	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	484	$2,083,413	50,370	25	220
Illinois	243	$759,591	18,398	25	113
Florida	301	$700,754	16,968	25	168
Texas	296	$622,869	15,085	23	128
South Carolina	193	$564,281	13,690	42	223
California	174	$496,314	12,064	26	205
North Carolina	165	$471,780	11,416	27	192
Tennessee	269	$423,284	10,306	26	89
Alabama	257	$401,219	10,152	28	94
Louisiana	258	$390,761	9,507	25	104
Pennsylvania	140	$311,079	7,575	25	169
Missouri	136	$289,825	7,312	41	98
New Jersey	139	$262,976	6,459	25	118
Maryland	128	$258,170	6,250	25	137
Mississippi	133	$233,986	5,717	32	109

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

Not listed: 16 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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	345	$1,978,878	47,845	29
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	220	$735,695	17,788	26
St. Louis, MO-IL	103	$262,432	6,350	48
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	71	$231,045	5,587	25
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	59	$180,665	4,368	37
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	44	$163,481	3,966	29
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	37	$137,382	3,333	71
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	55	$132,374	3,240	23
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	66	$127,616	3,084	20
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	29	$113,257	2,742	39
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	46	$109,067	2,651	24
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	44	$104,153	2,522	19
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	71	$101,753	2,459	23
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	71	$96,428	2,336	23
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	16	$86,857	2,099	24

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 83 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2021.

Specialties billing 87811 nationally

Nurse Practitioner accounts for 29% of payment for 87811 nationally in 2021, across 10 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nurse Practitioner	1,832	38%	$3,017,852	29%	73,768	40
Physician Assistant	1,203	25%	$2,348,008	22%	57,028	47
Family Practice	944	20%	$1,816,111	17%	44,966	48
Internal Medicine	393	8.2%	$992,464	9.4%	24,242	62
Clinical Laboratory	48	1.0%	$657,965	6.2%	15,915	332
Emergency Medicine	167	3.5%	$638,138	6.0%	15,454	93
Pediatric Medicine	13	0.27%	$484,340	4.6%	11,708	901
General Practice	49	1.0%	$180,793	1.7%	4,452	91
Gastroenterology	14	0.29%	$73,656	0.70%	1,781	127
Pulmonary Disease	18	0.38%	$42,704	0.40%	1,033	57

Not listed: 35 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 2021.

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