Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Geography and Service

The Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners by Geography and Service dataset contains information on use, payments, submitted charges, and beneficiary…

Part of the CMS Data Feeds Dataset › Medicare

Dataplex delivers this CMS feed as the analysis-ready table DWV.MEDICARE_PHYSICIAN__OTHER_PRACTITIONERS__BY_GEOGRAPHY_AND_SERVICE on Snowflake and Databricks — 13 annual reporting periods (2013–2024) aligned to a single schema, refreshed automatically whenever CMS publishes a new file. Every row carries lineage back to the exact CMS source file that produced it.

Key facts

Snowflake	DWV.MEDICARE_PHYSICIAN__OTHER_PRACTITIONERS__BY_GEOGRAPHY_AND_SERVICE
Databricks	cms_dwv.medicare_physician__other_practitioners__by_geography_and_service
Coverage	Jan 2013 – Dec 2024 (12 of 12 annual reporting periods)
Rows	3,498,704 (total across all reporting periods)
Cadence	Annual
Update pattern	Time-partitioned — each file adds one reporting year
CMS published	2026-05-21
Loaded	2026-05-21
Columns	15 data + 6 lineage
Identifiers	HCPCS codes
File versions	13
License	CMS public data — U.S. Government work
Platforms	Snowflake Marketplace · Databricks Delta Sharing

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Current — CMS last published this feed on 2026-05-21. Coverage is complete through the 2024 reporting year. Next CMS release expected ~May 2027.

Time-partitioned feed — each file version covers one reporting year, so history is additive. Query the full table for all years; filter on the reporting period columns for a single period. Do not filter to the latest file only — that would return just the 2024 reporting year.

Sample queries

Snowflake

-- Each file version covers one reporting period — history is additive
SELECT *
FROM DWV.MEDICARE_PHYSICIAN__OTHER_PRACTITIONERS__BY_GEOGRAPHY_AND_SERVICE
LIMIT 100;

Databricks

About this feed

The Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners by Geography and Service dataset contains information on use, payments, submitted charges, and beneficiary demographic and health characteristics organized by geography, Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code, and place of service.

— Source: CMS feed metadata

Keywords: National, States & Territories, Medicare, Original Medicare, Physicians & Practitioners, Health Care Use & Payments, Health Equity Theme: Medicare

Coverage timeline

2013–2024 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 (🟩 covered · ⬜ no data)

12 of 12 annual reporting periods present — no gaps.

Release history

Reporting period	CMS published	Loaded	Latest file
2024-01-01 – 2024-12-31	2026-05-21	2026-05-21	✓
2023-01-01 – 2023-12-31	2025-10-28	2025-10-28
2023-01-01 – 2023-12-31	2025-04-24	2025-04-24
2022-01-01 – 2022-12-31	2024-06-04	2024-06-07
2021-01-01 – 2021-12-31	2023-05-10	2023-08-29
2020-01-01 – 2020-12-31	2023-05-10	2023-08-29
2019-01-01 – 2019-12-31	2023-05-10	2023-08-29
2018-01-01 – 2018-12-31	2023-05-10	2023-08-29
2017-01-01 – 2017-12-31	2023-05-10	2023-08-29
2016-01-01 – 2016-12-31	2023-05-10	2023-08-29

Show 3 earlier file versions

Reporting period	CMS published	Loaded	Latest file
2015-01-01 – 2015-12-31	2023-05-10	2023-08-29
2014-01-01 – 2014-12-31	2023-05-10	2023-08-29
2013-01-01 – 2013-12-31	2023-05-10	2023-08-29

Data dictionary

📋 15 data columns + 6 lineage columns

Column-level definitions are maintained by CMS in the official Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Geography and Service data dictionary.

Data columns

Column	Type
RNDRNG_PRVDR_GEO_LVL	TEXT
RNDRNG_PRVDR_GEO_CD	TEXT
RNDRNG_PRVDR_GEO_DESC	TEXT
HCPCS_CD	TEXT
HCPCS_DESC	TEXT
HCPCS_DRUG_IND	BOOLEAN
PLACE_OF_SRVC	TEXT
TOT_RNDRNG_PRVDRS	NUMBER
TOT_BENES	NUMBER
TOT_SRVCS	NUMBER
TOT_BENE_DAY_SRVCS	NUMBER
AVG_SBMTD_CHRG	NUMBER
AVG_MDCR_ALOWD_AMT	NUMBER
AVG_MDCR_PYMT_AMT	NUMBER
AVG_MDCR_STDZD_AMT	NUMBER

Lineage columns (present on every feed table)

Column	Type	Description
ROW_ID	TEXT	Unique row ID for this table (PK)
FILE_ID	TEXT	Source file — joins to FEEDS_FILES.ID (FK)
FILE_FEED_ID	TEXT	Parent feed — joins to FEEDS.ID (FK)
FILE_NAME	TEXT	Source file name as published by CMS
ROWNUM	NUMBER	Row number within the source file
CREATED_AT	TIMESTAMP_NTZ	Timestamp when the record was loaded

Row-level lineage

Every row in this table traces to the exact CMS source file that produced it. The FILE_ID column joins to the FEEDS_FILES catalog table, and FILE_FEED_ID joins to the FEEDS master table:

Trace any row back to its source file and reporting period:

SELECT d.RNDRNG_PRVDR_GEO_LVL, d.RNDRNG_PRVDR_GEO_CD, d.RNDRNG_PRVDR_GEO_DESC,
       ff.TEMPORAL_START, ff.TEMPORAL_END, ff.CMS_FEED_MODIFIED
FROM DWV.MEDICARE_PHYSICIAN__OTHER_PRACTITIONERS__BY_GEOGRAPHY_AND_SERVICE d
JOIN DWV.FEEDS_FILES ff ON d.FILE_ID = ff.ID;

Source & provenance

Published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (bureau 009:38).

• Official CMS data dictionary

• Medicare Physician Other Practitioners Methodology

Frequently asked questions

How often is Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Geography and Service updated?

Annually. CMS last published this feed on 2026-05-21, and Dataplex loaded it to the warehouse the same day. New releases are added automatically when CMS publishes them.

What years does Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Geography and Service cover?

2013 through 2024 — 12 annual reporting periods with no gaps. Each reporting year arrives as its own file version, and all years remain queryable side by side.

How many records are in Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Geography and Service?

3,498,704 rows across all 13 reporting periods. Because this feed is time-partitioned, the full table total is the meaningful count — no deduplication needed.

How do I get Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Geography and Service data?

It's included in the CMS Data Feeds Dataset on the Snowflake Marketplace (free trial available) and via Databricks Delta Sharing. Once mounted, query DWV.MEDICARE_PHYSICIAN__OTHER_PRACTITIONERS__BY_GEOGRAPHY_AND_SERVICE directly — no pipeline setup required.

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3. Run the sample query above — no ETL, no pipeline maintenance

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