	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
California	1,955	$15,354,263	195,440	72	269
Florida	1,508	$13,650,326	169,788	81	306
Texas	1,723	$11,377,266	161,359	69	272
New York	1,305	$10,417,559	123,497	69	274
Illinois	956	$6,820,083	98,302	87	252
Pennsylvania	1,024	$6,766,949	100,849	79	245
Minnesota	836	$6,223,671	90,786	79	316
Maryland	421	$5,051,373	60,069	123	363
New Jersey	609	$5,028,019	61,367	77	270
Ohio	802	$4,814,046	74,549	76	229
North Carolina	827	$4,719,352	71,316	63	232
Virginia	563	$4,267,247	60,944	90	266
Georgia	646	$4,078,659	60,377	70	248
Tennessee	591	$3,910,066	58,396	79	247
Missouri	535	$3,762,422	57,199	78	306

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

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,222	$10,620,367	121,417	75
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	715	$6,149,401	77,265	76
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	731	$5,492,374	78,547	88
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	640	$5,452,422	79,585	98
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	539	$4,214,407	56,328	84
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	365	$3,687,288	47,192	95
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	553	$3,636,759	49,960	69
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	282	$3,048,897	36,204	117
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	295	$2,765,909	33,116	82
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	417	$2,620,879	37,975	60
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	453	$2,580,794	36,709	66
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	278	$2,341,750	29,321	79
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	358	$2,225,293	32,729	70
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	230	$1,756,259	22,709	85
St. Louis, MO-IL	290	$1,717,864	25,894	68

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 74176 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 92% of payment for 74176 nationally in 2022, across 15 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	19,964	88%	$144,264,644	92%	2,050,949	103
Interventional Radiology	716	3.2%	$4,016,065	2.6%	57,219	80
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	437	1.9%	$3,574,008	2.3%	28,993	66
Urology	598	2.6%	$2,025,644	1.3%	23,613	39
Hematology-Oncology	198	0.88%	$537,319	0.34%	6,512	33
Nuclear Medicine	72	0.32%	$479,169	0.31%	5,489	76
Radiation Oncology	91	0.40%	$327,971	0.21%	4,086	45
Internal Medicine	107	0.47%	$283,574	0.18%	3,319	31
Family Practice	80	0.35%	$189,422	0.12%	2,241	28
Medical Oncology	71	0.31%	$156,700	0.10%	1,945	27
Emergency Medicine	49	0.22%	$137,844	0.09%	1,466	30
Cardiology	16	0.07%	$110,168	0.07%	1,112	70
Physician Assistant	40	0.18%	$72,380	0.05%	878	22
Nurse Practitioner	36	0.16%	$58,624	0.04%	754	21
Gastroenterology	21	0.09%	$46,356	0.03%	519	25

Not listed: 27 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 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