	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	2,946	$58,385,697	+37%	599,999	60	792	1.81
2023	2,701	$42,471,158	+45%	445,681	49	571	1.81
2022	2,107	$29,357,312	+68%	300,219	41	560	1.81
2021	1,977	$17,446,432	-5%	253,333	42	444	1.00
2020	2,139	$18,345,910	first year in data	266,015	39	443	1.00

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	219	$3,276,494	47,691	45	923
California	188	$2,302,036	31,151	67	672
Florida	240	$1,970,296	28,814	35	498
New York	171	$1,755,372	22,707	45	594
North Carolina	138	$828,148	12,322	50	273
Illinois	50	$685,589	10,158	37	1,112
New Jersey	39	$659,935	8,846	74	678
Georgia	68	$573,445	10,152	39	281
Arizona	47	$422,664	6,274	34	556
Pennsylvania	93	$385,203	5,801	29	231
Massachusetts	73	$380,037	5,304	47	221
Washington	21	$339,034	4,405	28	806
Maryland	47	$316,505	4,306	41	292
Michigan	77	$309,253	4,574	28	287
Mississippi	50	$291,687	5,532	44	362

Not listed: 13 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	143	$1,818,489	23,112	54
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	80	$920,965	12,362	68
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	65	$912,410	13,224	61
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	50	$666,249	9,705	34
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	54	$641,196	9,036	49
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	60	$518,120	7,489	43
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	43	$496,869	6,826	31
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	22	$431,270	5,917	104
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	33	$423,603	7,735	47
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	43	$327,348	4,850	45
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	34	$308,535	4,571	27
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	21	$276,835	4,284	54
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	42	$271,639	3,569	37
Greensboro-High Point, NC	35	$264,710	3,844	82
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	17	$258,723	3,841	29

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 44 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 99487 nationally

Internal Medicine accounts for 40% of payment for 99487 nationally in 2020, across 14 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Internal Medicine	702	33%	$7,307,624	40%	104,865	149
Family Practice	686	32%	$5,802,023	32%	82,868	121
Nurse Practitioner	332	16%	$1,808,476	9.9%	30,406	92
Cardiology	59	2.8%	$814,290	4.4%	11,218	190
General Practice	35	1.6%	$467,245	2.5%	6,160	176
Emergency Medicine	12	0.56%	$385,560	2.1%	5,206	434
Physician Assistant	66	3.1%	$378,151	2.1%	5,690	86
Geriatric Medicine	28	1.3%	$201,198	1.1%	2,972	106
Gastroenterology	65	3.0%	$146,518	0.80%	2,084	32
Neurology	14	0.65%	$124,300	0.68%	1,549	111
Urology	19	0.89%	$99,836	0.54%	1,429	75
Nephrology	14	0.65%	$76,684	0.42%	1,045	75
Endocrinology	15	0.70%	$61,308	0.33%	829	55
Interventional Cardiology	20	0.94%	$50,053	0.27%	731	37

Not listed: 25 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 99487 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