New Expense Data

According to a recent survey in Medical Economics, the cost of running a medical practice keeps going up.

Physician expenses also vary according to specialty with pediatricians making less than most other physicians but having higher overhead than most primary care doctors. Their expenses came in second only to ob/gyns'.

Medical supplies and immunizations account for many of these expenses. Some insurance companies do not even cover the cost of immunizations, let alone the cost of giving the shots.

Pediatricians' median drug supply costs were a whopping $82,800 in 2006.

Other factors also contribute to practice expenses as seen in the accompanying charts.


Finding the balance between number of patients seen, hours worked, number of doctors and providers in the group is an ongoing strategy made more difficult by reimbursement factors outside of physician’s control