	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	180	$9,881,247	70,731	21	150
California	87	$6,142,960	44,006	43	2,049
Illinois	115	$5,754,220	41,182	32	1,357
Texas	161	$5,008,498	36,557	20	97
New Jersey	34	$2,878,432	20,599	18	1,516
Tennessee	223	$1,342,256	9,792	28	123
Kentucky	196	$1,111,742	8,075	28	117
North Carolina	89	$640,295	4,660	27	158
South Carolina	68	$590,843	4,305	55	149
Washington	103	$578,465	4,315	34	72
Massachusetts	102	$565,784	4,068	26	93
Mississippi	98	$551,692	3,985	32	96
Florida	49	$493,405	3,635	23	415
Ohio	38	$428,091	3,133	23	426
Pennsylvania	21	$418,630	3,025	26	699

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

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 2023.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	106	$12,176,278	87,132	22
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	115	$5,757,015	41,202	34
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	15	$2,808,580	20,730	25
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	35	$2,361,950	16,911	123
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	17	$1,634,256	11,695	32
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	180	$1,034,522	7,505	28
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	121	$721,122	5,279	28
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	46	$453,483	3,303	77
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	64	$450,836	3,241	23
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	63	$371,798	2,678	29
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	62	$327,951	2,363	26
Jackson, MS	56	$313,818	2,258	32
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	87	$303,412	2,186	16
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	62	$285,499	2,177	31
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	23	$278,539	1,999	40

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 43 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 87636 nationally

Clinical Laboratory accounts for 74% of payment for 87636 nationally in 2023, across 8 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Clinical Laboratory	164	7.5%	$30,092,204	74%	216,138	1,318
Nurse Practitioner	748	34%	$3,767,811	9.3%	27,448	37
Family Practice	488	22%	$2,819,435	6.9%	20,528	42
Physician Assistant	410	19%	$1,897,912	4.7%	13,791	34
Internal Medicine	259	12%	$1,159,409	2.8%	8,617	33
Emergency Medicine	70	3.2%	$470,673	1.2%	3,501	50
General Practice	13	0.59%	$155,943	0.38%	1,155	89
Pathology	11	0.50%	$152,074	0.37%	1,177	107

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 2023.

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