Table 3:
Number of dermatologie procedures billed independently by nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistant (PAs) in each US state. DC, MD, and VA were grouped together since the Medicare Carrier Codes for these regions are not differentiated.
| State | Number of procedures billed by NPs | Number of procedures billed by PAs | Number of procedures billed by NPs and PAs | Total number of procedures billed by all practitioners | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | 158 | 0.71% | 2599 | 11.63% | 2757 | 12.33% | 22353 |
| AL | 13991 | 1.74% | 35448 | 4.40% | 49439 | 6.14% | 805256 |
| AR | 12882 | 2.93% | 26930 | 6.13% | 39812 | 9.06% | 439387 |
| AZ | 33008 | 2.97% | 104978 | 9.44% | 137986 | 12.40% | 1112643 |
| CA | 39878 | 0.95% | 191167 | 4.54% | 231045 | 5.49% | 4211005 |
| CO | 6104 | 1.09% | 48125 | 8.59% | 54229 | 9.68% | 560073 |
| CT | 4592 | 1.05% | 23223 | 5.33% | 27815 | 6.39% | 435534 |
| DC, MD, VA | 58774 | 3.18% | 100191 | 5.42% | 158965 | 8.59% | 1849562 |
| DE | 2491 | 1.65% | 11562 | 7.67% | 14053 | 9.32% | 150825 |
| FL | 210755 | 4.10% | 449599 | 8.76% | 660354 | 12.86% | 5135097 |
| GA | 30511 | 2.74% | 186801 | 16.81% | 217312 | 19.55% | 1111564 |
| IA | 31010 | 8.06% | 57314 | 14.90% | 88324 | 22.96% | 384712 |
| ID | 9723 | 5.33% | 49926 | 27.37% | 59649 | 32.70% | 182385 |
| IL | 31314 | 3.09% | 94203 | 9.29% | 125517 | 12.38% | 1013844 |
| IN | 28560 | 4.77% | 29467 | 4.92% | 58027 | 9.68% | 599279 |
| KS | 38175 | 11.69% | 51669 | 15.83% | 89844 | 27.52% | 326448 |
| KY | 22467 | 4.83% | 35956 | 7.74% | 58423 | 12.57% | 464702 |
| LA | 10010 | 2.06% | 5140 | 1.06% | 15150 | 3.11% | 486615 |
| MA | 50137 | 5.97% | 44879 | 5.34% | 95016 | 11.31% | 840407 |
| ME | 14817 | 10.61% | 8605 | 6.16% | 23422 | 16.77% | 139655 |
| MI | 10481 | 1.05% | 119223 | 11.99% | 129704 | 13.05% | 994070 |
| MN | 9488 | 3.49% | 24160 | 8.89% | 33648 | 12.38% | 271789 |
| MO | 36654 | 5.39% | 27491 | 4.05% | 64145 | 9.44% | 679590 |
| MS | 9930 | 2.89% | 10598 | 3.09% | 20528 | 5.98% | 343420 |
| MT | 8782 | 5.75% | 22011 | 14.40% | 30793 | 20.15% | 152842 |
| NC | 19790 | 1.45% | 188461 | 13.86% | 208251 | 15.31% | 1360163 |
| ND | 11423 | 19.96% | 841 | 1.47% | 12264 | 21.43% | 57235 |
| NE | 1918 | 0.82% | 36259 | 15.58% | 38177 | 16.40% | 232771 |
| NH | 7654 | 4.26% | 18032 | 10.04% | 25686 | 14.30% | 179638 |
| NJ | 47321 | 4.41% | 113152 | 10.55% | 160473 | 14.96% | 1072327 |
| NM | 2605 | 1.58% | 8376 | 5.09% | 10981 | 6.67% | 164681 |
| NV | 11775 | 3.76% | 52383 | 16.75% | 64158 | 20.51% | 312785 |
| NY | 29771 | 1.78% | 83538 | 5.00% | 113309 | 6.78% | 1670253 |
| OH | 32308 | 3.74% | 32811 | 3.80% | 65119 | 7.54% | 863937 |
| OK | 3563 | 0.82% | 47548 | 10.99% | 51111 | 11.81% | 432675 |
| OR | 11141 | 2.95% | 45429 | 12.04% | 56570 | 14.99% | 377414 |
| PA | 16734 | 1.60% | 72664 | 6.95% | 89398 | 8.55% | 1045294 |
| RI | 12259 | 10.91% | 18528 | 16.49% | 30787 | 27.40% | 112366 |
| SC | 43622 | 3.52% | 90337 | 7.30% | 133959 | 10.82% | 1237713 |
| SD | 5653 | 4.40% | 18664 | 14.54% | 24317 | 18.94% | 128374 |
| TN | 64172 | 7.88% | 104674 | 12.86% | 168846 | 20.75% | 813860 |
| TX | 47021 | 1.95% | 123443 | 5.12% | 170464 | 7.07% | 2412225 |
| UT | 7424 | 2.28% | 28076 | 8.62% | 35500 | 10.90% | 325747 |
| VT | 4482 | 7.88% | 11339 | 19.93% | 15821 | 27.80% | 56906 |
| WA | 46245 | 6.84% | 128934 | 19.08% | 175179 | 25.92% | 675897 |
| WI | 17600 | 4.19% | 42398 | 10.10% | 59998 | 14.29% | 419767 |
| WV | 16080 | 9.67% | 26240 | 15.78% | 42320 | 25.45% | 166256 |
| WY | 8271 | 11.91% | 1527 | 2.20% | 9798 | 14.11% | 69458 |
| Average | 24865 | 3.23% | 63644 | 8.28% | 88509 | 11.51% | 768767 |
| Total | 1193524 | 3.23% | 3054919 | 8.28% | 4248443 | 11.51% | 36900799 |