Medicare · fee-for-service Part B

Kentucky — total Medicare claims by state

16.8M

Services billed

$586.5M

Medicare payments

1,613

Physician groups

1.2%

of the national total

104K

Inpatient discharges · FY2024

33.2M

Part D claims · CY2024

Physician groups in Kentucky billed 16,781,738 Medicare Part B services in 2024, totaling $586.5M in Medicare payments — 1.2% of the national total.

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

Kentucky billing by specialty

Physician groups billing in Kentucky, by primary specialty · CY2024

Primary specialty	Services	Medicare payments	Groups
Family Practice	2.7M	$110.9M	215
Rheumatology	2.4M	$20.5M	12
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	2.0M	$36.2M	115
Internal Medicine	1.5M	$63.3M	171
Diagnostic Radiology	1.4M	$58.0M	89
Dermatology	938K	$56.9M	28
Ophthalmology	707K	$51.3M	36
Infectious Disease	661K	$1.6M	5
Optometry	581K	$22.0M	99
Orthopedic Surgery	486K	$21.1M	32
Pain Management	484K	$11.2M	10
Allergy/Immunology	350K	$3.1M	8
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	310K	$16.3M	35
Interventional Radiology	294K	$1.4M	2
Clinical Social Worker	204K	$10.2M	79
Nephrology	184K	$12.7M	15
Pathology	164K	$4.4M	22
Hematology/Oncology	155K	$4.9M	6
Emergency Medicine	147K	$12.0M	87
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	141K	$2.8M	15
Nurse Practitioner	108K	$3.5M	69
Anesthesiology	102K	$7.5M	107
Podiatry	101K	$9.4M	18
Otolaryngology	100K	$3.6M	10
Urology	99,549	$3.0M	3
General Surgery	58,124	$3.3M	21
Chiropractic	56,776	$1.3M	86
Pulmonary Disease	52,942	$3.7M	14
Obstetrics/Gynecology	40,494	$1.7M	17
Hospitalist	37,056	$3.3M	13
Gastroenterology	35,701	$2.2M	10
Mental Health Counselor	33,517	$676K	30
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	23,973	$1.6M	6
Psychiatry	18,777	$1.2M	24
Neurology	15,564	$383K	6
Physician Assistant	15,138	$313K	5
Interventional Pain Management	13,563	$996K	2
Radiation Oncology	13,003	$1.5M	3
Qualified Audiologist	11,920	$398K	13
Neurosurgery	10,912	$653K	2
Preventive Medicine	10,884	$9.4M	1
Geriatric Medicine	10,783	$1.4M	1
Clinical Psychologist	10,201	$651K	13
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (MDS)	9,893	$476K	1
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	8,955	$846K	24
Hospice/Palliative Care	8,456	$472K	3
Vascular Surgery	8,012	$740K	5
Hand Surgery	7,036	$210K	1
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	6,585	$86K	1
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	6,183	$513K	1
Interventional Cardiology	4,099	$243K	3
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	2,676	$158K	1
Critical Care (Intensivists)	1,615	$165K	3
Pediatric Medicine	1,018	$60K	2
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	944	$24K	1
Addiction Medicine	895	$58K	2
Marriage and Family Therapist	402	$3K	1
Dentist	297	$18K	1
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)	179	$5K	2
General Practice	96	$8K	1
Oral Surgery	54	$3K	2
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	32	$8K	2
Maxillofacial Surgery	23	$2K	1

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

Kentucky hospital inpatient by MS-DRG

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

MS-DRG	Discharges	Share of national
871 · SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC	8,886	1.5%
291 · HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC	4,906	1.6%
193 · SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC	2,945	2.1%
177 · RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC	2,350	1.6%
189 · PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE	1,865	2.0%
690 · KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC	1,633	1.7%
872 · SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC	1,561	1.5%
683 · RENAL FAILURE WITH CC	1,495	1.8%
689 · KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC	1,450	1.7%
392 · ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC	1,353	1.5%
280 · ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC	1,344	1.5%
853 · INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC	1,334	1.6%
378 · GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC	1,287	1.6%
190 · CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC	1,276	2.3%
682 · RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC	1,264	1.6%
065 · INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS	1,247	1.7%
641 · MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC	1,138	1.7%
309 · CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC	1,099	1.7%
640 · MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC	1,068	1.4%
194 · SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC	1,055	2.2%
698 · OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC	1,010	1.3%
322 · PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC	963	2.0%
481 · HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC	958	1.4%
885 · PSYCHOSES	896	2.1%
308 · CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH MCC	849	1.8%

Top 25 of 549 MS-DRGs with published discharges in Kentucky, 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 Kentucky. Discharges are counted stays under Medicare fee-for-service Part A (no Medicare Advantage), Maryland waiver-priced.

Kentucky Part D medications

Part D medications prescribed in Kentucky, by claims · CY2024

Medication	Claims	30-day fills	Share of national
Atorvastatin Calcium	1.2M	2.7M	1.6%
Levothyroxine Sodium	842K	1.8M	1.9%
Gabapentin	840K	1.0M	2.3%
Amlodipine Besylate	815K	1.8M	1.6%
Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen · Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	759K	760K	3.8%
Lisinopril	747K	1.7M	2.1%
Omeprazole	620K	1.3M	2.1%
Pantoprazole Sodium	600K	1.2M	2.3%
Metoprolol Succinate	577K	1.3M	1.8%
Losartan Potassium	544K	1.3M	1.5%
Rosuvastatin Calcium	509K	1.2M	1.7%
Furosemide	498K	897K	2.1%
Apixaban · Eliquis	441K	663K	1.8%
Metformin Hcl	396K	864K	1.7%
Albuterol Sulfate · Albuterol Sulfate Hfa	379K	444K	2.0%
Metoprolol Tartrate	369K	743K	2.3%
Potassium Chloride	360K	627K	2.5%
Montelukast Sodium	346K	718K	2.8%
Hydrochlorothiazide	343K	789K	1.9%
Trazodone Hcl	339K	576K	1.8%
Tamsulosin Hcl	338K	698K	1.6%
Carvedilol	321K	681K	2.0%
Sertraline Hcl	320K	575K	2.0%
Prednisone	315K	358K	2.0%
Clopidogrel Bisulfate · Clopidogrel	304K	639K	2.2%

Ranked by claims: the 25 of 2,324 medications CMS publishes for Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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.