	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	13,851	$15,438,322	-22%	962,003	32	223	0.18
2023	15,987	$19,688,384	-56%	1,191,077	33	240	0.18
2022	24,179	$45,127,410	-23%	2,452,735	34	338	0.18
2021	30,000	$58,548,097	+19%	3,217,936	36	352	0.18
2020	32,050	$49,016,620	first year in data	2,805,317	36	284	0.18

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	1,432	$2,918,190	165,841	36	387
Florida	1,451	$1,788,125	112,389	39	274
Arizona	472	$735,224	46,632	34	466
Texas	783	$678,529	44,574	33	187
New York	585	$645,391	36,553	28	210
Illinois	546	$530,338	34,391	28	169
North Carolina	640	$519,816	35,589	34	163
Maryland	278	$481,013	22,572	33	330
Washington	489	$450,382	27,733	35	159
Pennsylvania	479	$434,784	28,061	30	170
New Jersey	350	$431,586	23,288	29	256
Georgia	437	$422,854	28,590	34	221
Virginia	437	$356,794	23,487	28	149
Ohio	431	$341,137	22,360	29	169
Oregon	218	$321,176	16,813	35	284

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 2024.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	549	$1,716,823	90,469	42
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	629	$830,809	43,755	31
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	328	$555,386	34,915	33
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	425	$461,590	29,622	29
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	259	$386,937	23,050	39
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	248	$318,053	16,428	31
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	118	$276,452	12,466	36
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	272	$268,932	15,880	38
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	215	$250,211	15,833	35
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	257	$204,780	12,097	30
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	141	$201,754	17,407	35
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	183	$201,509	11,709	33
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	73	$198,842	12,197	46
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	188	$187,339	12,395	39
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	190	$173,665	11,153	34

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 98 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 99211 nationally

Internal Medicine accounts for 23% of payment for 99211 nationally in 2024, across 49 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Internal Medicine	2,658	19%	$3,512,077	23%	206,159	78
Family Practice	2,926	21%	$3,353,612	22%	206,935	71
Cardiology	1,200	8.7%	$1,676,239	11%	106,233	89
Nurse Practitioner	1,556	11%	$1,217,295	7.9%	91,205	59
Urology	1,021	7.4%	$925,594	6.0%	54,817	54
Hematology-Oncology	528	3.8%	$492,103	3.2%	29,766	56
General Practice	117	0.84%	$374,829	2.4%	20,836	178
Physician Assistant	567	4.1%	$323,474	2.1%	23,703	42
Interventional Cardiology	244	1.8%	$254,429	1.6%	15,583	64
Allergy/ Immunology	104	0.75%	$240,852	1.6%	12,670	122
Dermatology	225	1.6%	$217,649	1.4%	12,139	54
Psychiatry	162	1.2%	$182,154	1.2%	15,045	93
Ophthalmology	174	1.3%	$180,001	1.2%	11,214	64
Podiatry	164	1.2%	$174,166	1.1%	10,287	63
Endocrinology	205	1.5%	$172,588	1.1%	10,504	51

Not listed: 30 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 99211 nationally

Named top billers are a Pro figure, and Pro is not available to buy, so this list is not shown to any account. The counts and totals by state, metro area and specialty on this page are free.

Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; CMS suppresses provider lines with fewer than 11 beneficiaries. How these figures are computed · Limitations