2015 physician total cash compensation by specialty

Primary care physicians this year are experiencing bigger increases in total cash compensation than their specialist peers, according to the 2015 "Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey" from Minneapolis-based Sullivan, Cotter and Associates.

Combined with other findings in the survey, this may suggest the trend toward value-based, coordinated care — which puts primary care physicians in the driver's seat — could be starting to take hold. According to SullivanCotter, Primary care physicians saw a 3.4 percent median increase in total cash compensation between 2011 and 2015, compared to medical and surgical specialists, who saw 2.5 percent and 2.3 percent increases, respectively.

The table below breaks down median total cash compensation in 2015 by physician specialty and is ranked in order of highest to lowest percent change over last year, as presented by SullivanCotter. The information is based on data from 560 organizations and nearly 115,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Physician specialty

Percent change 2014 to 2015

2015 median total cash compensation

Urgent Care

11 percent

$234,831

Psychiatry, General

9 percent

$223,380

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

8 percent

$328,723

Otolaryngology, General

8 percent

$397,548

Internal Medicine

7 percent

$230,000

Family Practice

7 percent

$225,546

Hospitalist

6 percent

$249,458

Obstetrics/Gynecology

6 percent

$306,999

Emergency Medicine

5 percent

$302,371

Orthopedic Surgery, General

5 percent

$542,362

Neonatology

4 percent

$260,000

Cardiology, General

4 percent

$418,444

Pediatrics, General

4 percent

$216,239

Surgery, General

3 percent

$364,803

Hematology/Oncology

3 percent

$341,651

Gastroenterology

3 percent

$457,533

Urology

3 percent

$420,160

Diagnostic Radiology

1 percent

$444,781

Neurology

1 percent

$254,299

Anesthesiology

-2 percent

$363,000

 

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