Average Overall Fee For Office-Based Physician Visit $228, With Range Across Specialty Types

The average total amount paid for an office-based physician visit in 2013 was $228; the average total payment per visit ranged across the eight most common specialty types seen in office visits, from $143 for psychiatry, to $303 for cardiology. The median total payment across all visits was $108, but ranged from $100 for psychiatry to $124 for dermatology.

Mean & Median Total Expenses Per Office-Based Physician Visit By Specialty, 2013

Percentage Of All Visits
Mean Expense Per Visit
Median Visit Expense

Overall
100%
$228
$108

Psychiatry
4.7%
$143
$100

Pediatrics
8.2%
$161
$102

Primary care . . .