A doctor is nothing without help. We may want you to think we know it all and can do it all but really, we can’t. How about a surgeon? Can you imagine one operating without an OR tech to hand them tools in a sterile manner? For me, pre-authorizations of pharmaceutical drugs or imaging studies are a nightmare and I’m very thankful I have a nurse who helps me with that.
My office is a well-oiled machine. Each person has a function to assist with the flow of the patient into the office, through it, and out of it. But, with staff comes the responsibility to provide fair compensation and benefits. And thus, when this survey came out by Physicians Practice, I thought it would be interesting to see how much our ancillary staff is making.
I’d like to add one thought though….there are some doctors work alone. Solo practitioners are a rare breed in the medical world. These are physicians who truly work on their own doing their own bills, phone calls, pre-auth’s and even cleaning their own offices.
For further details, click here for the full survey.
National Average | Highest Average | Lowest Average |
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Front desk staff | $30,400 | $32,350 Northeast | $26,160 Plains, Rockies, & North-Central |
Medical biller | $36,000 | $36,980 Northeast | $33,541 Plains, Rockies, & North-Central |
Medical assistant | $31,250 | $32,520 West | $27,524 Plains, Rockies, & North-Central |
Registered nurse | $55,500 | $62,816 West | $49,621 Southeast |
Nurse manager | $62,900 | $66,288 South-Central | $53,338 Plains, Rockies, & North-Central |
Physician assistant | $82,800 | $86,325 West | $75,000 South-Central |
Nurse practitioner | $85,000 | $87,269 Plains, Rockies, & North-Central | $78,724 Mid-Atlantic |