	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	2,407	$27,424,401	-33%	198,171	24	113	0.00
2023	2,192	$40,693,901	+36%	293,634	27	170	0.00
2022	2,132	$29,890,138	+169%	214,400	28	183	0.00
2021	1,162	$11,119,977	+546%	78,236	28	148	0.00
2020	142	$1,720,403	first year in data	12,154	21	261

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	177	$7,067,941	50,607	21	114
California	101	$5,581,137	39,972	35	2,416
Ohio	40	$2,135,621	15,295	24	169
Texas	204	$1,847,659	13,528	19	121
Tennessee	217	$1,012,313	7,431	24	100
Kentucky	214	$1,010,935	7,378	24	88
New Jersey	23	$983,833	7,042	38	1,699
Illinois	107	$751,052	5,391	27	92
Massachusetts	121	$693,143	4,969	32	95
Washington	116	$633,415	4,636	30	71
Mississippi	101	$514,047	3,734	32	74
Maryland	121	$483,392	3,541	18	74
South Carolina	92	$466,089	3,386	23	78
North Carolina	85	$435,760	3,312	21	93
Louisiana	63	$411,919	2,985	35	113

Not listed: 1 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (ZZ); 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 2024.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	109	$7,573,017	54,201	24
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	27	$2,365,598	16,925	48
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	13	$1,723,389	12,331	20
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	174	$822,124	5,958	25
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	100	$735,676	5,281	30
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	119	$506,196	3,726	22
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	80	$460,704	3,306	33
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	53	$383,265	2,755	33
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	74	$367,222	2,667	20
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	77	$333,095	2,450	26
Jackson, MS	61	$323,825	2,334	34
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	41	$290,194	2,233	19
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	61	$288,022	2,101	32
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	53	$278,432	2,012	26
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	39	$269,459	1,951	39

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 45 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 87636 nationally

Clinical Laboratory accounts for 61% of payment for 87636 nationally in 2024, across 8 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Clinical Laboratory	119	4.9%	$16,666,630	61%	119,295	1,002
Nurse Practitioner	853	35%	$3,684,966	13%	27,010	32
Family Practice	506	21%	$2,510,100	9.2%	18,398	36
Physician Assistant	498	21%	$2,220,097	8.1%	16,346	33
Internal Medicine	307	13%	$1,333,873	4.9%	9,857	32
Emergency Medicine	63	2.6%	$479,360	1.7%	3,446	55
Pathology	14	0.58%	$174,318	0.64%	1,255	90
General Practice	15	0.62%	$172,898	0.63%	1,259	84

Not listed: 19 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 87636 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