	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
2024	3,290	$68,531,588	-11%	495,106	120	338
2023	3,683	$76,777,249	-16%	577,092	123	372
2022	4,100	$90,883,949	-8%	659,032	127	372
2021	4,255	$98,861,965	-25%	699,235	129	378
2020	4,554	$131,820,652	first year in data	756,175	134	383

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	363	$8,267,504	60,196	125	430
Florida	386	$7,922,957	56,874	120	317
Texas	307	$6,068,926	43,955	120	303
Illinois	194	$4,666,935	33,788	150	367
Virginia	148	$3,654,811	26,456	126	541
New York	172	$3,515,871	25,736	123	293
Pennsylvania	147	$3,239,652	23,443	127	382
North Carolina	143	$3,039,565	21,936	132	303
New Jersey	136	$2,945,142	21,180	126	372
Maryland	108	$2,926,307	21,192	131	603
Arizona	138	$2,844,628	20,603	117	344
Tennessee	114	$2,841,122	20,500	141	414
Ohio	112	$2,720,513	19,788	132	408
Georgia	128	$2,646,512	19,304	124	317
Indiana	105	$2,372,106	17,239	130	372

Not listed: 11 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 2022.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	209	$4,272,678	31,092	125
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	131	$3,126,795	22,582	144
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	104	$2,301,386	16,833	118
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	71	$1,940,852	13,935	138
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	94	$1,766,868	12,787	115
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	87	$1,690,066	12,199	110
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	76	$1,500,850	10,808	110
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	50	$1,485,436	10,808	142
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	57	$1,209,034	8,672	121
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	37	$1,156,137	8,347	129
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	46	$1,064,743	7,672	137
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	47	$1,021,621	7,438	135
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	57	$906,075	6,595	105
St. Louis, MO-IL	49	$852,849	6,190	108
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	26	$832,403	6,022	154

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 81 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2022.

Specialties billing J9217 nationally

Urology accounts for 72% of payment for J9217 nationally in 2022, across 8 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Urology	2,709	66%	$65,423,631	72%	473,402	175
Hematology-Oncology	639	16%	$10,434,985	11%	76,169	119
Nurse Practitioner	215	5.2%	$4,688,227	5.2%	34,109	159
Medical Oncology	237	5.8%	$4,115,381	4.5%	29,989	127
Physician Assistant	182	4.4%	$4,022,220	4.4%	29,133	160
Radiation Oncology	66	1.6%	$1,361,714	1.5%	10,114	153
Hematology	16	0.39%	$344,957	0.38%	2,504	157
Internal Medicine	23	0.56%	$305,175	0.34%	2,241	97

Not listed: 8 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 2022.

Top billers of J9217 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