How much is a physician worth to a hospital? About $1.4M (Dallas Business Journal)
Irving-based Merritt Hawkins’ new 2013 Survey of Physician Inpatient/Outpatient Revenue puts a price tag on what physicians are worth to hospitals based on their specialties.
Orthopedic surgeons top the list at $2.7 million per year, while the overall annual average for the 18 specialties surveyed is $1.4 million.
The finding that grabbed me is that for the first time in the survey’s 11-year history, primary care physicians exceeded specialists in average annual revenue generated. The 2013 survey shows family ph...