	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	161	$4,294,205	-55%	104,577	124	3,555	0.00
2023	286	$9,586,898	-65%	232,596	118	3,523	0.00
2022	698	$27,712,263	-44%	665,309	65	3,582	0.00
2021	1,481	$49,817,552	+0%	1,184,606	38	1,597	0.00
2020	2,011	$49,643,748	first year in data	1,182,789	34	822

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
New Jersey	142	$13,934,406	331,195	32	771
New York	522	$6,779,753	161,172	35	396
Florida	169	$4,600,187	109,382	38	1,152
North Carolina	67	$4,548,931	108,131	31	288
California	128	$3,421,645	82,711	87	2,158
Texas	142	$2,411,884	57,958	40	641
Arizona	42	$2,077,064	49,374	35	718
Alabama	30	$1,239,097	29,431	47	891
Georgia	46	$1,187,374	28,252	68	960
Massachusetts	11	$1,177,112	27,982	129	10,719
Illinois	155	$1,080,058	25,688	19	211
Ohio	30	$998,596	23,722	58	2,370
Pennsylvania	24	$808,764	19,243	76	3,450
Tennessee	49	$593,170	14,179	34	312
Maryland	31	$511,891	12,181	33	365

Not listed: 21 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
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	507	$20,442,753	485,857	36
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	11	$2,339,623	55,579	138
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	27	$2,062,740	49,034	72
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	87	$2,057,694	48,955	90
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	70	$1,862,618	44,260	51
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	152	$1,110,713	26,418	19
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	17	$942,248	22,396	51
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	26	$900,863	21,406	65
Columbus, OH	13	$691,753	16,424	15
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	23	$592,636	14,088	24
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	18	$442,853	10,529	21
Kansas City, MO-KS	27	$415,455	9,893	21
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	16	$345,363	8,209	17
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	54	$332,305	7,983	26
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	23	$243,958	5,804	33

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 30 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 86769 nationally

Clinical Laboratory accounts for 90% of payment for 86769 nationally in 2020, across 15 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Clinical Laboratory	394	20%	$44,502,595	90%	1,059,831	2,690
Internal Medicine	644	32%	$2,044,487	4.1%	48,845	76
Family Practice	387	19%	$985,508	2.0%	23,639	61
Pathology	13	0.65%	$597,894	1.2%	14,364	1,105
Nurse Practitioner	152	7.6%	$298,499	0.60%	7,105	47
Rheumatology	38	1.9%	$289,747	0.58%	6,882	181
Physician Assistant	91	4.5%	$154,466	0.31%	3,684	40
Endocrinology	40	2.0%	$145,399	0.29%	3,477	87
Gastroenterology	18	0.90%	$138,604	0.28%	3,294	183
Cardiology	31	1.5%	$124,873	0.25%	2,966	96
Emergency Medicine	52	2.6%	$83,665	0.17%	2,014	39
Hematology-Oncology	40	2.0%	$67,613	0.14%	1,672	42
Nephrology	13	0.65%	$49,798	0.10%	1,182	91
General Practice	12	0.60%	$22,878	0.05%	553	46
Pulmonary Disease	12	0.60%	$18,786	0.04%	446	37

Not listed: 23 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 86769 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