Stark Law and Hybrid Pay Reshape Physician Compensation
Physician compensation faces a structural recalibration as Stark Law enforcement constrains arrangement creativity, hybrid pay models demand sophisticated evaluation, and salary transparency shifts negotiating leverage toward physicians. Understanding how these forces interact is essential for both physicians evaluating offers and health systems designing competitive packages.
Hematology Oncology PhysEmp Salary Report: June 2026
PhysEmp Market Intelligence | physemp.com The Hook Somewhere in Cooperstown, New York—a village better known for baseball memorabilia than oncology—a Hematology Oncology position is offering up to $850,000 annually. That is not a typo. It is the market rate for treating cancer in a town with one stoplight and a Hall of Fame. The national […]
Endocrinology PhysEmp Salary Report: June 2026
PhysEmp Market Intelligence | physemp.com The Hook Cleveland, Ohio is simultaneously home to the lowest-paying endocrinology listing in the country ($175,000–$225,000) and one of the highest-paying ($300,000–$350,000). Same specialty. Same city. A $175,000 compensation swing. Welcome to the hormone economy, where the market apparently cannot agree on what a thyroid is worth. Across 96 active […]
Anesthesia PhysEmp Salary Report: June 2026
PhysEmp Market Intelligence | physemp.com The Hook In Rochester, New York, a hospital is willing to pay an anesthesiologist $800,000 per year to keep patients unconscious. In Manhattan, roughly 350 miles south, another listing offers $300,000 for what is, presumably, the same fundamental task. Same state. Same specialty. A $500,000 compensation gap. Welcome to the […]
Hospitalist PhysEmp Salary Report: June 2026
Two Hospitalist listings. Same state. A $390,000 gap between them.
Med-Ped PhysEmp Salary Report: June 2026
Med-Ped is the specialty built for physicians who could not pick between adults and children and decided, reasonably, to treat both.
Internal-Medicine PhysEmp Salary Report: June 2026
The highest-paying Internal Medicine listing in America right now is not in Manhattan, not in San Francisco, not in Boston.
Emergency-Medicine PhysEmp Salary Report: June 2026
Somewhere in Wisconsin, an Emergency Medicine listing is advertising $50,000 a year.
Gastroenterology PhysEmp Salary Report: June 2026
Somewhere in Indio, California, a health system is willing to pay a gastroenterologist up to $850,000 a year.
Family-Medicine PhysEmp Salary Report: June 2026
Somewhere in Webster, South Dakota, a Family Medicine physician is being offered $315,000 a year to practice in a town most Americans cannot locate on a map.