	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	26,213	$618,183,045	+6%	11,622,162	157	1,781	1.30
2023	25,763	$584,358,129	+11%	10,760,932	152	1,693	1.30
2022	25,640	$526,581,508	+2%	10,439,034	149	1,614	1.16
2021	25,898	$514,203,246	-4%	10,032,624	146	1,549	1.16
2020	27,702	$538,231,168	first year in data	10,516,143	145	1,533	1.16

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	2,361	$105,922,070	1,706,916	249	2,933
Florida	2,109	$64,921,606	1,211,332	252	2,117
California	1,639	$58,248,416	998,363	189	2,718
New Jersey	1,434	$42,348,190	725,483	225	1,911
Texas	1,596	$37,978,534	746,446	168	1,981
Illinois	1,288	$33,651,893	619,492	203	1,847
Pennsylvania	1,477	$21,117,324	393,541	107	1,029
Maryland	691	$21,105,285	376,139	223	1,914
Ohio	1,337	$20,428,838	408,595	147	1,066
Massachusetts	749	$15,350,103	288,328	170	1,381
Michigan	846	$14,663,570	289,017	136	1,509
Virginia	651	$12,302,230	240,623	177	1,305
Indiana	685	$11,792,697	247,029	155	1,366
Connecticut	505	$10,099,401	186,594	188	1,227
North Carolina	741	$9,993,528	203,542	131	990

Not listed: 4 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AE, AP, XX); they are in the national totals.

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 2023.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	2,775	$128,251,654	2,063,273	293
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	779	$31,460,734	540,056	213
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	1,089	$31,279,178	572,404	250
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	648	$22,987,271	400,385	322
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	822	$17,374,402	314,683	143
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	465	$12,714,336	224,458	217
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	404	$12,395,572	237,144	262
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	366	$11,093,700	197,726	207
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	495	$9,584,426	185,910	164
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	364	$9,510,180	185,245	194
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	251	$9,066,976	174,222	317
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	485	$8,698,324	161,057	159
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	179	$7,440,142	141,359	318
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	165	$6,613,882	106,416	209
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	347	$6,060,605	116,077	125

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 99308 nationally

Nurse Practitioner accounts for 39% of payment for 99308 nationally in 2023, across 37 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nurse Practitioner	11,580	45%	$227,678,295	39%	4,650,023	402
Internal Medicine	4,566	18%	$129,759,032	22%	2,154,321	472
Family Practice	3,176	12%	$61,590,838	11%	1,086,117	342
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	739	2.9%	$40,572,489	6.9%	657,854	890
Physician Assistant	1,687	6.5%	$38,979,199	6.7%	771,101	457
Podiatry	1,139	4.4%	$16,220,392	2.8%	273,370	240
General Surgery	225	0.87%	$10,390,446	1.8%	172,321	766
Psychiatry	437	1.7%	$9,285,734	1.6%	158,976	364
General Practice	227	0.88%	$6,682,594	1.1%	111,708	492
Hospitalist	311	1.2%	$6,395,718	1.1%	105,546	339
Geriatric Medicine	353	1.4%	$6,210,315	1.1%	107,957	306
Pulmonary Disease	194	0.75%	$4,802,284	0.82%	78,604	405
Infectious Disease	101	0.39%	$2,857,121	0.49%	47,494	470
Cardiology	92	0.36%	$2,709,098	0.46%	44,210	481
Emergency Medicine	140	0.54%	$1,926,801	0.33%	34,318	245

Not listed: 28 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 99308 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