	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	149	$1,441,277	10,751	30	271
Florida	260	$1,128,812	9,173	23	95
Texas	185	$929,409	7,697	26	101
New York	136	$885,798	6,331	23	159
Illinois	148	$763,704	5,875	27	103
Nevada	79	$368,809	3,094	25	81
Michigan	89	$330,397	2,645	20	74
New Jersey	53	$301,281	2,246	26	133
Pennsylvania	37	$177,532	1,339	19	114
South Carolina	47	$177,174	1,565	20	122
Ohio	57	$144,314	1,216	16	43
Virginia	39	$131,107	1,099	20	72
Georgia	31	$129,620	1,047	23	101
Kentucky	40	$99,723	934	19	40
Colorado	41	$98,280	810	17	35

Not listed: 1 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AE); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 20 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 2021.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	170	$1,066,951	7,684	23
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	82	$1,009,338	7,472	37
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	141	$715,419	5,503	28
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	77	$402,222	3,146	24
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	74	$346,408	2,919	25
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	64	$294,820	2,419	26
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	49	$268,090	2,026	19
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	42	$238,104	1,830	30
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	49	$230,571	1,802	27
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	27	$189,992	1,476	20
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	32	$161,850	1,394	26
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	36	$147,231	1,187	22
Columbia, SC	27	$132,388	1,182	24
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	23	$111,778	891	23
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	16	$103,330	864	26

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 33 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2021.

Specialties billing 99344 nationally

Nurse Practitioner accounts for 54% of payment for 99344 nationally in 2021, across 10 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nurse Practitioner	1,129	63%	$4,531,023	54%	38,284	34
Internal Medicine	170	9.5%	$1,119,571	13%	8,153	48
Family Practice	142	8.0%	$775,282	9.3%	5,709	40
Physician Assistant	155	8.7%	$665,636	8.0%	5,480	35
Podiatry	44	2.5%	$269,746	3.2%	1,972	45
Optometry	11	0.62%	$191,468	2.3%	1,314	119
General Practice	26	1.5%	$187,626	2.3%	1,355	52
Geriatric Medicine	16	0.90%	$67,150	0.81%	492	31
Hospice and Palliative Care	17	0.95%	$45,046	0.54%	316	19
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist	12	0.67%	$29,641	0.36%	251	21

Not listed: 24 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 2021.

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