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US$975.18 (January 2026): Medicare doctor fee benchmark, not a complete patient bill. Hospital, anaesthesia and implant are excluded.
Source: US Medicare (CMS) · Source period: January 2026 · Captured: 2026-10-14 · n=109 observationsScope: United States. Payer context: Public tariff. PFS professional fee in facility; non-QP; excludes hospital, anaesthesia and implant. Source code: 43775. The displayed figure is the median of the eligible published tariff cells.
n=109 eligible observations. n is not a patient count. Episode equivalence: unverified.
Distribution across published observations, not patients: min 871.7 / p25 945.21 / median 975.18 / p75 1,027.92 / max 1,275.24 USD; n=109.
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| Chile | Public payment tariffsPublic hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 4,667,700 CLP · 1 price series · n=1 observations |
| Japan | Public payment tariffsPublic hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 400,500 JPY · 1 price series · n=1 observations |
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US$975.18 (January 2026): Medicare doctor fee benchmark, not a complete patient bill. Hospital, anaesthesia and implant are excluded. Scope: PFS professional fee in facility; non-QP; excludes hospital, anaesthesia and implant. Captured: 2026-10-14. n=109. Source: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/pfrev26a-updated-12-29-2025.zip.
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