	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	11,417	$35,730,720	-5%	626,785	29	167	0.81
2023	12,347	$37,657,447	-6%	647,989	29	160	0.81
2022	13,158	$39,976,283	-8%	683,403	30	154	0.81
2021	14,163	$43,680,203	+8%	735,181	30	154	0.81
2020	14,398	$40,355,697	first year in data	695,968	29	137	0.81

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	1,870	$9,998,499	137,405	42	227
New York	1,089	$6,824,257	90,889	39	290
Florida	1,040	$3,631,801	53,848	30	158
Texas	1,131	$3,089,623	54,586	29	143
New Jersey	536	$2,381,338	30,410	37	168
Maryland	298	$1,694,029	26,470	42	192
Arizona	296	$1,329,596	20,659	43	221
Pennsylvania	600	$1,062,120	25,947	28	112
Tennessee	434	$966,539	21,650	31	135
Virginia	364	$914,124	16,767	30	133
Illinois	379	$864,743	15,874	24	106
Michigan	456	$858,484	19,446	28	115
North Carolina	401	$670,188	14,766	26	95
Massachusetts	391	$658,124	16,176	30	114
Nevada	196	$632,607	10,022	35	133

Not listed: 3 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AP, 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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,158	$7,814,230	99,932	43
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	792	$6,065,312	74,241	50
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	210	$1,053,671	13,749	36
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	300	$1,022,414	15,799	28
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	381	$1,012,466	19,114	35
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	184	$979,814	16,715	35
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	184	$903,222	13,675	44
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	240	$854,087	12,840	27
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	301	$783,606	13,652	26
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	286	$649,161	13,737	32
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	175	$610,697	12,226	51
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	178	$584,376	8,741	34
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	266	$567,567	10,734	24
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	151	$556,748	8,119	35
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	321	$548,164	13,426	30

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 97 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 76700 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 65% of payment for 76700 nationally in 2021, across 18 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	11,368	80%	$28,552,160	65%	547,674	48
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	660	4.7%	$6,065,842	14%	79,761	121
Internal Medicine	639	4.5%	$2,855,997	6.5%	30,832	48
Gastroenterology	316	2.2%	$1,530,924	3.5%	17,762	56
Family Practice	368	2.6%	$1,205,362	2.8%	13,724	37
Interventional Radiology	369	2.6%	$921,481	2.1%	16,908	46
General Practice	50	0.35%	$575,535	1.3%	5,385	108
Cardiology	72	0.51%	$384,064	0.88%	3,896	54
Portable X-Ray Supplier	11	0.08%	$238,507	0.55%	3,310	301
Nurse Practitioner	54	0.38%	$194,068	0.44%	2,346	43
Obstetrics & Gynecology	16	0.11%	$148,430	0.34%	1,437	90
Urology	21	0.15%	$129,998	0.30%	1,261	60
Nuclear Medicine	28	0.20%	$79,238	0.18%	1,370	49
Endocrinology	12	0.08%	$76,550	0.18%	881	73
Physician Assistant	23	0.16%	$74,623	0.17%	925	40

Not listed: 25 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 76700 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