The survey was sent to 307,000 physicians in the United States and gathered 10,214 respondents.
Here are the top two “best” payors indicated by physicians in different specialties. Overall, 29 percent of physicians reported Blues Plans as their best payor with Aetna a distant second, at 10 percent.
Anesthesiology
Blues Plans: 21 percent
United Healthcare: 12 percent
Gastroenterology
Blues Plans: 31 percent
Aetna: 15 percent
General surgery
Blues Plans: 32 percent
Aetna: 11 percent
Neurology
Blues Plans: 33 percent
Aetna: 14 percent
Ophthalmology
Blues Plans: 28 percent
Aetna: 10 percent
Orthopedics
Blues Plans: 28 percent
Aetna: 8 percent
Plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine
Blues Plans: 29 percent
Aetna: 11 percent
Radiology
Blues Plans: 28 percent
Aetna: 7 percent
Rheumatology
Blues Plans: 25 percent
Cigna: 14 percent
Surgery
Blues Plans: 28 percent
United Healthcare: 10 percent
Urology
Blues Plans: 23 percent
Aetna: 13 percent
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