	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	13,735	$17,544,777	-38%	510,998	23	101	0.00
2023	17,750	$28,302,238	-54%	823,257	24	119	0.00
2022	25,425	$62,141,029	-7%	1,639,527	33	198	0.00
2021	24,677	$66,500,277	+205%	1,694,390	36	226	0.00
2020	10,092	$21,787,939	first year in data	550,905	29	159

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	1,187	$2,871,485	63,818	29	149
New York	882	$2,339,795	65,839	46	183
Florida	726	$1,962,434	43,898	35	193
Mississippi	479	$1,468,927	32,850	44	169
Georgia	550	$1,122,411	31,476	31	201
New Jersey	438	$1,107,032	24,881	37	177
Oklahoma	245	$984,262	21,909	43	241
California	350	$765,571	21,443	33	194
North Carolina	428	$757,538	21,354	23	133
Virginia	370	$670,898	18,608	23	135
Maryland	261	$653,060	14,576	32	119
Alabama	331	$618,747	17,548	34	146
Arkansas	301	$571,595	12,695	30	97
Kentucky	322	$566,470	16,008	26	157
Tennessee	332	$492,393	13,715	23	134

Not listed: 3 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AE, ZZ); they are in the national totals.

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
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,088	$2,929,977	77,847	46
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	277	$655,227	14,544	25
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	210	$456,826	12,745	31
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	196	$436,661	12,328	41
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	150	$435,650	9,769	40
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	161	$353,199	7,837	38
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	133	$330,086	7,794	21
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	137	$327,850	7,297	25
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	129	$323,823	7,194	37
Oklahoma City, OK	90	$312,813	7,009	39
Jackson, MS	90	$273,959	6,132	58
Tupelo, MS	86	$264,212	5,900	50
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	85	$260,326	7,318	20
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	140	$255,124	5,661	25
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	132	$245,762	6,867	26

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 94 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 87426 nationally

Nurse Practitioner accounts for 31% of payment for 87426 nationally in 2020, across 15 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nurse Practitioner	3,719	37%	$6,653,153	31%	164,940	44
Family Practice	2,391	24%	$5,050,361	23%	128,841	54
Physician Assistant	1,928	19%	$3,745,744	17%	94,412	49
Internal Medicine	821	8.1%	$2,339,903	11%	61,075	74
Emergency Medicine	763	7.6%	$2,282,753	10%	58,937	77
Clinical Laboratory	47	0.47%	$633,631	2.9%	15,117	322
General Practice	94	0.93%	$307,873	1.4%	7,645	81
Pediatric Medicine	48	0.48%	$164,250	0.75%	4,030	84
Gastroenterology	31	0.31%	$81,644	0.37%	2,240	72
Pulmonary Disease	30	0.30%	$44,801	0.21%	1,119	37
General Surgery	23	0.23%	$41,316	0.19%	1,076	47
Otolaryngology	18	0.18%	$30,948	0.14%	875	49
Hospitalist	19	0.19%	$24,327	0.11%	631	33
Cardiology	19	0.19%	$23,273	0.11%	608	32
Nephrology	12	0.12%	$13,714	0.06%	368	31

Not listed: 41 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 87426 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