yellow Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Hey everybody! I was just wondering if anyone knows how much General Surgeons make on average? I've heard around 300,000+. But I've also heard that Internists make 300,000.....and if that's true then that doesn't follow the general rule of "procedures pay" Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Stark Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I went to a "Lifestyles in Medicine" session featuring an academic general surgeon in the fall - he said that general surgeons here make between $350,000 and $400,000 (salary not fee-for-service). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsteen Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hi there, You can have a look in the BC book of physician reimbursements to see the salary ranges of the various specialties per year. When I did an elective in gen surg in Vancouver I worked with one of the higher billing general surgeons there, and he was making $600-700K per year. Mind you, he also performed scopes and ERCPs 2 days per week which would certainly help to bump his collections. Cheers, Kirsteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuss Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Surgical Salaries/billings are tough to interpret as people's expenses vary. I bill quite high, however I have a full time secretary and part time nurse who's salaries I have to pay. I also run an office and have to pay for office rent and expenses. Compare that to a salaried position in an academic centre where the secretary, clinic space, etc is included. Hard to figure out who makes more! Best not to go into surgery for the money - it's really not worth it in the end. If it's money you're after then do an MBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest copacetic Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Hey everybody! I was just wondering if anyone knows how much General Surgeons make on average? I've heard around 300,000+. But I've also heard that Internists make 300,000.....and if that's true then that doesn't follow the general rule of "procedures pay" Thanks! internists actually can make quite a bit of money especially in community hospital settings. in general the rule that procedures pay still holds because in these settings, internists can often be found doing alot of the procedures that a GI, or Cardio, or other subspecialty would otherwise do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00b Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 what does it mean by "bill higher"? does that mean billing more procedures? as in, working more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest copacetic Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 what does it mean by "bill higher"? does that mean billing more procedures? as in, working more? it means that they work alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svp2k5 Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 I think it really depends on your centre and whether you are salary or not. I have heard that in Halifax they are generally on salary at around $400,000 +. I have also heard of smaller communities in Ontario where salaries can exceed $700,000/yr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00b Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 what about someone in toronto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest copacetic Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 the more metropolitan the centre, the less you are likely to earn (due to competition/ not enough patients to go around/ not as much call/ specialists doing procedures you might otherwise do in a smaller centre/ more metropolitan lifestyle/ etc) but 350K is still pretty much typical (note that this is before overhead), and the same applies to all figures stated above in previous posts (with the exception of people who are salaried and not on FFS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 300K-350K i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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