	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	35,261	$760,787,596	-3%	9,164,899	124	954	1.42
2023	35,415	$782,563,365	+1%	9,315,489	125	972	1.42
2022	35,586	$776,538,904	-6%	9,275,347	124	964	1.42
2021	36,828	$822,752,852	-5%	9,662,893	126	964	1.42
2020	36,885	$868,185,817	first year in data	10,309,822	133	1,033	1.42

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	2,866	$83,154,642	863,754	110	1,263
New York	2,190	$63,216,214	669,818	151	1,146
Florida	2,144	$59,311,075	707,159	150	1,240
Texas	2,762	$55,603,877	677,404	98	942
New Jersey	1,138	$38,957,065	402,900	152	1,295
Illinois	1,416	$33,275,002	406,587	116	1,186
Massachusetts	1,092	$31,395,431	365,393	151	1,212
Pennsylvania	1,557	$30,967,624	387,137	131	945
Virginia	886	$27,962,922	337,598	180	1,469
Maryland	637	$24,965,632	278,334	168	1,772
Ohio	1,363	$17,013,040	234,898	94	620
Georgia	842	$16,705,515	210,586	127	890
Tennessee	800	$15,558,850	204,092	132	940
Michigan	1,046	$15,258,441	195,582	94	677
Arizona	652	$14,484,671	179,710	140	946

Not listed: 4 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AP, 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 2024.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	2,354	$79,072,298	797,606	151
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	987	$34,985,386	355,189	121
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	1,026	$25,551,540	303,431	98
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	807	$22,023,873	253,788	132
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	563	$20,350,910	220,662	127
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	717	$19,014,945	218,425	153
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	592	$16,105,809	181,390	110
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	722	$15,698,891	186,926	82
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	659	$12,817,581	151,483	80
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	336	$11,186,343	128,213	157
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	375	$9,712,430	90,967	77
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	488	$9,657,730	117,329	104
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	414	$9,361,245	114,937	134
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	316	$7,524,788	91,199	135
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	399	$7,519,339	92,880	99

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 2024.

Specialties billing 92014 nationally

Ophthalmology accounts for 64% of payment for 92014 nationally in 2024, across 4 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Ophthalmology	11,940	34%	$485,108,784	64%	5,625,470	471
Optometry	23,259	66%	$274,858,258	36%	3,528,029	152
Physician Assistant	27	0.08%	$314,959	0.04%	4,876	181
Nurse Practitioner	11	0.03%	$147,017	0.02%	2,207	201

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 2024.

Top billers of 92014 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