	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	194	$8,368,831	39,861	42	1,077
Florida	294	$6,677,554	34,008	48	451
California	299	$6,482,574	30,903	38	409
North Carolina	128	$3,808,128	20,447	38	323
Georgia	108	$3,125,487	17,203	39	885
Arizona	88	$2,860,845	13,835	49	637
Illinois	152	$2,707,803	16,272	39	536
Alabama	53	$2,492,476	12,640	40	1,453
Indiana	81	$2,141,420	12,242	50	712
South Carolina	56	$1,900,185	10,404	41	906
Pennsylvania	200	$1,668,801	13,493	35	96
Tennessee	78	$1,650,633	10,256	45	594
Missouri	66	$1,555,841	10,196	56	710
New Jersey	84	$1,458,674	9,378	46	206
Minnesota	50	$1,423,060	6,602	26	204

Not listed: 7 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
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	66	$2,624,754	12,355	53
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	116	$2,132,587	12,865	44
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	96	$1,857,787	9,593	36
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	170	$1,823,668	11,773	31
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	53	$1,698,797	8,673	31
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	47	$1,621,815	7,423	44
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	16	$1,340,105	6,115	75
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	24	$1,307,618	5,770	26
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	60	$1,188,013	5,849	27
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	55	$1,126,049	6,420	37
Fresno, CA	12	$1,015,929	4,310	88
St. Louis, MO-IL	29	$1,006,051	5,961	75
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	33	$991,275	5,382	52
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	40	$854,688	3,678	42
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	55	$853,686	5,110	45

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 43 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 77280 nationally

Dermatology accounts for 64% of payment for 77280 nationally in 2021, across 5 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Dermatology	240	7.0%	$38,562,570	64%	171,815	716
Radiation Oncology	3,068	90%	$16,376,149	27%	154,276	50
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery	13	0.38%	$1,207,444	2.0%	5,569	428
Radiation Therapy Center	23	0.67%	$299,939	0.49%	1,431	62
Diagnostic Radiology	22	0.64%	$91,678	0.15%	772	35

Not listed: 18 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 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