	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	1,352	$2,247,630	42,201	21	88
Virginia	734	$1,449,827	30,801	28	112
Florida	694	$1,385,730	25,115	21	111
Maryland	342	$1,070,149	19,576	39	154
Georgia	493	$897,922	19,578	25	110
North Carolina	463	$754,650	17,059	21	82
New Jersey	405	$748,058	15,292	25	104
Mississippi	248	$685,783	12,715	37	151
Indiana	469	$647,187	13,675	20	74
Pennsylvania	275	$643,996	11,646	25	131
New York	465	$536,166	17,313	28	92
Kentucky	574	$514,431	16,182	21	65
South Carolina	306	$468,966	10,606	24	95
California	255	$422,102	8,773	19	89
Tennessee	291	$412,078	8,985	22	75

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

Not listed: 7 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 2023.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	683	$952,998	25,727	27
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	188	$712,778	12,946	58
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	291	$637,029	12,082	28
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	385	$580,434	11,220	21
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	233	$434,263	9,468	25
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	168	$399,625	8,581	37
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	146	$390,317	7,153	34
Richmond, VA	150	$315,776	6,669	31
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	244	$311,430	5,309	18
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	140	$300,777	5,666	25
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	109	$275,342	4,941	36
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	146	$254,471	6,048	25
Mississippi outside metro areas	70	$214,429	4,026	47
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	247	$213,569	6,429	20
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	172	$188,137	3,748	17

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 2023.

Specialties billing 87428 nationally

Nurse Practitioner accounts for 32% of payment for 87428 nationally in 2023, across 10 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nurse Practitioner	3,859	36%	$5,438,546	32%	116,311	30
Family Practice	2,866	27%	$5,082,551	30%	106,415	37
Physician Assistant	2,095	20%	$3,214,569	19%	69,383	33
Internal Medicine	1,144	11%	$1,848,113	11%	39,729	35
Emergency Medicine	441	4.2%	$914,028	5.4%	20,630	47
Clinical Laboratory	13	0.12%	$135,730	0.80%	3,630	279
General Practice	56	0.53%	$105,296	0.62%	2,171	39
Pediatric Medicine	21	0.20%	$48,774	0.29%	934	44
Allergy/ Immunology	13	0.12%	$14,980	0.09%	263	20
Hospitalist	17	0.16%	$13,614	0.08%	319	19

Not listed: 25 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 2023.

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