	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	228	$3,616,663	52,991	48	822
California	156	$2,297,317	30,671	50	772
Florida	241	$1,881,473	27,648	46	363
New York	145	$1,147,706	15,022	45	375
Georgia	64	$1,058,088	14,996	42	222
New Jersey	51	$709,705	9,264	54	439
North Carolina	121	$672,269	10,077	43	242
Maryland	45	$615,006	8,496	63	805
Illinois	46	$569,183	8,687	50	710
Michigan	67	$455,495	6,969	34	362
Pennsylvania	64	$392,796	5,820	34	241
Massachusetts	72	$312,908	4,524	39	174
Mississippi	55	$290,088	5,642	54	234
Arizona	60	$235,942	3,612	33	216
Indiana	36	$223,566	3,440	26	341

Not listed: 12 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	131	$1,366,712	17,183	50
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	81	$1,174,711	17,036	77
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	68	$1,121,466	15,267	57
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	24	$910,035	12,699	60
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	41	$785,536	11,290	33
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	43	$541,233	8,116	45
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	35	$447,897	6,254	57
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	34	$370,064	5,549	101
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	38	$356,868	5,221	70
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	14	$351,587	4,974	184
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	40	$348,484	4,583	32
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	51	$338,257	4,989	41
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	29	$285,407	4,072	41
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	23	$261,215	4,183	35
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	17	$201,047	2,579	85

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 42 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 99487 nationally

Internal Medicine accounts for 42% of payment for 99487 nationally in 2021, across 11 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Internal Medicine	611	31%	$7,333,306	42%	104,141	170
Family Practice	567	29%	$4,717,907	27%	68,146	120
Nurse Practitioner	357	18%	$1,959,215	11%	32,386	91
Cardiology	48	2.4%	$618,264	3.5%	8,591	179
Geriatric Medicine	25	1.3%	$356,933	2.0%	4,573	183
Gastroenterology	135	6.8%	$325,165	1.9%	4,655	34
Physician Assistant	68	3.4%	$324,210	1.9%	4,992	73
General Practice	28	1.4%	$297,591	1.7%	4,106	147
Nephrology	12	0.61%	$141,697	0.81%	2,014	168
Urology	19	0.96%	$91,419	0.52%	1,294	68
Pulmonary Disease	11	0.56%	$26,425	0.15%	444	40

Not listed: 23 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 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