According to the American Medical Group Association's 2013 compensation and financial survey, orthopedic surgeons received $525,000 average compensation last year.
Orthopedic surgeons were the third-highest compensated specialists and saw a 1.79 percent increase overall in compensation from 2011. Cardiology (cath lab) and cardiac/thoracic surgery were the two highest-compensated specialties, but only by a small margin.
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