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 BenchmarkMaxillofacial 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 cost with the EP adjustment3,060 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

Specialty195 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

*Note: red indicates higher per capita cost without the EP adjustment while blue indicates higher per capita cost with the EP adjustment