Table 3. Markup Ratios by Hospital for ED and Internal Medicine Procedure Codes Common to Both Specialtiesa.
Service | Markup Ratio Median (IQR) | |
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ED | Internal Medicine | |
Critical care (n = 1581) | 3.9 (3.2-5.4) | 2.3 (1.9-2.9) |
Interpretation of ECG (n = 1084) | 6.0 (4.4-7.8) | 3.9 (2.9-5.8) |
Management and supervision of oxygen chamber therapy (n = 33) | 2.9 (2.2-3.9) | 2.6 (2.1-3.5) |
Debridement (n = 24) | 3.0 (2.3-4.2) | 2.7 (2.1-4.1) |
Intubation (n = 79) | 4.6 (3.4-6.0) | 2.9 (2.1-4.2) |
Insertion of IV (n = 51) | 5.4 (4.1-6.7) | 4.2 (2.9-5.6) |
Wound care (n = 25) | 4.3 (3.3-6.0) | 4.2 (3.6-5.9) |
Interpretation of chest radiograph (n = 19) | 4.6 (3.8-5.5) | 4.5 (3.0-4.9) |
Abbreviations: ECG, electrocardiogram; ED, emergency department; IQR, interquartile range.
Ranked by national total Medicare-allowable amounts paid to emergency medicine physicians in 2013. Hospital numbers and national Medicare-allowable amounts are limited to hospitals with at least 1 or more physician billing the procedure code at least 10 times in 2013. Only hospitals with internal medicine and emergency medicine physicians billing for the service were included in this analysis (n = 1986).