	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% (2023 changed hospital and observation visit codes)	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	– (Not compared: 2021 changed office visit values)	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	2,537	$6,959,923	103,183	30	106
New York	2,347	$6,117,653	87,653	29	94
Florida	1,426	$5,322,377	83,839	41	173
Illinois	1,235	$2,849,931	44,413	28	88
New Jersey	1,276	$2,818,614	40,427	25	72
Arizona	886	$2,566,358	42,319	33	123
Texas	1,042	$2,417,734	39,219	27	100
North Carolina	903	$2,302,630	37,793	32	107
Pennsylvania	1,047	$2,212,028	34,667	25	79
Virginia	833	$2,195,393	34,276	30	103
Washington	934	$1,964,200	31,618	25	86
Maryland	747	$1,919,668	28,329	29	97
Massachusetts	830	$1,846,566	27,608	26	82
Georgia	618	$1,540,335	25,083	30	109
Tennessee	584	$1,517,819	25,444	31	120

Not listed: 4 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AE, XX); 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 2020.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	2,658	$6,703,833	93,220	27
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	958	$2,104,463	32,229	26
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	805	$2,019,277	29,222	27
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	617	$1,629,207	26,842	32
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	725	$1,573,782	23,470	26
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	397	$1,571,731	24,401	40
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	643	$1,492,999	21,715	26
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	616	$1,255,441	18,522	25
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	451	$856,758	13,506	23
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	289	$802,055	10,939	29
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	475	$796,396	12,907	24
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	340	$784,166	11,630	27
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	359	$755,855	11,991	27
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	308	$722,318	11,450	25
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	311	$652,674	9,981	27

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 97161 nationally

Physical Therapist in Private Practice accounts for 97% of payment for 97161 nationally in 2020, across 13 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	26,901	97%	$65,917,178	97%	1,039,075	39
Orthopedic Surgery	451	1.6%	$1,181,796	1.7%	18,205	40
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	129	0.47%	$301,428	0.44%	4,682	36
Internal Medicine	24	0.09%	$95,634	0.14%	1,479	62
Podiatry	35	0.13%	$59,845	0.09%	875	25
Family Practice	24	0.09%	$59,444	0.09%	945	39
Sports Medicine	14	0.05%	$53,262	0.08%	789	56
Hand Surgery	21	0.08%	$47,457	0.07%	750	36
Interventional Pain Management	17	0.06%	$44,003	0.06%	662	39
Neurosurgery	20	0.07%	$42,267	0.06%	687	34
Rheumatology	21	0.08%	$36,506	0.05%	565	27
Otolaryngology	22	0.08%	$32,786	0.05%	490	22
Neurology	13	0.05%	$29,148	0.04%	444	34

Not listed: 14 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 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