	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	37,020	$114,914,966	+1%	1,576,730	31	111	1.54
2023	35,745	$113,952,457	+6%	1,533,616	31	112	1.54
2022	34,013	$107,363,788	+5%	1,439,378	31	110	1.54
2021	32,148	$102,028,201	+50%	1,336,170	31	107	1.54
2020	27,736	$68,010,739	first year in data	1,071,375	29	99	1.20

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	3,407	$13,424,732	172,353	37	137
New York	3,253	$11,575,696	145,739	33	115
Florida	1,805	$8,217,595	114,380	42	177
New Jersey	1,854	$5,622,207	70,940	29	93
Illinois	1,612	$4,771,952	65,862	30	103
Texas	1,517	$4,342,563	61,677	29	104
North Carolina	1,318	$3,922,233	56,522	32	107
Massachusetts	1,205	$3,865,117	50,962	32	114
Arizona	1,110	$3,790,848	54,392	35	138
Pennsylvania	1,393	$3,762,740	51,917	29	90
Virginia	1,114	$3,470,206	47,590	30	110
Maryland	924	$3,382,381	43,966	36	118
Washington	1,181	$2,939,792	40,392	26	86
Georgia	827	$2,478,693	35,358	31	113
Tennessee	843	$2,431,016	35,674	32	111

Not listed: 6 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AE, AP, XX, ZZ); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 2 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	3,891	$13,633,322	168,251	32
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	1,116	$3,847,574	49,042	32
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	1,330	$3,715,643	50,528	28
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	961	$2,865,186	37,782	31
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	560	$2,799,507	38,273	43
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	875	$2,741,143	35,219	29
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	794	$2,557,019	36,685	35
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	877	$2,545,924	33,119	29
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	335	$1,481,189	17,239	36
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	535	$1,443,543	20,172	26
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	697	$1,435,060	20,453	26
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	435	$1,425,190	18,736	31
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	598	$1,343,672	17,972	24
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	405	$1,309,618	16,951	32
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	483	$1,292,992	18,006	29

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 97161 nationally

Physical Therapist in Private Practice accounts for 98% of payment for 97161 nationally in 2024, across 8 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	36,454	98%	$113,024,530	98%	1,550,739	43
Orthopedic Surgery	284	0.77%	$920,408	0.80%	12,768	45
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	117	0.32%	$367,705	0.32%	4,945	42
Family Practice	30	0.08%	$122,936	0.11%	1,716	57
Neurology	13	0.04%	$120,386	0.10%	1,625	125
Internal Medicine	14	0.04%	$62,250	0.05%	838	60
Otolaryngology	17	0.05%	$40,290	0.04%	562	33
Podiatry	16	0.04%	$35,810	0.03%	464	29

Not listed: 17 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 97161 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