	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	12,806	$31,519,685	+4%	783,946	26	108	0.00
2023	10,132	$30,411,197	+25%	756,135	27	118	0.00
2022	8,790	$24,393,052	+131%	603,628	31	184	0.00
2021	4,787	$10,551,167	+9011%	257,603	25	132	0.00
2020	111	$115,809	first year in data	2,812	15	62

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	741	$8,559,673	211,234	33	157
Texas	953	$3,122,014	78,253	23	92
California	537	$3,088,452	76,481	23	120
Tennessee	883	$1,394,874	34,828	30	99
Alabama	685	$1,309,025	33,521	34	133
Florida	736	$1,301,058	32,236	29	119
Louisiana	581	$1,074,383	26,784	35	115
New Jersey	472	$924,512	22,929	32	125
Georgia	747	$921,756	22,986	24	75
Maryland	303	$787,682	19,530	43	178
North Carolina	508	$746,344	18,536	25	102
Pennsylvania	595	$709,477	17,598	22	65
South Carolina	382	$679,344	16,979	29	117
Oklahoma	339	$654,308	16,341	35	122
Illinois	354	$645,911	16,017	24	73

Not listed: 3 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AP); 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 2024.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	889	$9,056,538	223,551	39
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	181	$1,858,930	45,889	24
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	13	$1,565,473	38,606	22
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	179	$881,196	21,744	26
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	351	$662,281	16,443	25
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	273	$519,276	13,844	20
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	417	$461,310	11,488	23
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	150	$425,968	10,541	55
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	245	$397,091	9,867	29
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	242	$327,745	8,108	25
Birmingham, AL	168	$304,581	7,844	33
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	139	$281,016	6,944	33
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	121	$276,885	6,901	37
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	219	$253,077	6,293	24
Oklahoma City, OK	128	$248,526	6,194	34

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 2024.

Specialties billing 87811 nationally

Clinical Laboratory accounts for 30% of payment for 87811 nationally in 2024, across 12 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Clinical Laboratory	29	0.23%	$9,427,030	30%	232,480	8,017
Nurse Practitioner	5,709	45%	$8,684,968	28%	216,493	38
Physician Assistant	3,080	24%	$4,685,758	15%	116,239	38
Family Practice	2,273	18%	$3,552,802	11%	89,979	40
Internal Medicine	1,056	8.2%	$1,661,135	5.3%	41,781	40
Emergency Medicine	409	3.2%	$886,086	2.8%	22,024	54
General Practice	83	0.65%	$592,694	1.9%	14,839	179
Pulmonary Disease	15	0.12%	$92,420	0.29%	2,282	152
Hospitalist	18	0.14%	$35,294	0.11%	875	49
Pediatric Medicine	22	0.17%	$34,883	0.11%	865	39
General Surgery	16	0.12%	$31,749	0.10%	802	50
Geriatric Medicine	15	0.12%	$22,254	0.07%	556	37

Not listed: 31 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 87811 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