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Originally Posted by Jeff Hail
Specialists can charge more.
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Also not true. There is no difference in billing based upon specialty. It's the samr set of rules for everyone. So if a mom insists her kid gets sewn up by a plastic surgeon in the ER, that plastic surgeon doesn't get to charge any more than that ER doc. Well, the plastic surgeon can charge more, but they won't get paid any differently by any insurance.
However, in general procedures pay better than office visits, so doctors who do procedures for a living tend to get paid better than doctors who see patients in an office