	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	18,664	$51,853,514	-3%	1,193,652	38	191	0.74
2023	18,942	$53,390,129	-2%	1,192,866	39	181	0.74
2022	19,225	$54,516,967	-4%	1,194,202	39	176	0.74
2021	19,828	$56,651,513	+9%	1,213,915	39	173	0.74
2020	19,618	$51,873,478	first year in data	1,134,345	38	161	0.74

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	1,994	$8,939,500	149,207	46	196
New York	1,260	$6,111,296	106,861	45	282
Florida	1,324	$4,531,721	91,066	43	209
Texas	1,329	$3,107,962	73,162	35	162
New Jersey	650	$3,094,894	46,112	42	205
Maryland	422	$1,724,698	33,339	50	184
Massachusetts	514	$1,722,276	42,332	53	253
Illinois	798	$1,671,181	43,656	36	148
Georgia	626	$1,598,111	38,859	41	172
Pennsylvania	791	$1,521,329	44,815	40	152
Virginia	473	$1,472,277	33,719	43	244
Michigan	592	$1,400,771	41,318	40	223
Arizona	320	$1,268,701	23,013	44	226
North Carolina	634	$1,174,895	32,274	34	144
Tennessee	486	$1,129,119	28,318	37	181

Not listed: 7 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, 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 2023.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,288	$7,167,673	113,264	46
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	769	$5,176,559	73,749	51
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	381	$1,177,993	29,601	50
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	590	$1,175,450	31,699	36
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	431	$1,167,759	26,379	40
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	280	$1,148,327	23,514	50
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	377	$1,094,839	24,511	41
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	435	$1,008,372	22,172	35
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	259	$1,003,186	18,048	47
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	350	$964,889	21,311	38
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	208	$920,277	16,025	44
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	317	$869,661	24,933	48
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	207	$758,148	14,562	36
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	218	$591,070	12,578	46
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	310	$587,207	15,903	30

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 98 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2023.

Specialties billing 76770 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 61% of payment for 76770 nationally in 2023, across 18 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Diagnostic Radiology	15,206	80%	$32,744,698	61%	891,847	59
Urology	1,280	6.8%	$9,948,821	19%	134,392	105
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	593	3.1%	$4,601,386	8.6%	67,899	115
Interventional Radiology	625	3.3%	$1,299,987	2.4%	34,736	56
Internal Medicine	379	2.0%	$1,276,100	2.4%	15,903	42
Nephrology	196	1.0%	$789,870	1.5%	10,795	55
Family Practice	209	1.1%	$582,265	1.1%	8,142	39
General Practice	31	0.16%	$492,639	0.92%	5,171	167
Nurse Practitioner	93	0.49%	$268,728	0.50%	4,234	46
Cardiology	49	0.26%	$238,404	0.45%	2,754	56
Physician Assistant	60	0.32%	$152,924	0.29%	2,390	40
Portable X-Ray Supplier	16	0.08%	$85,678	0.16%	1,445	90
Emergency Medicine	21	0.11%	$85,109	0.16%	1,265	60
Nuclear Medicine	38	0.20%	$66,249	0.12%	1,636	43
Obstetrics & Gynecology	17	0.09%	$60,374	0.11%	778	46

Not listed: 26 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 2023.

Top billers of 76770 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