However, orthopedic surgeons far surpassed that number in 2023, with average billing to commercial payers reaching $9.8 million.
Orthopedic surgeons had the second-highest billing average to payers in 2023 following general surgeons, who billed an average of $11.7 million.
These billing amounts do not take Medicare billing or billing to other government payers into account.
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