	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	586	$1,420,976	19,459	20	96
Tennessee	340	$1,335,909	21,034	51	146
Mississippi	308	$1,196,116	16,422	36	154
Florida	254	$784,338	10,724	26	120
Louisiana	177	$681,986	9,336	32	170
Kentucky	213	$554,545	8,728	26	120
Georgia	270	$533,479	8,517	22	86
Alabama	181	$466,556	7,370	27	106
North Carolina	209	$442,364	6,983	23	93
Virginia	268	$437,728	6,760	20	50
Maryland	157	$353,209	4,840	22	59
Indiana	133	$273,673	4,382	18	103
Pennsylvania	115	$273,375	3,744	25	79
Oklahoma	81	$237,446	3,246	25	113
Arkansas	91	$205,796	2,805	23	66

Not listed: 1 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AE); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 15 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
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	140	$328,055	4,498	19
Mississippi outside metro areas	63	$294,295	4,040	50
Lake Charles, LA	35	$249,869	3,410	89
Tupelo, MS	59	$246,028	3,371	39
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	70	$234,870	3,685	37
Jackson, MS	76	$228,558	3,141	29
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	75	$226,629	3,093	25
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	96	$211,988	2,897	20
Tennessee outside metro areas	51	$211,609	3,326	50
Kentucky outside metro areas	70	$207,575	3,261	37
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	111	$194,371	2,805	19
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	39	$173,994	2,377	33
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	96	$171,865	2,701	20
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	44	$163,549	2,371	19
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	56	$145,038	2,294	22

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 82 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 87428 nationally

Nurse Practitioner accounts for 43% of payment for 87428 nationally in 2021, across 8 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nurse Practitioner	1,715	40%	$4,742,576	43%	70,304	41
Family Practice	1,174	27%	$2,794,580	25%	41,170	35
Physician Assistant	712	17%	$1,601,768	15%	23,808	33
Internal Medicine	433	10%	$979,047	8.9%	14,333	33
Emergency Medicine	148	3.4%	$514,900	4.7%	7,429	50
Clinical Laboratory	20	0.47%	$137,332	1.2%	2,090	105
Pediatric Medicine	19	0.44%	$56,882	0.52%	793	42
General Practice	22	0.51%	$53,902	0.49%	802	36

Not listed: 24 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 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