	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	6,383	$296,622,466	-11%	1,080,713	142	396	6.77
2023	6,549	$333,207,529	-15%	1,197,633	153	427	6.77
2022	6,814	$390,094,256	-18%	1,368,457	168	476	6.77
2021	7,057	$478,375,612	-3%	1,657,334	195	572	6.77
2020	7,360	$495,091,415	first year in data	2,151,849	239	739	5.18

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
California	624	$45,801,021	156,218	214	640
Texas	617	$32,013,549	118,012	166	401
New York	437	$25,647,945	84,667	160	464
Florida	462	$21,169,249	76,070	142	386
Illinois	298	$15,349,307	54,456	158	450
Pennsylvania	296	$12,518,794	44,920	129	335
New Jersey	238	$12,428,842	41,954	157	413
North Carolina	261	$12,244,438	45,857	169	384
Georgia	241	$11,956,301	44,289	170	398
Maryland	157	$11,774,788	40,313	253	469
Michigan	202	$10,122,737	36,969	164	388
Virginia	180	$8,797,489	31,843	153	347
Ohio	220	$7,157,042	26,697	104	299
South Carolina	129	$6,924,795	26,024	181	457
Tennessee	134	$6,575,400	25,348	169	467

Not listed: 6 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	479	$26,820,336	86,580	155
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	260	$18,509,209	62,729	191
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	254	$13,049,432	46,163	154
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	187	$9,479,084	32,846	145
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	181	$8,647,496	31,310	153
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	127	$8,502,784	28,640	197
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	148	$6,444,382	23,345	145
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	83	$5,962,758	20,408	254
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	80	$5,687,762	17,974	220
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	128	$5,621,629	19,753	137
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	124	$5,598,397	20,480	156
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	82	$4,842,635	17,064	218
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	101	$4,737,997	16,921	143
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	72	$4,055,880	14,101	126
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	72	$3,730,680	14,123	196

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 2023.

Specialties billing 90960 nationally

Nephrology accounts for 89% of payment for 90960 nationally in 2023, across 6 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nephrology	5,509	84%	$295,580,500	89%	1,060,068	192
Internal Medicine	587	9.0%	$30,435,096	9.1%	109,361	186
Nurse Practitioner	322	4.9%	$3,074,534	0.92%	13,222	41
Neurology	31	0.47%	$1,477,684	0.44%	5,249	169
Hospitalist	21	0.32%	$1,019,381	0.31%	3,694	176
Physician Assistant	50	0.76%	$294,633	0.09%	1,267	25

Not listed: 13 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 90960 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