Primary care physicians in the South and West regions of the U.S. had some of the highest increases in compensation from 2019 to 2021, according to the Medical Group Management Association's 2022 "Datadive Provider Compensation Report."
The report used data from more than 192,000 providers at more than 7,700 organizations.
The four categories below show the percent of increase or decrease in compensation for four specialties in four U.S. regions between 2019 and 2021:
Primary care physician change in compensation:
East: 2.2 percent increase
Midwest: 3.9 percent increase
South: 7.3 percent increase
West: 6.3 percent increase
Surgical specialty physician change in compensation:
East: 0.5 percent increase
Midwest: 4.6 percent increase
South: 1.3 percent increase
West: 4.3 percent increase
Nonsurgical specialty physician change in compensation:
East: 0.7 percent increase
Midwest: -.7 percent decrease
South: 1.7 percent increase
West: 3.7 percent increase
Advanced practice provider change in compensation:
East: 5.8 percent increase
Midwest: 3.6 percent increase
South: 7.5 percent increase
West: 6 percent increase