	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	3,306	$12,969,300	164,581	35	134
New York	3,162	$11,698,251	144,014	34	115
Florida	1,814	$8,387,970	113,894	40	184
New Jersey	1,745	$5,410,697	66,991	29	94
Illinois	1,547	$4,821,865	64,681	31	107
Texas	1,482	$4,379,146	60,917	28	106
Arizona	1,084	$3,812,441	53,555	34	138
North Carolina	1,203	$3,766,937	53,023	33	112
Massachusetts	1,145	$3,730,299	47,494	31	113
Pennsylvania	1,338	$3,711,079	50,332	31	88
Maryland	967	$3,555,083	45,147	34	112
Virginia	1,065	$3,395,983	45,334	31	111
Washington	1,167	$3,079,913	41,783	26	91
Georgia	830	$2,550,058	36,006	32	115
Ohio	782	$2,332,010	33,269	33	105

Not listed: 4 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AE, AP, 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 2023.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	3,722	$13,416,867	161,925	33
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	1,105	$3,824,922	47,847	30
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	1,247	$3,711,217	48,968	29
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	930	$2,822,765	36,392	31
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	564	$2,805,102	37,319	40
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	851	$2,688,686	33,536	30
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	776	$2,570,433	36,071	34
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	866	$2,530,721	31,890	29
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	459	$1,507,415	19,336	29
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	504	$1,428,167	19,482	27
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	591	$1,379,443	18,167	23
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	652	$1,378,224	19,185	26
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	332	$1,366,559	16,049	33
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	495	$1,291,251	17,823	28
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	376	$1,152,289	14,800	30

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 2023.

Specialties billing 97161 nationally

Physical Therapist in Private Practice accounts for 98% of payment for 97161 nationally in 2023, across 13 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	35,058	98%	$111,696,051	98%	1,503,702	43
Orthopedic Surgery	358	1.0%	$1,179,312	1.0%	15,701	44
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	115	0.32%	$383,993	0.34%	5,057	44
Internal Medicine	15	0.04%	$124,532	0.11%	1,633	109
Family Practice	32	0.09%	$114,029	0.10%	1,574	49
Neurology	21	0.06%	$82,317	0.07%	1,054	50
Otolaryngology	20	0.06%	$45,131	0.04%	603	30
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	12	0.03%	$38,363	0.03%	505	42
Podiatry	16	0.04%	$37,625	0.03%	464	29
Sports Medicine	13	0.04%	$35,945	0.03%	450	35
Rheumatology	12	0.03%	$28,396	0.02%	367	31
Hand Surgery	11	0.03%	$27,118	0.02%	362	33
Neurosurgery	12	0.03%	$20,517	0.02%	264	22

Not listed: 13 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 2023.

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