Table 1. National Specialty Benchmarks

Medical oncology $12,870 $14,928 -$2,058

Surgical oncology $10,885 $12,617 -$1,732

Radiation oncology $11,642 $12,742 -$1,100

Ophthalmology $7,677 $8,740 -$1,063

Hematology/oncology $12,506 $13,556 -$1,050

Dermatology $6,381 $7,359 -$978

Gynecologist/oncologist $10,967 $11,868 -$900

Pathology $10,030 $10,696 -$665

Geriatric Psychiatry $14,064 $14,590 -$526

Osteopathic manipulative therapy $9,794 $10,315 -$521

Endocrinology $9,125 $9,633 -$507

Geriatric medicine $13,390 $13,896 -$506

Plastic and Reconstructive surgery $9,775 $10,246 -$471

Cardiology $9,566 $10,028 -$461

Optometry $8,285 $8,660 -$375

Neurology $9,651 $10,021 -$370

Podiatry $10,586 $10,938 -$352

Speech-language pathologist $10,239 $10,552 -$313

Rheumatology $9,792 $10,075 -$282

Gastroenterology $9,711 $9,988 -$277

Pulmonary disease $10,008 $10,264 -$256

Infectious disease $10,389 $10,629 -$240

Pediatric medicine $10,024 $10,254 -$230

Pain Management $10,773 $10,990 -$217

Nuclear medicine $10,105 $10,273 -$168

Clinical psychologist (billing indepedently) $11,494 $11,660 -$166

Oral surgery (dentists only) $9,989 $10,152 -$163

Otolaryngology $8,632 $8,789 -$158

Clinical psychologist $10,384 $10,492 -$108

Critical care (intensivists) $10,396 $10,499 -$103

Obstetrics/gynecology $9,837 $9,937 -$100

Hematology $11,420 $11,493 -$73

Neuropsychiatry $9,350 $9,406 -$56

Sports Medicine $10,447 $10,502 -$55

Chiropractic $10,614 $10,661 -$47

General surgery $10,423 $10,463 -$41

Cardiac Electrophysiology $10,032 $10,061 -$29

Thoracic surgery $10,631 $10,657 -$26

Anesthesiology $10,435 $10,459 -$24

Anesthesiologist Assistant $9,711 $9,730 -$19

Interventional Pain Management $10,700 $10,710 -$10

Specialty w/o # EPs 

Adjustment

w/# EPs 

Adjustment Difference

National Cost per Capita Benchmark
Maxillofacial surgery $10,129 $10,129 $0

Sleep Medicine $0 $0 $0

Single or Multispecialty clinic or group practice $10,259 $10,248 $11

Addiction medicine $9,467 $9,453 $14

Colorectal surgery $10,179 $10,163 $16

Diagnostic radiology $10,262 $10,229 $33

Hospice and Palliative Care $10,567 $10,532 $35

Peripheral vascular disease $10,772 $10,733 $39

General practice $10,250 $10,202 $48

Emergency medicine $10,215 $10,162 $53

Vascular surgery $10,575 $10,519 $56

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) $10,504 $10,416 $87

Physician assistant $10,426 $10,331 $96

Cardiac surgery $10,708 $10,604 $105

Interventional radiology $10,463 $10,354 $109

Urology $9,215 $9,098 $117

Physical medicine and rehabilitation $10,998 $10,866 $132

Registered Dietician/Nutrition Professional $10,011 $9,870 $141

Orthopedic surgery $10,481 $10,338 $143

Hand surgery $9,820 $9,663 $157

Certified clinical nurse specialist $11,184 $11,014 $171

Unknown physician specialty $10,591 $10,415 $176

Occupational therapist $10,281 $10,087 $194

Certified nurse midwife $10,013 $9,780 $233

Internal medicine $10,767 $10,516 $251

Family practice $10,439 $10,166 $272

Licensed clinical social worker $10,144 $9,864 $280

Preventive medicine $9,785 $9,505 $280

Nurse practitioner $10,993 $10,710 $283

Allergy/immunology $9,209 $8,822 $387

Audiologist $9,099 $8,702 $397

Neurosurgery $11,493 $11,087 $406

Psychiatry $10,329 $9,903 $426

Physical therapist $10,225 $9,777 $448

Nephrology $9,013 $8,507 $507

Mass Immunization Roster Biller $9,281 $7,395 $1,887

*Note: red indicates higher per capita cost without the EP adjustment while blue indicates higher per capita cos
 3,060 1,008

 807 399

 5,251 1,520

 18,598 6,793

 9,165 2,623

 12,256 6,010

 1,074 579

 6,078 1,265

 49 34

 627 538

 5,715 2,621

 2,132 1,153

 4,244 2,662

 32,409 7,932

 6,057 2,080

 15,482 5,767

 3,362 1,670

 351 154

 4,726 2,413

 13,966 4,896

 11,035 4,082

 5,362 1,899

 8,336 2,078

 1,087 834

 521 248

 23 20

 375 140

 10,168 4,335

 5,379 1,441

 2,671 955

 33,062 9,931

 915 427

 102 94

 169 98

 1,169 698

 22,841 8,542

 658 349

 2,237 1,070

 19,976 2,640

 565 58

 2,124 1,531

 EPs under 

Specialty 

Beneficiaries 

Under 

Specialty
 195 98

 - -

 761 738

 107 84

 1,349 722

 21,190 1,825

 247 145

 85 70

 8,919 7,421

 25,434 4,329

 3,270 1,530

 20,332 1,414

 45,907 12,391

 1,836 873

 951 437

 10,933 3,851

 7,842 4,145

 1,904 982

 24,489 7,814

 1,185 712

 1,495 776

 79 67

 1,688 615

 2,101 801

 113,366 34,995

 95,010 30,590

 6,330 1,352

 529 315

 59,156 15,681

 3,557 2,014

 3,940 1,468

 4,865 1,806

 16,857 3,541

 7,928 1,865

 8,656 2,823

 169 68

icates higher per capita cost with the EP adjustment