Gross charges as a percentage of median primary care charges

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Base category Median primary care charges (=100)

Specialty	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Family practice	99	98	97	98	97	96
Internal medicine	99	97	96	95	94	97
Pediatrics	103	108	106	106	106	105
Median primary care	100	100	100	100	100	100
Anesthesiology	172	186	165	180	182	175
Cardiac surgery	362	385	395	346	376	354
Cardiology	275	286	288	268	242	265
Dermatology	181	207	164	219	216	243
Emergency medicine	123	121	130	139	144	145
Gastroenterology	282	308	302	326	320	323
Oncology	139	131	124	136	136	145
Neurology	152	145	144	142	135	137
Obstetrics/Gynecology	202	198	198	199	187	190
Ophthamology	248	286	262	262	268	258
Orthopedics	301	313	308	316	320	334
Otolaryngology	266	263	265	255	257	263
Psychiatry	75	83	77	85	74	79
Pulmonary medicine	145	163	161	161	149	152
Diagnostic radiology	294	272	342	327	320	339
General surgery	248	251	233	240	227	239
Urology	260	289	301	294	254	278
Median specialist	210	219	208	208	205	202
CRNA	78	67	82	86	44	44
Nurse practitioner	46	50	51	54	54	50
Optometrist	71	88	76	78	74	84
Physician assistant surgery	58	73	65	63	59	71
Physician assistant primary	56	59	63	65	64	67
Psychologist	39	43	39	37	39	41
Median non-provider	52	56	55	56	54	55