	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	3,320	$92,171,117	+22%	508,830	35	762	0.70
2023	3,348	$75,415,077	+16%	431,630	36	592	0.70
2022	3,349	$65,226,056	+8%	385,541	37	513	0.70
2021	3,426	$60,663,133	+11%	354,223	39	348	0.70
2020	3,378	$54,718,473	first year in data	336,914	40	309	0.70

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
Texas	197	$8,030,144	39,878	44	947
California	301	$7,066,623	34,208	41	385
Florida	292	$6,869,666	35,445	49	443
North Carolina	136	$3,401,632	19,849	41	354
Arizona	92	$3,400,686	16,408	55	759
Georgia	112	$3,131,581	17,762	41	1,024
Alabama	46	$1,926,321	10,478	59	1,254
Illinois	144	$1,702,756	11,811	37	257
Pennsylvania	201	$1,530,230	12,953	36	101
New York	159	$1,369,947	8,518	28	113
Tennessee	71	$1,361,882	8,984	52	496
Indiana	75	$1,313,464	8,812	49	259
Missouri	68	$1,198,596	8,563	44	413
New Jersey	87	$976,762	7,507	41	269
South Carolina	56	$963,727	6,158	45	511

Not listed: 8 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 2020.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	68	$3,092,476	14,570	70
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	17	$1,868,928	8,814	54
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	52	$1,856,560	8,906	58
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	171	$1,826,740	11,734	33
Fresno, CA	13	$1,817,454	7,751	121
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	63	$1,553,295	7,709	37
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	96	$1,507,647	8,417	39
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	106	$1,391,493	9,606	44
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	46	$1,181,276	6,349	31
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	58	$1,081,152	6,348	41
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	17	$1,062,762	5,048	67
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	25	$1,013,132	4,744	46
Jacksonville, FL	34	$882,453	4,613	36
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	36	$841,561	3,496	42
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	23	$807,608	3,669	23

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 46 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2020.

Specialties billing 77280 nationally

Dermatology accounts for 62% of payment for 77280 nationally in 2020, across 5 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Dermatology	226	6.7%	$34,198,456	62%	156,844	694
Radiation Oncology	3,049	90%	$16,554,626	30%	159,323	52
Radiation Therapy Center	26	0.77%	$387,570	0.71%	1,981	76
Physician Assistant	11	0.33%	$184,133	0.34%	971	88
Diagnostic Radiology	21	0.62%	$110,344	0.20%	916	44

Not listed: 15 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 2020.

Top billers of 77280 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