Provider compensation as a percentage of gross charges

Specialty	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Family practice	38	40	36	35	34	34
Internal medicine	39	41	37	37	37	37
Pediatrics	37	35	34	33	32	33
Median Primary Care	38	39	36	35	34	34
Anesthesiology	38	40	41	39	38	40
Invasive cardiology	25	25	25	25	23	26
Non-invasive cardiology	27	28	27	26	31	28
Dermatology	31	27	31	28	28	27
Emergency medicine	40	44	39	35	32	32
Gastroenterology	25	24	25	22	24	24
Oncology	49	53	53	52	50	51
Neurology	31	32	30	30	30	33
Obstetrics/Gynecology	29	30	28	27	27	28
Ophthamology	24	22	24	22	24	23
Orthopedic surgery	28	28	28	26	27	25
Otolaryngology	24	24	23	25	25	24
Psychiatry	54	50	49	44	47	49
Pulmonology	35	32	32	30	33	32
Diagnostic radiology	29	29	23	26	27	25
General surgery	26	26	26	24	25	25
Urology	28	28	24	23	29	26
Median Specialty	31	31	30	30	31	31
CRNA	32	38	32	29	61	62
Nurse practitioner	33	31	29	27	27	29
Optometrist	36	27	28	28	29	27
Physician assistant surgery	33	26	27	27	27	24
Physician assistant primary	29	29	25	24	24	23
Psychologist	49	42	43	45	39	41
Median non-physician	32	30	29	28	29	29