Ratio of Mean Provider Charges to Medicare Payment Rates in 2017, by Specialty

  1. Primary care: 2.2
  2. Pathology: 3.5
  3. Diagnostic Radiology: 4.0
  4. Emergency Medicine: 5.4
  5. Anesthesiology: 6.7
  6. All other specialties: 2.5
Notes: From a report entitled, "Provider charges relative to Medicare rates, 2012-2017"

Source: USC-Brookings Schaeffer on Health Policy, December 5, 2019 - https://www.brookings.edu/blog/usc-brookings-schaeffer-on-health-policy/2019/12…