	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	5,042	$18,741,695	+0%	200,192	24	113	2.87
2023	4,895	$18,716,505	+105%	193,182	24	113	2.87
2022	1,882	$9,144,143	+10%	74,343	22	128	3.38
2021	1,784	$8,331,988	+1%	66,452	21	108	3.38
2020	1,724	$8,239,161	first year in data	64,820	21	111	3.38

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	135	$1,463,875	10,739	31	316
Florida	229	$1,158,413	9,226	22	117
Texas	214	$1,008,373	8,371	25	99
Illinois	149	$810,938	6,040	23	117
New York	127	$799,524	5,700	22	151
New Jersey	64	$346,261	2,490	24	130
Michigan	76	$301,490	2,386	20	125
Nevada	58	$280,866	2,350	25	100
Washington	45	$162,309	1,414	20	84
Virginia	43	$152,720	1,248	22	62
Arizona	42	$152,706	1,292	20	76
South Carolina	65	$152,574	1,307	17	41
Pennsylvania	24	$123,498	922	28	117
Massachusetts	34	$115,669	933	20	69
Colorado	43	$115,476	1,006	22	42

Not listed: 18 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 2020.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	168	$1,060,147	7,563	24
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	76	$1,031,643	7,608	36
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	142	$772,422	5,760	23
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	80	$407,737	3,387	30
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	66	$364,861	2,788	21
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	56	$275,897	2,311	26
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	51	$240,406	1,893	23
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	48	$234,565	1,805	22
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	38	$193,896	1,412	24
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	33	$170,917	1,376	23
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	29	$169,566	1,393	33
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	36	$142,261	1,189	23
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	12	$125,174	907	32
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	15	$106,181	837	22
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	27	$101,184	888	29

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 32 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2020.

Specialties billing 99344 nationally

Nurse Practitioner accounts for 53% of payment for 99344 nationally in 2020, across 10 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nurse Practitioner	1,077	62%	$4,362,305	53%	36,704	34
Family Practice	163	9.5%	$1,037,916	13%	7,416	45
Internal Medicine	176	10%	$943,820	11%	6,791	39
Physician Assistant	115	6.7%	$451,352	5.5%	3,810	33
General Practice	38	2.2%	$305,807	3.7%	2,192	58
Podiatry	40	2.3%	$260,717	3.2%	1,877	47
Optometry	14	0.81%	$189,035	2.3%	1,272	91
Emergency Medicine	12	0.70%	$148,648	1.8%	1,004	84
Geriatric Medicine	19	1.1%	$63,085	0.77%	463	24
Hospice and Palliative Care	14	0.81%	$35,093	0.43%	246	18

Not listed: 22 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 2020.

Top billers of 99344 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