	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	15,822	$198,920,759	-11%	3,111,523	82	749	0.92
2023	17,177	$222,401,739	-6%	3,439,381	84	755	0.92
2022	18,426	$237,424,498	-12%	3,704,227	86	764	0.92
2021	20,912	$269,378,821	-13%	4,135,105	85	748	0.92
2020	22,800	$309,495,999	first year in data	4,967,341	106	788	0.92

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	2,009	$41,772,844	600,351	142	1,073
Florida	1,611	$30,951,936	493,415	163	1,089
New York	1,915	$30,213,570	428,589	106	819
Texas	1,970	$24,623,799	412,112	101	742
Pennsylvania	1,254	$16,940,406	273,929	94	764
New Jersey	780	$12,873,769	183,642	132	803
Illinois	890	$11,856,264	193,173	110	726
Virginia	638	$9,312,441	152,312	127	825
Maryland	496	$7,898,557	118,243	136	826
Massachusetts	688	$7,720,595	119,002	81	690
Georgia	540	$6,864,839	118,221	122	760
South Carolina	337	$6,479,999	113,582	194	1,200
Michigan	684	$6,439,839	108,330	83	558
Arizona	420	$6,167,447	102,706	132	820
North Carolina	528	$5,852,116	101,919	106	657

Not listed: 2 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AE, AP); 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 2020.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	2,011	$34,826,236	479,493	116
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	776	$16,610,017	233,504	144
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	555	$10,424,104	155,810	131
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	492	$9,433,961	145,560	132
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	625	$9,120,438	144,703	122
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	526	$7,027,850	115,859	91
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	394	$6,120,171	89,481	128
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	459	$4,902,840	74,709	86
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	467	$4,718,901	76,906	87
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	234	$4,495,277	60,622	150
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	241	$4,411,376	71,869	176
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	252	$4,136,024	68,413	142
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	284	$4,061,053	61,782	115
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	208	$3,846,389	57,123	146
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	291	$3,463,690	56,596	122

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 100 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 92012 nationally

Ophthalmology accounts for 81% of payment for 92012 nationally in 2020, across 3 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Ophthalmology	12,852	56%	$249,907,424	81%	3,955,799	308
Optometry	9,888	43%	$59,160,783	19%	1,003,752	102
Physician Assistant	22	0.10%	$116,096	0.04%	2,426	110

Not listed: 11 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 92012 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