	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	610	$8,758,983	216,082	39	187
California	420	$4,388,060	108,860	27	214
Illinois	369	$1,822,126	45,016	26	166
Texas	824	$1,366,144	34,591	24	91
Tennessee	759	$1,215,894	30,323	29	102
Florida	606	$1,153,396	28,522	27	123
Alabama	505	$977,421	25,234	28	155
Louisiana	504	$860,112	21,452	32	99
Maryland	257	$845,420	20,973	49	215
North Carolina	440	$805,828	19,986	26	101
South Carolina	273	$662,540	16,530	31	161
Pennsylvania	516	$643,733	15,987	21	72
New Jersey	304	$629,144	15,597	33	165
Washington	55	$540,708	13,346	16	76
Georgia	327	$527,245	13,224	25	104

Not listed: 3 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AE, AP); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 9 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	744	$9,068,703	223,758	38
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	372	$1,826,808	45,129	27
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	181	$914,473	22,574	27
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	25	$514,413	12,695	17
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	155	$481,292	11,914	25
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	13	$480,885	11,860	88
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	133	$432,299	10,698	64
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	220	$327,582	8,105	24
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	187	$315,982	7,854	26
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	127	$248,844	6,142	26
Knoxville, TN	138	$245,201	6,118	28
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	108	$239,180	5,903	27
Oklahoma City, OK	122	$231,049	5,765	32
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	99	$223,396	5,589	31
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	103	$219,626	5,525	20

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 93 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 87811 nationally

Clinical Laboratory accounts for 43% of payment for 87811 nationally in 2023, across 13 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Clinical Laboratory	82	0.81%	$13,153,441	43%	324,466	3,957
Nurse Practitioner	4,246	42%	$6,820,515	22%	170,051	40
Physician Assistant	2,434	24%	$3,749,133	12%	92,995	38
Family Practice	1,897	19%	$3,185,586	10%	81,072	43
Internal Medicine	878	8.7%	$1,862,603	6.1%	46,603	53
Emergency Medicine	351	3.5%	$851,375	2.8%	21,187	60
General Practice	70	0.69%	$144,169	0.47%	3,775	54
Pulmonary Disease	21	0.21%	$111,837	0.37%	2,760	131
Pediatric Medicine	22	0.22%	$41,697	0.14%	1,032	47
Hospitalist	15	0.15%	$22,844	0.08%	569	38
Allergy/ Immunology	11	0.11%	$22,000	0.07%	546	50
Geriatric Medicine	12	0.12%	$19,249	0.06%	478	40
General Surgery	12	0.12%	$17,145	0.06%	431	36

Not listed: 36 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 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