Figure 2. Payments by Plastic Surgery Subspecialty.
Of the 4,195 plastic surgeons, general plastic surgeons (N=3,261) received a total of $4,728,614, median (IQR) $128 (37–345), plastic surgeons specializing in craniofacial (N=112) received a total of $108,437, median (IQR) $93 (32–218), plastics surgeons specializing in hand (N=129) received a total of $102,721, median (IQR) $100 (33–331), and otolaryngologists specializing on in facial plastic surgery (N=693) received a total of $338,839, median (IQR) $75 (23–152). Among all specialties Otolaryngologist specializing in facial plastic surgery received lower payments than any on the other specialties (p<0.01). There was no statistically significant difference among the general plastic surgery and other plastic surgery subspecialties.