	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	12,291	$29,768,410	+76%	443,757	23	103	0.00
2023	10,591	$16,953,980	+60%	362,486	22	96	0.00
2022	9,316	$10,597,928	-4%	349,215	23	112	0.00
2021	4,293	$11,004,304	+1266%	162,547	23	117	0.00
2020	493	$805,308	first year in data	11,669	17	55

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	771	$3,646,815	53,625	44	200
Texas	1,484	$3,227,271	48,030	22	86
Florida	808	$2,032,015	30,225	24	110
Virginia	741	$1,838,564	27,159	25	101
New Jersey	496	$1,750,859	25,947	36	143
Georgia	545	$1,392,002	20,584	24	104
North Carolina	508	$1,380,427	20,273	21	77
Kentucky	710	$1,277,006	19,779	20	66
South Carolina	457	$1,057,181	15,761	22	93
Indiana	512	$1,037,381	15,437	20	84
Maryland	376	$1,022,603	15,469	31	104
California	410	$937,621	14,039	20	87
Tennessee	314	$702,641	10,353	22	78
Mississippi	217	$701,594	10,613	36	132
Arkansas	292	$666,842	9,945	23	95

Not listed: 2 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AP, ZZ); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 6 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 2024.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	984	$4,757,268	70,128	50
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	490	$1,024,008	15,261	22
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	307	$666,217	10,017	23
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	250	$647,739	9,489	23
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	195	$621,303	9,410	43
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	167	$548,372	8,068	34
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	183	$486,589	7,252	24
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	265	$468,354	7,271	22
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	151	$447,431	6,617	30
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	123	$446,462	6,658	30
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	189	$425,951	6,338	23
Richmond, VA	156	$367,614	5,389	26
Asheville, NC	19	$330,008	4,802	26
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	189	$298,313	4,397	18
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	200	$277,638	4,095	16

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 98 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2024.

Specialties billing 87428 nationally

Nurse Practitioner accounts for 31% of payment for 87428 nationally in 2024, across 10 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nurse Practitioner	4,498	37%	$9,275,221	31%	138,275	31
Family Practice	3,323	27%	$8,141,545	27%	121,867	37
Physician Assistant	2,396	19%	$5,947,111	20%	88,406	37
Internal Medicine	1,358	11%	$2,925,558	9.8%	43,923	32
Emergency Medicine	516	4.2%	$2,510,027	8.4%	36,933	72
Clinical Laboratory	13	0.11%	$472,233	1.6%	6,946	534
General Practice	59	0.48%	$151,251	0.51%	2,266	38
Hospitalist	24	0.20%	$52,139	0.18%	769	32
Pediatric Medicine	22	0.18%	$46,156	0.16%	695	32
Allergy/ Immunology	11	0.09%	$17,927	0.06%	275	25

Not listed: 20 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 2024.

Top billers of 87428 nationally

Named top billers are a Pro figure, and Pro is not available to buy, so this list is not shown to any account. The counts and totals by state, metro area and specialty on this page are free.

Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; CMS suppresses provider lines with fewer than 11 beneficiaries. How these figures are computed · Limitations