The number of independent anesthesiology practices greatly surpasses the number of hospital-owned practices, and the salary of those anesthesiologists differ as well, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data."
Of the three anesthesiology specialties, general anesthesiologists are the most common. In the survey, more than 3,200 general anesthesiologists indicated they work at a practice that is not hospital-owned, while 263 said they were hospital-employed. There were also more independent pain management anesthesiologists (112) compared with hospital-employed pain management anesthesiologists (36) in the survey, and independent pediatric anesthesiologists (86) outnumbered hospital-employed pediatric anesthesiologists (54).
Overall, general anesthesiologists received nearly $18,000 more per year in an independent practice than when employed by a hospital. However, pain management and pediatric anesthesiologists who worked at hospital-based practices reported much higher salaries than those who worked independently.
Here are the average annual compensation figures for anesthesiologists in 2010, the most recent figures available, based on their employment status:
Anesthesiology
Hospital-employed: $389,351
Not hospital-employed: $407,292
Anesthesiology: Pain Management
Hospital-employed: $502,775
Not hospital-employed: $438,619
Anesthesiology: Pediatric
Hospital-employed: $482,299
Not hospital-employed: $422,341
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Of the three anesthesiology specialties, general anesthesiologists are the most common. In the survey, more than 3,200 general anesthesiologists indicated they work at a practice that is not hospital-owned, while 263 said they were hospital-employed. There were also more independent pain management anesthesiologists (112) compared with hospital-employed pain management anesthesiologists (36) in the survey, and independent pediatric anesthesiologists (86) outnumbered hospital-employed pediatric anesthesiologists (54).
Overall, general anesthesiologists received nearly $18,000 more per year in an independent practice than when employed by a hospital. However, pain management and pediatric anesthesiologists who worked at hospital-based practices reported much higher salaries than those who worked independently.
Here are the average annual compensation figures for anesthesiologists in 2010, the most recent figures available, based on their employment status:
Anesthesiology
Hospital-employed: $389,351
Not hospital-employed: $407,292
Anesthesiology: Pain Management
Hospital-employed: $502,775
Not hospital-employed: $438,619
Anesthesiology: Pediatric
Hospital-employed: $482,299
Not hospital-employed: $422,341
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