Who bills the most Injection, abatacept, 10 mg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered) (J0129) to Medicare in North Carolina?
Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS23 physician groups billed Injection, abatacept, 10 mg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered) (J0129) to Medicare fee-for-service in North Carolina in 2024; the top five named groups hold 62% of that volume, and independent (non-hospital-affiliated) groups deliver 0%.
J0129 — Injection, abatacept, 10 mg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered) · Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners PUF (Part B), CY2024 release. Medicare fee-for-service only.
Snapshot covers the whole North Carolina market — the table below shows the top 100 groups (free tier).
Medicare fee-for-service covers 43% of Medicare in North Carolina; Medicare Advantage penetration 40% → 57% since 2020.
| # | Physician group | City | St | Specialty | Providers | J0129 svcs | Share* | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARTHRITIS AND OSTEOPOROSIS CONSULTANTS OF THE CAROLINAS PA | CHARLOTTE | NC | RHEUMATOLOGY | 13 | 95,625 | 12.0% | (704) 342-0252 |
| 2 | ASHEVILLE ARTHRITIS AND OSTEOPOROSIS CENTER PA | ASHEVILLE | NC | RHEUMATOLOGY | 11 | 81,400 | 10.2% | (828) 258-9533 |
| 3 | CAROLINA ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATES PA | WILMINGTON | NC | RHEUMATOLOGY | 5 | 73,852 | 9.3% | (910) 762-1182 |
| 4 | CAROLINA ARTHRITIS CENTER PA | GREENVILLE | NC | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 5 | 52,875 | 6.6% | (252) 321-8474 |
| 5 | CAPE FEAR ARTHRITIS CARE PLLC | LELAND | NC | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 3 | 31,526 | 4.0% | 91062226081001 |
| 6 | CAROLINAEAST PHYSICIANS | NEW BERN | NC | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 203 | 28,779 | 3.6% | (252) 635-6777 |
| 7 | D DENNIS PAYNE JR MD PA | HICKORY | NC | RHEUMATOLOGY | 4 | 23,000 | 2.9% | (828) 322-1996 |
| 8 | DUKE HEALTH INTEGRATED PRACTICE INC | DURHAM | NC | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 3051 | 21,500 | 2.7% | (919) 684-8111 |
| 9 | PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE PA | STATESVILLE | NC | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 226 | 17,600 | 2.2% | (704) 838-8210 |
| 10 | WILMINGTON HEALTH PLLC | WILMINGTON | NC | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 393 | 16,100 | 2.0% | (910) 341-1540 |
| 11 | TRIANGLE ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES | RALEIGH | NC | RHEUMATOLOGY | 3 | 12,825 | 1.6% | (919) 881-8272 |
| 12 | CAROLINA RHEUMATOLOGY AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PA | FAYETTEVILLE | NC | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 4 | 12,775 | 1.6% | (910) 920-1450 |
| 13 | GREENSBORO RHEUMATOLOGY PA | GREENSBORO | NC | RHEUMATOLOGY | 4 | 12,625 | 1.6% | (336) 617-6568 |
| 14 | SOUTH CHARLOTTE RHEUMATOLOGY PLLC | CHARLOTTE | NC | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 3 | 10,975 | 1.4% | (704) 672-0449 |
| 15 | CAROLINAS PHYSICIANS NETWORK INC | CHARLOTTE | NC | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 2360 | 10,475 | 1.3% | (704) 667-1000 |
| 16 | TRYON MEDICAL PARTNERS, PLLC | CHARLOTTE | NC | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 145 | 8,075 | 1.0% | (704) 495-6334 |
| 17 | GREENSBORO MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, P.A. | GREENSBORO | NC | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 10 | 7,277 | 0.9% | (336) 373-0611 |
| 18 | COASTAL CAROLINA HEALTH CARE PA | NEW BERN | NC | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 122 | 6,100 | 0.8% | (252) 634-3278 |
| 19 | HILLARY E NORTON MD PC | SANTA FE | NC | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 4 | 4,900 | 0.6% | (505) 988-7568 |
| 20 | PALMETTO INFUSION SERVICES LLC | CHARLOTTE | NC | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 59 | 4,575 | 0.6% | (704) 200-9482 |
| 21 | SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC | EAGLE RIVER | NC | ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | 2158 | 4,325 | 0.5% | (907) 694-8085 |
| 22 | PINEHURST MEDICAL CLINIC INC | PINEHURST | NC | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 156 | 2,700 | 0.3% | (910) 295-5511 |
| 23 | NOVANT HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP COASTAL REGION LLC | WILMINGTON | NC | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 560 | 2,150 | 0.3% | (910) 662-6000 |
*Share of North Carolina's disclosed Medicare-FFS services for J0129, counted once per clinician. Volume is placed in the state it was billed from, so this page ranks the groups actually billing J0129 in North Carolina — including groups registered elsewhere ("City" is each group's registered location). Group figures sum clinicians affiliated with exactly one group; clinicians in several groups are listed in each group's drill-down but not volume-attributed to any single group.
How to read this. Figures are Medicare fee-for-service only — not all-payer — from the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners Public Use File (Part B), CY2024 release. CMS suppresses any provider×code row under 11 beneficiaries, so a missing group means "suppressed," never zero. "Charges" are provider-submitted amounts, not payments. Groups are ranked by measured service volume attributed to clinicians in exactly one group — clinicians affiliated with several groups are listed in rosters but never volume-attributed to a single group — a direct read of the public record, not a rating or quality score. Full method: Methods & Sources.
Comparing against an all-payer estimate?
These are exact counts from Medicare fee-for-service claims — roughly a third to half of most procedure markets, depending on payer mix. Modeled all-payer databases project the remainder statistically; we publish the audited floor and label it as such. Same market, different denominator. How the numbers reconcile →