	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	546	$11,468,283	187,414	68	1,160
New York	472	$10,579,160	143,879	54	1,115
Georgia	228	$8,558,798	112,294	76	1,756
California	732	$8,531,657	127,603	62	598
Texas	613	$6,027,511	102,960	56	498
New Jersey	170	$4,784,559	63,903	100	1,359
Arkansas	93	$3,008,619	60,403	58	551
Maryland	125	$2,403,752	31,409	38	898
Massachusetts	227	$2,215,018	33,216	46	513
Tennessee	196	$2,121,109	38,078	57	738
Pennsylvania	324	$1,960,398	36,748	39	422
Illinois	319	$1,946,646	36,541	44	376
Arizona	146	$1,676,046	24,543	58	765
North Carolina	194	$1,364,437	27,122	44	510
Ohio	242	$1,183,059	22,564	35	246

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

Not listed: 3 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	474	$14,679,471	193,281	81
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	129	$7,709,656	94,777	84
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	142	$6,964,062	110,574	95
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	302	$4,549,619	65,914	73
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	62	$2,864,856	57,041	78
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	94	$2,687,552	40,556	54
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	149	$2,386,787	37,808	55
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	206	$2,258,000	35,910	57
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	186	$2,188,913	31,822	46
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	248	$1,483,708	28,211	48
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	107	$1,417,155	20,074	58
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	172	$1,353,329	23,255	42
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	64	$1,240,840	20,726	203
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	45	$1,157,721	17,985	82
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	98	$959,139	17,665	56

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 86 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 88312 nationally

Pathology accounts for 54% of payment for 88312 nationally in 2022, across 7 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Pathology	5,782	81%	$42,670,936	54%	798,165	138
Clinical Laboratory	399	5.6%	$27,235,898	34%	369,587	926
Dermatology	463	6.5%	$5,065,863	6.4%	70,317	152
Gastroenterology	370	5.2%	$3,004,993	3.8%	48,483	131
Podiatry	18	0.25%	$1,178,151	1.5%	13,217	734
Internal Medicine	23	0.32%	$237,374	0.30%	4,236	184
Oral Surgery (Dentist only)	13	0.18%	$30,372	0.04%	454	35

Not listed: 16 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 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