	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	7,440	$151,994,708	+7%	1,238,110	63	629	3.60
2023	7,304	$141,699,448	+139%	1,130,847	57	604	3.60
2022	3,833	$59,173,114	+4%	490,943	55	489	3.28
2021	3,641	$56,819,436	+7%	456,576	53	463	3.28
2020	3,414	$53,158,878	first year in data	418,619	51	493	3.28

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
Texas	378	$7,696,312	63,384	73	684
California	297	$6,557,593	47,551	60	670
New York	260	$5,294,810	37,043	48	544
Florida	310	$5,172,069	40,961	58	496
Illinois	182	$4,193,599	30,669	66	648
New Jersey	197	$3,732,833	28,738	74	581
Michigan	186	$3,154,848	24,684	51	540
Pennsylvania	118	$1,914,277	15,183	59	522
South Carolina	169	$1,598,728	14,117	54	259
Maryland	75	$1,306,159	10,287	55	451
Nevada	51	$1,245,005	10,260	55	843
Tennessee	47	$1,055,847	9,367	73	703
Arizona	98	$1,034,667	8,426	46	290
Massachusetts	102	$868,766	6,983	41	192
Ohio	107	$791,667	6,708	43	198

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

Not listed: 16 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	344	$6,913,084	48,877	51
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	164	$4,017,178	29,080	66
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	147	$3,704,773	26,726	67
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	156	$3,457,637	28,316	95
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	125	$2,672,838	21,006	74
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	104	$2,189,425	16,870	72
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	88	$1,905,361	15,766	46
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	59	$1,582,760	12,566	131
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	47	$1,179,980	9,707	55
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	48	$1,065,387	7,839	75
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	71	$1,011,282	7,799	55
Columbia, SC	106	$868,331	7,760	48
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	73	$816,967	6,634	45
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	48	$773,208	6,238	63
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	56	$767,798	5,831	39

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 58 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 99350 nationally

Nurse Practitioner accounts for 55% of payment for 99350 nationally in 2020, across 10 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nurse Practitioner	2,170	64%	$29,489,138	55%	247,854	114
Internal Medicine	435	13%	$8,194,649	15%	57,403	132
Family Practice	325	9.5%	$5,965,826	11%	42,549	131
Physician Assistant	189	5.5%	$3,159,898	5.9%	26,265	139
General Practice	57	1.7%	$2,046,202	3.8%	14,418	253
Geriatric Medicine	89	2.6%	$872,503	1.6%	6,448	72
Cardiology	14	0.41%	$395,925	0.74%	2,734	195
Hospice and Palliative Care	24	0.70%	$354,762	0.67%	2,473	103
Emergency Medicine	17	0.50%	$318,282	0.60%	2,232	131
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist	11	0.32%	$100,717	0.19%	928	84

Not listed: 30 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 99350 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