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Fact Based List:
General Surgery: Top 5 Procedures for Medicare Payments
Submitted By Kevin Gemulla, Created 11/19/2010 - 14:33
- Colectomy* ($90.4 million)
- Gall bladder removal ($83.7 million)
- Colonoscopy ($82.2 million)
- Hernia repair, other ($48.5 million)
- Hernia repair, inguinal* ($32.2 million)
Source: Thomson Reuters
Source URL: http://thomsonreuters.com
Notes: *non-laparoscopic/open. In 2007, the top five Medicare physician payments for general surgeons