	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	6,961	$82,400,933	+0%	1,382,731	51	590	0.54
2023	6,966	$82,223,361	+3%	1,352,038	51	589	0.54
2022	7,110	$79,719,317	-4%	1,309,839	50	580	0.54
2021	7,445	$83,109,937	+15%	1,393,386	52	573	0.54
2020	7,395	$72,086,252	first year in data	1,296,368	51	531	0.54

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
Florida	550	$11,813,735	214,571	80	1,176
New York	447	$8,278,661	117,111	54	890
California	718	$7,534,970	120,652	63	577
Texas	587	$5,241,656	95,732	60	355
Georgia	279	$3,962,451	64,103	59	729
New Jersey	186	$3,591,475	55,100	68	1,524
Tennessee	225	$2,606,439	46,953	59	871
Arkansas	106	$2,588,397	52,608	59	450
Maryland	145	$2,302,026	34,784	52	919
Massachusetts	231	$1,999,503	32,841	53	425
Pennsylvania	345	$1,737,117	34,790	43	330
North Carolina	214	$1,721,545	36,873	43	483
Illinois	321	$1,341,042	30,925	44	301
Virginia	134	$1,250,380	23,061	58	356
South Carolina	115	$1,201,054	22,598	48	773

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

Not listed: 2 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 2020.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	462	$11,343,292	159,535	72
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	153	$7,569,089	131,845	100
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	291	$3,678,851	56,441	76
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	148	$3,072,821	48,117	51
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	175	$2,961,325	44,508	52
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	67	$2,408,470	47,844	61
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	96	$2,103,838	31,933	80
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	178	$1,903,648	29,529	51
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	52	$1,525,239	24,221	96
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	251	$987,849	23,677	47
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	64	$965,691	18,930	171
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	171	$963,332	18,450	53
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	45	$960,550	12,974	41
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	180	$951,445	19,058	42
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	98	$883,238	16,016	51

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 84 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2020.

Specialties billing 88312 nationally

Pathology accounts for 51% of payment for 88312 nationally in 2020, across 6 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Pathology	5,989	81%	$36,656,185	51%	771,248	129
Clinical Laboratory	412	5.6%	$27,736,674	38%	398,268	967
Dermatology	450	6.1%	$3,660,191	5.1%	59,592	132
Gastroenterology	442	6.0%	$2,567,832	3.6%	45,730	103
Podiatry	21	0.28%	$964,205	1.3%	12,065	575
Internal Medicine	26	0.35%	$189,676	0.26%	3,346	129

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 2020.

Top billers of 88312 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