	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	27,541	$234,809,890	+2%	8,111,308	70	1,668	0.45
2023	26,868	$229,361,531	+3%	7,906,738	69	1,681	0.45
2022	25,870	$223,087,277	+0%	7,624,132	66	1,699	0.45
2021	25,116	$222,536,024	+15%	7,385,445	65	1,682	0.45
2020	23,475	$192,746,913	first year in data	6,484,022	59	1,597	0.45

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	1,982	$24,478,774	741,650	82	1,925
Florida	1,511	$19,264,219	643,564	104	2,128
New York	1,539	$16,651,331	481,969	84	1,606
Texas	1,547	$13,212,816	442,668	66	1,595
Pennsylvania	1,229	$10,852,719	356,822	57	1,469
Illinois	1,011	$9,697,782	320,494	73	1,913
Maryland	461	$8,189,456	243,787	90	3,098
New Jersey	649	$6,636,377	191,830	76	1,643
Virginia	623	$6,511,706	209,317	61	2,559
Massachusetts	610	$6,496,685	210,937	61	1,856
Ohio	894	$6,319,203	227,610	54	1,636
North Carolina	764	$6,158,520	218,155	65	1,473
Michigan	758	$5,770,927	200,422	61	1,444
Arizona	485	$5,391,714	187,523	99	2,550
Washington	637	$5,252,147	173,473	67	1,612

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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,512	$18,456,312	515,862	91
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	668	$9,126,783	278,783	101
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	689	$7,893,623	256,326	76
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	492	$6,167,445	190,121	65
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	391	$5,654,474	164,407	74
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	452	$5,015,116	163,352	58
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	384	$4,497,267	149,436	97
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	374	$3,832,360	125,455	69
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	303	$3,710,189	128,354	102
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	230	$3,382,810	102,362	74
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	341	$3,292,296	108,138	61
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	278	$2,721,938	91,631	98
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	201	$2,694,912	92,110	119
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	278	$2,540,439	80,591	70
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	234	$2,504,570	70,455	67

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 92134 nationally

Ophthalmology accounts for 90% of payment for 92134 nationally in 2021, across 4 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Ophthalmology	12,931	51%	$199,865,271	90%	6,565,217	508
Optometry	12,130	48%	$22,391,249	10%	809,229	67
Physician Assistant	20	0.08%	$54,936	0.02%	3,107	155
Neurology	15	0.06%	$28,485	0.01%	1,099	73

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 2021.

Top billers of 92134 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