	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 Jersey	54	$6,165,428	44,010	19	2,114
California	54	$1,810,685	12,943	62	893
Tennessee	241	$1,710,653	12,479	30	127
Texas	165	$1,601,853	11,498	22	178
New York	182	$1,583,214	11,380	20	142
Kentucky	226	$1,511,471	10,831	33	142
Florida	36	$1,419,822	10,097	41	2,032
North Carolina	90	$1,365,082	9,714	28	118
Illinois	81	$1,198,402	8,517	29	175
Massachusetts	88	$896,875	6,388	30	131
Pennsylvania	14	$789,295	5,620	65	1,615
Washington	108	$776,146	5,679	38	101
Georgia	25	$758,125	5,426	17	215
Arizona	20	$722,529	5,158	30	1,838
Maryland	28	$636,902	4,686	32	371

Not listed: 20 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
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	126	$7,073,387	50,533	18
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	217	$1,434,725	10,272	30
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	78	$1,151,325	8,185	29
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	23	$1,089,814	7,750	91
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	137	$1,069,726	7,847	36
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	13	$728,131	5,170	19
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	17	$692,600	4,943	33
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	13	$630,595	4,541	57
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	44	$622,473	4,437	26
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	18	$516,278	3,678	27
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	40	$497,402	3,571	29
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	60	$482,334	3,461	35
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	50	$478,712	3,434	67
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	98	$399,599	2,839	19
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	66	$388,606	2,892	37

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 34 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 87636 nationally

Clinical Laboratory accounts for 62% of payment for 87636 nationally in 2022, across 8 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Clinical Laboratory	167	7.8%	$18,396,703	62%	131,184	786
Nurse Practitioner	724	34%	$4,066,702	14%	29,466	41
Family Practice	533	25%	$3,287,724	11%	23,839	45
Physician Assistant	331	16%	$1,713,582	5.7%	12,405	37
Internal Medicine	271	13%	$1,251,419	4.2%	9,039	33
Emergency Medicine	43	2.0%	$455,479	1.5%	3,258	76
Pathology	11	0.52%	$221,412	0.74%	1,626	148
General Practice	13	0.61%	$164,275	0.55%	1,203	93

Not listed: 21 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 87636 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