	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	90,889	$216,133,383	-10%	5,819,455	31	212	0.70
2023	99,011	$241,099,250	-13%	6,440,114	31	218	0.70
2022	109,666	$278,584,010	-13%	7,292,614	32	223	0.70
2021	122,768	$320,057,140	+37%	8,331,445	32	234	0.70
2020	111,120	$233,953,402	first year in data	7,752,244	32	241	0.48

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
New York	7,854	$28,175,913	635,135	33	299
California	7,971	$27,261,245	646,518	32	283
Florida	6,918	$20,391,575	529,211	36	267
New Jersey	3,453	$12,329,113	287,143	36	310
Texas	5,514	$12,219,828	340,642	31	204
Pennsylvania	4,721	$10,701,822	293,396	31	203
Illinois	3,951	$9,571,555	257,780	32	214
Ohio	4,099	$6,978,491	213,193	29	163
Virginia	2,825	$6,591,764	178,968	31	207
Massachusetts	2,655	$6,351,431	166,218	31	206
Maryland	2,363	$6,306,246	158,416	32	233
North Carolina	2,886	$6,016,805	174,784	32	194
Georgia	2,717	$5,712,528	163,969	31	196
Arizona	2,307	$5,422,480	149,933	32	230
Michigan	2,750	$5,381,076	149,040	30	169

Not listed: 9 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AE, AP, XX, ZZ); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 1 state 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	8,173	$32,925,969	720,663	35
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	2,601	$10,554,123	242,833	34
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	2,918	$7,476,103	195,974	32
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	2,209	$6,443,903	161,549	35
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	1,693	$5,423,859	133,341	34
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	1,755	$4,413,969	106,226	30
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	1,848	$4,066,035	103,471	29
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	1,457	$3,255,757	88,502	31
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	1,000	$3,230,378	71,785	33
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	1,457	$3,153,050	86,415	30
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	1,222	$3,011,606	78,757	34
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	1,214	$3,009,923	76,141	32
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	1,377	$2,643,737	73,084	28
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	1,142	$2,274,688	61,133	29
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	631	$2,174,093	51,468	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 2023.

Specialties billing 99212 nationally

Dermatology accounts for 16% of payment for 99212 nationally in 2023, across 65 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Dermatology	8,276	8.4%	$38,222,250	16%	966,828	117
Podiatry	6,953	7.0%	$36,176,795	15%	879,186	126
Nurse Practitioner	13,839	14%	$21,511,899	8.9%	706,863	51
Physician Assistant	12,152	12%	$20,591,676	8.5%	638,999	53
Internal Medicine	7,071	7.1%	$17,003,424	7.1%	425,943	60
Orthopedic Surgery	5,862	5.9%	$14,131,295	5.9%	365,608	62
Family Practice	7,329	7.4%	$12,588,462	5.2%	339,160	46
Optometry	6,197	6.3%	$9,337,600	3.9%	258,135	42
Ophthalmology	3,226	3.3%	$9,046,187	3.8%	234,104	73
General Surgery	3,781	3.8%	$6,607,077	2.7%	182,529	48
Urology	2,446	2.5%	$6,122,629	2.5%	154,954	63
Otolaryngology	2,590	2.6%	$6,089,099	2.5%	157,123	61
Psychiatry	908	0.92%	$4,519,713	1.9%	122,736	135
Cardiology	1,160	1.2%	$3,089,116	1.3%	77,281	67
Obstetrics & Gynecology	2,171	2.2%	$2,825,261	1.2%	74,232	34

Not listed: 11 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 99212 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