,294	27
Medical Oncology	60	0.27%	$147,715	0.10%	1,735	29
Emergency Medicine	35	0.16%	$97,485	0.07%	1,090	31
Cardiology	16	0.07%	$81,329	0.05%	708	44
Physician Assistant	35	0.16%	$78,067	0.05%	901	26
Nurse Practitioner	29	0.13%	$54,717	0.04%	700	24
Gastroenterology	15	0.07%	$34,393	0.02%	353	24

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 2021.

Top billers of 74176 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