	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	631	$3,574,539	87,557	42	386
California	407	$2,018,658	49,709	29	387
Illinois	420	$1,917,215	46,935	32	461
Florida	498	$1,665,948	40,881	40	263
Texas	695	$1,548,579	38,097	32	135
North Carolina	426	$1,296,373	31,780	31	154
Alabama	440	$1,037,879	26,429	37	156
Maryland	236	$1,015,485	24,974	58	268
South Carolina	264	$942,820	23,244	45	194
Tennessee	519	$936,360	23,297	28	120
Louisiana	384	$861,774	21,239	38	150
Pennsylvania	355	$776,986	19,189	28	125
New Jersey	269	$747,180	18,404	35	217
Georgia	301	$614,730	15,339	31	149
Arkansas	217	$561,567	13,874	46	158

Not listed: 2 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AE, 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 2022.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	729	$3,911,198	95,822	42
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	403	$1,898,457	46,426	34
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	133	$1,004,605	24,700	30
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	132	$566,232	13,893	78
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	178	$477,825	11,737	34
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	94	$473,605	11,625	42
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	135	$441,148	10,791	30
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	121	$312,695	7,688	31
Columbia, SC	30	$280,569	6,902	35
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	83	$274,464	6,728	29
Greensboro-High Point, NC	19	$257,068	6,297	30
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	100	$223,056	5,485	32
El Centro, CA	12	$221,613	5,416	121
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	82	$218,724	5,421	50
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	80	$209,975	5,189	30

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 89 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 87811 nationally

Nurse Practitioner accounts for 29% of payment for 87811 nationally in 2022, across 15 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nurse Practitioner	3,279	37%	$7,011,456	29%	173,645	53
Physician Assistant	2,115	24%	$4,280,000	18%	105,369	50
Family Practice	1,807	21%	$4,263,405	17%	107,203	59
Clinical Laboratory	149	1.7%	$3,243,028	13%	79,457	533
Internal Medicine	840	9.6%	$2,446,815	10%	60,463	72
Emergency Medicine	256	2.9%	$1,569,318	6.4%	38,513	150
Pediatric Medicine	25	0.28%	$251,658	1.0%	6,148	246
General Practice	71	0.81%	$218,336	0.90%	5,541	78
Pulmonary Disease	38	0.43%	$205,466	0.84%	5,053	133
Gastroenterology	25	0.28%	$112,473	0.46%	2,751	110
Otolaryngology	12	0.14%	$69,948	0.29%	1,722	144
Hospitalist	14	0.16%	$49,102	0.20%	1,211	87
Cardiology	12	0.14%	$36,717	0.15%	898	75
Geriatric Medicine	11	0.13%	$20,151	0.08%	502	46
Allergy/ Immunology	11	0.13%	$19,339	0.08%	474	43

Not listed: 33 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 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