	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	1,218	$16,598,989	+134%	422,066	86	1,280	0.93
2023	845	$7,107,680	+14%	238,840	91	1,204	0.61
2022	727	$6,243,540	+17%	206,316	107	1,101	0.61
2021	765	$5,332,279	+30%	162,884	82	736	0.61
2020	631	$4,100,767	first year in data	120,466	75	718	0.61

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	59	$498,582	13,906	146	648
Pennsylvania	72	$417,251	11,613	85	276
Texas	41	$321,490	9,467	53	1,248
Maryland	23	$317,360	8,720	126	1,319
Florida	52	$273,646	8,180	54	526
Colorado	56	$254,218	7,221	80	353
Ohio	32	$202,710	6,458	45	1,040
New York	33	$200,735	5,553	141	455
Missouri	11	$158,058	4,965	259	1,529
New Jersey	34	$122,848	3,347	65	270
Illinois	24	$114,333	3,181	90	370
Michigan	20	$112,772	3,145	28	905
Oklahoma	11	$105,359	3,079	240	947
Oregon	12	$83,324	2,816	127	625
Arizona	27	$82,650	3,157	44	531

Not listed: 25 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
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	17	$250,713	6,862	135
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	54	$250,089	7,065	80
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	51	$221,052	5,821	70
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	28	$190,565	6,101	175
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	27	$140,614	3,732	96
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	22	$129,678	3,558	90
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	12	$94,710	2,561	23
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	13	$85,933	2,642	48
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	19	$74,131	2,840	67
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	16	$63,436	1,842	40
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	11	$56,785	1,614	37
Cleveland, OH	14	$38,080	1,223	56

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 12 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 99484 nationally

Nurse Practitioner accounts for 28% of payment for 99484 nationally in 2020, across 10 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Nurse Practitioner	181	29%	$1,159,234	28%	37,888	209
Internal Medicine	110	17%	$715,466	17%	19,240	175
Pain Management	39	6.2%	$566,869	14%	15,563	399
Family Practice	108	17%	$526,526	13%	14,651	136
Anesthesiology	28	4.4%	$241,375	5.9%	6,534	233
Physician Assistant	49	7.8%	$185,493	4.5%	5,977	122
Psychiatry	26	4.1%	$168,164	4.1%	4,939	190
Psychologist, Clinical	20	3.2%	$145,718	3.6%	5,018	251
General Practice	13	2.1%	$84,424	2.1%	2,210	170
Interventional Pain Management	18	2.9%	$79,507	1.9%	2,189	122

Not listed: 17 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 99484 nationally

Named top billers are a Pro figure, and Pro is not available to buy, so this list is not shown to any account. The counts and totals by state, metro area and specialty on this page are free.

Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; CMS suppresses provider lines with fewer than 11 beneficiaries. How these figures are computed · Limitations