	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	3,003	$81,547,754	838,442	108	1,098
Florida	2,294	$69,758,735	806,291	157	1,344
New York	2,317	$66,458,920	675,229	147	1,062
Texas	2,721	$60,888,378	720,843	109	1,008
New Jersey	1,123	$37,487,107	374,168	143	1,210
Illinois	1,423	$36,927,408	432,827	134	1,153
Pennsylvania	1,692	$36,199,924	427,362	123	958
Massachusetts	1,125	$32,415,460	360,475	151	1,190
Virginia	957	$29,509,122	344,340	141	1,466
Maryland	653	$24,011,338	255,128	179	1,419
Georgia	895	$19,013,648	234,724	135	950
Ohio	1,412	$18,800,245	250,418	92	635
Michigan	1,120	$18,530,140	229,850	97	734
North Carolina	1,029	$18,268,538	230,616	119	767
Tennessee	815	$16,068,198	205,977	110	942

Not listed: 2 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, 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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	2,416	$78,329,728	756,161	143
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	1,024	$31,611,316	312,211	110
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	1,016	$27,685,545	313,426	113
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	809	$22,520,755	248,070	138
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	778	$20,544,491	223,903	132
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	648	$17,808,707	196,531	108
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	592	$17,221,300	178,113	107
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	710	$17,167,676	197,512	97
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	627	$13,166,464	150,047	78
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	355	$11,896,856	127,634	161
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	491	$10,618,943	126,136	130
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	388	$10,031,830	97,481	86
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	412	$9,166,249	111,769	131
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	423	$8,972,219	106,079	105
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	339	$8,523,099	100,335	134

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 2021.

Specialties billing 92014 nationally

Ophthalmology accounts for 67% of payment for 92014 nationally in 2021, across 4 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Ophthalmology	13,354	36%	$549,348,004	67%	6,238,986	467
Optometry	23,414	64%	$272,593,804	33%	3,413,451	146
Physician Assistant	22	0.06%	$253,556	0.03%	3,612	164
Neurology	11	0.03%	$48,866	<0.01%	593	54

Not listed: 10 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 2021.

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