The amount of revenue generated by different specialties for the hospitals where they practice is analyzed every three years by Merritt Hawkins, a physician recruiting firm. New data for 2019 edition show the following specialties to be the highest in revenue generation (these figures are rounded):
- $3.7 million: Cardiovascular Surgery
- $3.5 million: Invasive Cardiology
- $3.4 million: Neurosurgery
- $3.3 million: Orthopedic surgery
- $3 million: Gastroenterology
Primary care physicians, as a group, generated about $2.1 million each for their hospitals. There is also a cost/benefit analysis in this report, which compares the average revenue generated with the average salary for each specialty.
Source: Merritt Hawkins. (2019). 2019 physician inpatient/outpatient revenue survey. Click here: https://www.merritthawkins.com/uploadedFiles/MerrittHawkins_RevenueSurvey_2019.pdf Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org
