	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	1,083	$1,073,163	35,292	22	88
Virginia	697	$952,054	31,439	29	142
Maryland	327	$745,065	24,606	51	227
Georgia	585	$726,806	24,038	27	118
Florida	450	$533,289	17,522	22	137
Kentucky	563	$502,524	16,554	21	72
Pennsylvania	302	$485,488	15,939	27	191
Indiana	506	$471,899	15,543	20	91
Mississippi	290	$445,678	14,719	30	141
New Jersey	256	$377,866	12,418	27	124
Arkansas	291	$349,475	11,461	25	104
North Carolina	367	$341,703	11,246	22	76
Tennessee	308	$310,562	10,242	22	95
Illinois	272	$255,568	8,418	21	64
Alabama	236	$254,889	8,468	26	83

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

Not listed: 4 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 2022.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	181	$510,986	16,816	70
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	281	$447,747	14,780	36
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	301	$415,341	13,647	27
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	281	$355,333	11,710	27
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	139	$296,177	9,720	42
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	295	$250,302	8,211	20
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	168	$246,134	8,146	32
Richmond, VA	139	$221,146	7,299	35
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	118	$181,256	5,983	32
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	219	$165,165	5,436	20
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	110	$150,951	4,947	31
Tupelo, MS	62	$149,506	4,949	58
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	137	$147,763	4,845	28
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	198	$127,127	4,174	17
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	178	$125,865	4,137	19

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 2022.

Specialties billing 87428 nationally

Nurse Practitioner accounts for 32% of payment for 87428 nationally in 2022, across 9 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nurse Practitioner	3,582	38%	$3,386,351	32%	111,508	31
Family Practice	2,565	28%	$3,300,150	31%	108,910	42
Physician Assistant	1,724	19%	$1,810,400	17%	59,628	35
Internal Medicine	958	10%	$1,250,661	12%	41,202	43
Emergency Medicine	297	3.2%	$533,654	5.0%	17,537	59
Clinical Laboratory	20	0.21%	$79,364	0.75%	2,622	131
General Practice	44	0.47%	$64,603	0.61%	2,129	48
Pediatric Medicine	24	0.26%	$47,066	0.44%	1,550	65
Allergy/ Immunology	17	0.18%	$16,891	0.16%	558	33

Not listed: 26 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 2022.

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