However, gastroenterologists far surpassed that number in 2023, with average billing to commercial payers reaching $5.3 million.
Gastroenterologists had the fifth-highest billing average to payers in 2023, following general surgeons, who billed an average of $11.7 million; orthopedic surgeons; critical care physicians; and urologists.
These billing amounts do not take Medicare billing or billing to other government payers into account.
