	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	2,927	$10,846,784	134,364	33	121
New York	2,794	$9,867,945	118,260	33	107
Florida	1,642	$7,612,898	99,628	41	171
New Jersey	1,525	$4,521,725	54,351	28	83
Illinois	1,475	$4,467,730	58,039	29	98
Texas	1,236	$3,648,481	49,089	30	103
Arizona	930	$3,438,167	47,270	36	137
Pennsylvania	1,229	$3,436,008	44,792	29	90
North Carolina	1,081	$3,384,266	46,193	31	114
Virginia	995	$3,289,971	42,683	32	109
Massachusetts	1,034	$3,273,176	40,335	30	97
Maryland	873	$3,088,204	37,697	32	112
Washington	1,088	$2,940,286	39,221	26	95
Georgia	729	$2,271,390	31,143	32	106
Ohio	705	$2,162,633	29,718	32	100

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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	3,197	$10,988,508	128,393	31
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	1,161	$3,316,023	42,438	27
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	942	$3,195,533	38,895	30
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	871	$2,580,274	31,973	28
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	785	$2,437,158	29,270	27
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	463	$2,392,092	30,532	42
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	785	$2,254,278	27,495	28
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	663	$2,238,816	30,647	34
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	541	$1,349,321	17,474	24
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	402	$1,277,242	15,796	29
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	320	$1,214,677	13,972	33
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	526	$1,193,659	15,926	26
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	402	$1,147,954	15,296	28
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	422	$1,143,067	15,280	30
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	366	$1,040,553	13,226	31

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 97161 nationally

Physical Therapist in Private Practice accounts for 97% of payment for 97161 nationally in 2021, across 13 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	31,338	97%	$99,387,367	97%	1,302,351	42
Orthopedic Surgery	448	1.4%	$1,501,345	1.5%	19,259	43
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	110	0.34%	$343,089	0.34%	4,297	39
Internal Medicine	27	0.08%	$151,311	0.15%	2,038	75
Family Practice	25	0.08%	$83,758	0.08%	1,081	43
Interventional Pain Management	18	0.06%	$72,937	0.07%	901	50
Otolaryngology	26	0.08%	$72,336	0.07%	930	36
Podiatry	27	0.08%	$62,584	0.06%	770	29
Sports Medicine	13	0.04%	$53,391	0.05%	633	49
Neurosurgery	19	0.06%	$41,359	0.04%	546	29
Hand Surgery	19	0.06%	$38,178	0.04%	502	26
Neurology	14	0.04%	$34,926	0.03%	447	32
Rheumatology	14	0.04%	$32,643	0.03%	418	30

Not listed: 16 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 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