	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
New York	1,661	$8,062,623	225,534	71	439
Texas	2,411	$6,719,445	149,625	33	193
Florida	1,580	$6,113,776	136,693	44	287
New Jersey	1,007	$4,454,730	100,163	53	326
Maryland	851	$3,552,260	79,192	43	293
Georgia	1,204	$2,818,060	79,380	38	192
Virginia	1,140	$2,501,697	68,059	32	206
California	834	$2,340,390	65,890	35	283
North Carolina	1,217	$2,325,563	65,381	33	151
Mississippi	676	$2,203,887	49,328	46	212
Pennsylvania	761	$2,120,594	47,675	41	160
Oklahoma	559	$1,614,868	36,090	38	195
Illinois	601	$1,595,717	44,823	33	233
Ohio	857	$1,526,448	42,818	32	140
Kentucky	827	$1,479,197	41,890	30	162

Not listed: 4 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AE, ZZ); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 3 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
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	2,108	$10,672,727	279,847	71
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	662	$2,007,685	47,436	30
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	473	$1,865,358	41,398	50
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	664	$1,594,351	35,533	28
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	366	$1,438,324	32,141	54
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	566	$1,338,170	37,703	39
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	412	$1,211,352	34,124	39
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	263	$1,209,403	27,156	40
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	387	$1,200,807	26,747	34
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	402	$1,151,701	32,472	38
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	261	$1,036,164	23,080	55
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	304	$972,837	27,564	45
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	229	$871,912	19,419	49
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	310	$833,271	18,618	34
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	290	$640,032	18,074	36

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 100 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 87426 nationally

Nurse Practitioner accounts for 37% of payment for 87426 nationally in 2021, across 27 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nurse Practitioner	10,611	43%	$24,888,695	37%	631,360	60
Family Practice	5,069	21%	$12,869,683	19%	329,170	65
Physician Assistant	4,581	19%	$11,459,104	17%	291,292	64
Emergency Medicine	1,154	4.7%	$6,541,196	9.8%	167,398	145
Internal Medicine	1,917	7.8%	$5,531,629	8.3%	142,629	74
Clinical Laboratory	286	1.2%	$1,684,051	2.5%	42,664	149
General Practice	172	0.70%	$715,841	1.1%	17,839	104
Gastroenterology	127	0.51%	$408,729	0.61%	10,439	82
Pediatric Medicine	82	0.33%	$396,240	0.60%	9,619	117
Pulmonary Disease	103	0.42%	$251,212	0.38%	6,255	61
General Surgery	32	0.13%	$152,467	0.23%	3,766	118
Cardiology	76	0.31%	$143,483	0.22%	3,780	50
Pathology	14	0.06%	$136,985	0.21%	3,798	271
Hospitalist	31	0.13%	$102,087	0.15%	2,509	81
Otolaryngology	49	0.20%	$96,522	0.15%	2,636	54

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 2021.

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