Medicare · fee-for-service Part B

Alabama — total Medicare claims by state

25.0M

Services billed

$702.0M

Medicare payments

2,027

Physician groups

1.7%

of the national total

101K

Inpatient discharges · FY2024

32.5M

Part D claims · CY2024

Physician groups in Alabama billed 25,049,374 Medicare Part B services in 2024, totaling $702.0M in Medicare payments — 1.7% of the national total.

Calendar year 2024 · Medicare fee-for-service Part B

Alabama billing by specialty

Physician groups billing in Alabama, by primary specialty · CY2024

Primary specialty	Services	Medicare payments	Groups
Hematology/Oncology	3.4M	$70.2M	11
Internal Medicine	3.3M	$87.0M	225
Family Practice	2.2M	$67.2M	372
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	2.0M	$37.5M	193
Rheumatology	1.9M	$25.2M	10
Orthopedic Surgery	1.5M	$25.3M	40
Medical Oncology	1.5M	$26.6M	2
Anesthesiology	1.1M	$41.0M	110
Urology	1.1M	$12.3M	8
Emergency Medicine	790K	$13.2M	106
Ophthalmology	716K	$49.4M	43
Dermatology	657K	$41.6M	48
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	651K	$33.2M	46
Diagnostic Radiology	570K	$14.2M	84
Neurology	566K	$18.6M	17
Interventional Cardiology	332K	$15.2M	8
Gastroenterology	304K	$12.0M	18
Optometry	284K	$10.3M	94
Infectious Disease	242K	$3.6M	7
Pathology	231K	$9.8M	25
Pulmonary Disease	202K	$11.6M	14
Otolaryngology	184K	$8.4M	32
Nephrology	175K	$10.6M	23
Nurse Practitioner	149K	$3.6M	52
Psychiatry	145K	$3.7M	20
Obstetrics/Gynecology	105K	$5.5M	57
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	103K	$1.8M	11
General Surgery	82,899	$8.6M	39
Clinical Social Worker	75,711	$2.9M	31
Chiropractic	73,366	$9.0M	89
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	67,857	$1.3M	9
Allergy/Immunology	52,768	$1.2M	7
Interventional Pain Management	43,232	$1.7M	8
Podiatry	41,695	$2.1M	13
Pain Management	40,342	$2.3M	12
Vascular Surgery	25,964	$3.4M	12
Neurosurgery	21,327	$1.9M	11
Radiation Oncology	20,894	$2.5M	6
Endocrinology	19,022	$623K	3
Mental Health Counselor	15,335	$725K	28
Clinical Psychologist	14,687	$565K	12
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (MDS)	13,130	$1.1M	1
Gynecological Oncology	12,012	$143K	1
General Practice	11,384	$320K	3
Hospitalist	10,811	$797K	7
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	8,871	$242K	2
Qualified Audiologist	7,007	$164K	8
Sports Medicine	5,538	$60K	2
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	5,193	$374K	24
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	3,356	$407K	3
Pediatric Medicine	2,767	$159K	2
Cardiac Electrophysiology	2,635	$117K	2
Thoracic Surgery	1,663	$337K	2
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	1,559	$136K	5
Sleep Medicine	983	$78K	1
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	559	$14K	2
Maxillofacial Surgery	468	$44K	1
Cardiac Surgery	344	$56K	1
Surgical Oncology	185	$13K	1
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	166	$7K	1
Oral Surgery	58	$2K	2

Ranked by services billed. Each linked specialty opens its highest-billed code in Alabama; when that code is not shown, it opens the specialty's own page.

