A general surgeon's gross billings for a typical case: $3,500–$5,000.
The surgeon's take-home on the same case: often under $1,000.
The hospital, billing company, and insurer split the rest.
Before you call doctors "overpaid," look at where the money actually goes.
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The common femoral endarterectomy is a great operation. Until it’s not, and it relates to infection. Femoral Vein total reconstruction with reconstruction of profunda and SFA