	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	10,676	$100,870,574	+6%	1,020,750	46	323	2.50
2023	10,126	$94,839,375	+13%	934,508	44	310	2.50
2022	9,512	$84,267,808	+5%	850,079	43	302	2.35
2021	9,404	$80,414,004	+9%	790,311	43	291	2.35
2020	9,593	$73,991,683	first year in data	726,635	40	252	2.35

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	961	$14,026,411	128,925	51	481
Florida	914	$8,442,007	86,121	51	314
New Jersey	760	$7,795,388	75,533	50	339
California	623	$7,698,377	74,370	48	410
Illinois	556	$5,725,438	58,014	48	366
Texas	599	$3,645,829	38,920	37	214
Pennsylvania	542	$3,406,388	35,258	37	206
Maryland	283	$3,232,318	31,945	66	369
Michigan	335	$2,989,079	31,319	51	329
Ohio	419	$2,648,934	28,093	42	216
Indiana	281	$2,427,242	26,720	56	285
Massachusetts	234	$2,202,605	21,705	46	304
Virginia	194	$1,923,254	19,619	52	347
North Carolina	231	$1,512,751	16,156	41	227
Connecticut	180	$1,490,029	14,509	40	283

Not listed: 2 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (XX); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 5 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 2022.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,331	$18,638,773	172,335	52
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	490	$5,688,494	57,498	54
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	332	$4,791,617	46,196	46
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	365	$3,289,480	32,572	52
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	335	$2,930,670	29,846	48
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	219	$2,082,891	21,569	54
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	143	$1,799,701	17,792	74
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	203	$1,632,311	17,050	47
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	167	$1,627,962	15,809	42
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	136	$1,294,959	13,747	53
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	138	$1,220,827	12,060	43
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	102	$903,939	9,512	54
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	74	$775,046	8,513	64
Cleveland, OH	104	$669,870	7,234	42
St. Louis, MO-IL	98	$610,329	6,643	41

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 89 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2022.

Specialties billing 99305 nationally

Internal Medicine accounts for 25% of payment for 99305 nationally in 2022, across 29 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Internal Medicine	2,476	26%	$21,223,475	25%	208,135	84
Nurse Practitioner	2,359	25%	$15,137,113	18%	173,353	73
Family Practice	1,778	19%	$13,429,558	16%	135,812	76
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	631	6.6%	$12,273,035	15%	114,541	182
Physician Assistant	385	4.0%	$4,338,776	5.1%	47,375	123
Podiatry	317	3.3%	$3,480,974	4.1%	33,369	105
Geriatric Medicine	220	2.3%	$1,606,641	1.9%	15,967	73
Psychiatry	159	1.7%	$1,531,411	1.8%	14,400	91
General Surgery	138	1.5%	$1,329,436	1.6%	12,559	91
General Practice	113	1.2%	$1,098,280	1.3%	10,838	96
Otolaryngology	12	0.13%	$1,035,115	1.2%	9,776	815
Pulmonary Disease	99	1.0%	$874,450	1.0%	8,189	83
Cardiology	99	1.0%	$861,503	1.0%	8,018	81
Hospitalist	151	1.6%	$860,840	1.0%	8,636	57
Infectious Disease	84	0.88%	$814,427	0.97%	7,619	91

Not listed: 31 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 2022.

Top billers of 99305 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