Alabama hospital inpatient by MS-DRG

Hospital inpatient stays in Alabama, by MS-DRG · FY2024 (Oct–Sep)

MS-DRG	Discharges	Share of national
871 · SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC	7,047	1.2%
291 · HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC	4,332	1.4%
193 · SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC	2,229	1.6%
177 · RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC	2,097	1.5%
690 · KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC	1,870	2.0%
392 · ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC	1,688	1.9%
689 · KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC	1,512	1.8%
872 · SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC	1,416	1.3%
280 · ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC	1,302	1.5%
641 · MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC	1,288	1.9%
378 · GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC	1,277	1.6%
065 · INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS	1,224	1.7%
683 · RENAL FAILURE WITH CC	1,197	1.5%
470 · MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC	1,161	1.8%
640 · MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC	1,144	1.5%
189 · PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE	1,128	1.2%
190 · CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC	1,125	2.0%
481 · HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC	1,101	1.6%
853 · INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC	1,101	1.3%
194 · SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC	1,089	2.2%
064 · INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC	1,058	1.6%
309 · CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC	1,034	1.6%
682 · RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC	1,024	1.3%
312 · SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE	979	1.7%
274 · PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC	877	1.5%

Top 25 of 556 MS-DRGs with published discharges in Alabama, ranked by discharges. Share is this state's discharges against the DRG's national total (both from CMS's by-geography inpatient file, so a share never exceeds 100%). Each DRG opens its market for Alabama. Discharges are counted stays under Medicare fee-for-service Part A (no Medicare Advantage), Maryland waiver-priced.

Alabama Part D medications

Part D medications prescribed in Alabama, by claims · CY2024

Medication	Claims	30-day fills	Share of national
Atorvastatin Calcium	1.1M	2.7M	1.5%
Amlodipine Besylate	918K	2.2M	1.8%
Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen · Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	788K	789K	3.9%
Levothyroxine Sodium	721K	1.7M	1.7%
Gabapentin	713K	972K	1.9%
Pantoprazole Sodium	627K	1.4M	2.4%
Losartan Potassium	596K	1.5M	1.6%
Omeprazole	511K	1.2M	1.8%
Lisinopril	493K	1.2M	1.4%
Metoprolol Succinate	488K	1.2M	1.5%
Rosuvastatin Calcium	488K	1.3M	1.6%
Apixaban · Eliquis	459K	670K	1.9%
Furosemide	431K	848K	1.8%
Trazodone Hcl	394K	723K	2.1%
Carvedilol	386K	896K	2.4%
Potassium Chloride	374K	734K	2.6%
Metformin Hcl	367K	885K	1.5%
Albuterol Sulfate · Albuterol Sulfate Hfa	344K	411K	1.8%
Meloxicam	339K	612K	2.8%
Tamsulosin Hcl	336K	755K	1.6%
Hydrochlorothiazide	327K	826K	1.8%
Tramadol Hcl	322K	328K	2.5%
Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen · Oxycodone-Acetaminophen	315K	316K	3.5%
Montelukast Sodium	302K	695K	2.4%
Duloxetine Hcl	281K	544K	2.1%

Ranked by claims: the 25 of 2,287 medications CMS publishes for Alabama with the most claims in CY2024. Medications are shown as CMS prints them, at the brand-and-generic grain CMS publishes. Geography is the prescriber's state as CMS files it: claims are counted where the prescriber sits, not where the pharmacy or the patient is. A claim is one dispensed fill, refills included; it is not a prescription written and not a patient count. 30-day fills restate claims to a 30-day supply, so a 90-day fill counts as three. Share is this state's claims against the total CMS publishes for the medication nationally. Claims are Medicare Part D drug-plan claims, Medicare Advantage plans included. Drug cost and prescriber figures are not part of this page.

Figures are attributable Medicare billing: each service is credited to a physician group only when the clinician who billed it belongs to exactly one group in CMS's Doctors and Clinicians register. Clinicians registered with more than one group, and groups without a specialty label, are not included in the specialty table above.

The physician-billing figures are Medicare fee-for-service Part B, and the hospital inpatient figures Medicare fee-for-service Part A — Medicare Advantage is not included in these. The Part D medication claims are the exception: they are drug-plan claims and include Medicare Advantage drug plans. A county- or city-level total for Alabama is not published here — see methods for why. Search a specific procedure code and state on the code browser for the ranked physician groups behind these totals.