Pay changes by specialty, Sullivan, Cotter, 2002 to 2003
Pay Changes by Specialty, Sullivan, Cotter,
2002 to 2003
2002 2003 Pct. Change
Primary Care
Family practice w/ obstetrics $149 $150 1%
Family practice w/o obstetrics $140 $142 1%
Internal medicine $140 $143 2%
Pediatrics, general $134 $133 -1%
Nonprimary Specialties
Anesthesiology $212 $235 11%
Cardiology, invasive $258 $320 24%
Dermatology, general $197 $191 -3%
Emergency medicine $195 $199 2%
Gastroenterology $210 $215 2%
General surgery $200 $200 0
Hematology/oncology $199 $179 -10%
Neurology $147 $150 2%
Ob/gyn $213 $199 -7%
Ophthalmology $207 $202 -2%
Orthopedics, general $281 $275 -2%
Otolaryngology $243 $233 -4%
Pathology, anatomic $236 $191 -19%
Psychiatry, general $132 $134 2%
Radiology, diagnostic $247 $250 1%
Urology $249 $234 -6%
SOURCE: Sullivan, Cotter & Associates, 2003 Physician Compensation
and Productivity Survey compared with 2002 survey, (313) 872-1760,
www.sullivancotter.com. These are median national cash compensation
levels reported by Sullivan, Cotter & Associates for staff physicians.
The effective dates for the data are April 1, 2002, and February 1,
2003, and the percentage changes over the period between those dates
are given. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand dollars.
Percentage changes are rounded to the nearest whole. The data are based
mainly on reports from health systems and large multispecialty medical
groups. The overall sample size is 19,500 physicians in 180
organizations. Teaching hospitals comprise 58% of the sample. The
average annual revenue of the organizations is more than $400 million,
and, on average, they employ 138 physicians.
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