	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
Texas	84	$172,942	2,372	22	65
Florida	48	$123,187	1,679	32	85
Tennessee	73	$83,960	1,318	16	30
Louisiana	48	$80,619	1,102	19	45
Alabama	24	$46,222	739	19	52
Mississippi	34	$45,582	623	17	35
North Carolina	26	$37,873	595	17	54
Kentucky	33	$29,315	461	13	19
Massachusetts	17	$23,020	362	21	35
Virginia	18	$22,946	354	16	35
Georgia	16	$14,944	235	13	24

Not listed: 22 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
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	13	$52,710	719	62
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	12	$26,603	362	37
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	14	$25,648	349	20
Tennessee outside metro areas	15	$17,996	283	16
Jackson, MS	12	$13,522	184	13
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	11	$12,963	197	15

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 6 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 87428 nationally

Nurse Practitioner accounts for 40% of payment for 87428 nationally in 2020, across 5 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nurse Practitioner	241	49%	$324,306	40%	4,733	20
Family Practice	101	20%	$180,801	22%	2,645	26
Physician Assistant	68	14%	$147,408	18%	2,105	31
Emergency Medicine	37	7.5%	$62,786	7.8%	888	24
Internal Medicine	31	6.3%	$55,932	6.9%	802	26

Not listed: 8 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 87428 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