Table 9. Average Submitted Charge Per Service and Percent Reduction in Charge for Aged Medicare Users, U.S., 1975 and 1977.
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| Specialty | Average Submitted Charge Per Service | Percent Reduction | Average Submitted Charge Per Service | Percent Reduction | Percent Increase in Charge |
| All Specialties | $19.47 | 18.7 | $24.06 | 19.5 | 19.1 |
| General Practice (GP) | 11.35 | 18.6 | 13.25 | 18.2 | 13.6 |
| Family Practice (FP) | 11.50 | 19.2 | 12.79 | 19.4 | 10.1 |
| Internal Medicine (IM) | 15.48 | 18.2 | 17.92 | 19.4 | 14.3 |
| Cardiovascular Disease (CD) | 22.00 | 19.0 | 26.70 | 18.6 | 17.6 |
| Dermatology (DER) | 19.58 | 17.1 | 24.67 | 17.2 | 20.6 |
| General Surgery (GS) | 38.44 | 18.8 | 51.61 | 20.1 | 25.5 |
| Otology, Laryngology, Rhinology (OLR) | 25.67 | 21.0 | 34.32 | 21.4 | 25.2 |
| Ophthalmology (OPH) | 48.85 | 17.3 | 64.87 | 16.9 | 24.7 |
| Orthopedic Surgery (ORS) | 50.30 | 19.6 | 68.90 | 20.7 | 27.0 |
| Urology (U) | 40.71 | 18.4 | 53.19 | 19.1 | 24.5 |
| Anesthesiology (AN) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Pathology (P) | 6.76 | 16.3 | 5.80 | 16.0 | 16.6 |
| Radiology (R) | 18.27 | 15.0 | 20.89 | 15.8 | 12.5 |
| Chiropractic (CH) | 9.13 | 13.3 | 10.44 | 16.0 | 12.6 |
| Podiatry (POD) | 18.57 | 20.0 | 21.98 | 21.7 | 15.5 |
| Multi-Specialty Group (M) | 20.30 | 18.3 | 27.29 | 18.4 | 25.6 |