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Top 20 North Carolina physician groups by Medicare charges
North Carolina has over 3,000 physician groups, the largest of which have over 3,000 physicians within their networks. For organizations selling into the North Carolina provider market, physician group size and total Medicare charges can help indicate a group’s purchasing power.
Analyzing a physician group’s Medicare charges can also provide insight into the group’s overall productivity and average procedural costs. When you’re looking to narrow down targets in the physician group market, this can be a useful metric to have at your disposal.
With help from Definitive Healthcare’s PhysicianGroupView, we have created a list of the top physician groups in North Carolina based on their total Medicare charges.
| Rank | Definitive ID | NC physician group name | Main specialty | Medicare charges | # of physicians | Explore dataset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 550275 | Atrium Health Medical Group (FKA Carolinas HealthCare System - Medical Group Division) | Hospitalist | $1,125,283,893 | 2,926 | Explore |
| 2 | 1051313 | UNC Health Caldwell Physicians | Family Practice | $1,122,401,852 | 3,075 | Explore |
| 3 | 552280 | Novant Health Physicians (FKA Novant Health Physician Clinics) | Family Practice | $927,873,947 | 2,178 | Explore |
| 4 | 550497 | Novant Health Medical Group | Family Practice | $903,827,616 | 2,330 | Explore |
| 5 | 630957 | Duke Health Physicians (AKA Duke University Health System Physician Group) | Internal Medicine | $715,491,282 | 2,588 | Explore |
| 6 | 609709 | Duke Health Integrated Practice (FKA Private Diagnostic Clinic) | Family Practice | $653,077,648 | 2,338 | Explore |
| 7 | 550470 | Mission Health Physicians (FKA Mission Medical Associates) | Family Practice | $651,792,243 | 1,119 | Explore |
| 8 | 550736 | ECU Health Physicians (FKA Vidant Medical Group) | Family Practice | $567,120,307 | 1,293 | Explore |
| 9 | 1033381 | UNC Rex Healthcare Physicians | Obstetrics/Gynecology | $332,966,313 | 794 | Explore |
| 10 | 550308 | Wake Forest Baptist Health Physicians (FKA Cornerstone Health Care) | Family Practice | $332,449,206 | 1,247 | Explore |
| 11 | 553146 | WakeMed Physician Practices | Internal Medicine | $300,372,960 | 887 | Explore |
| 12 | 550334 | FirstHealth Physician Group | Emergency Medicine | $251,036,998 | 363 | Explore |
| 13 | 1027823 | Cape Fear Valley Health System Physicians | Internal Medicine | $221,339,192 | 578 | Explore |
| 14 | 956965 | EmergeOrtho | Therapy - Physical Therapist | $184,002,811 | 174 | Explore |
| 15 | 955482 | BenchMark Physical Therapy | Therapy - Physical Therapist | $166,522,093 | 77 | Explore |
| 16 | 550871 | CaroMont Health Physicians (FKA CaroMont Medical Group) | Emergency Medicine | $163,359,067 | 349 | Explore |
| 17 | 634503 | Cone Health Physicians (FKA Cone Health Medical Group) | Internal Medicine | $158,212,250 | 703 | Explore |
| 18 | 1052817 | Compleat Rehab & Sports Therapy | Family Practice | $148,516,801 | 211 | Explore |
| 19 | 719225 | MedStream Anesthesia | Anesthesiology - Anesthesiologist | $140,310,118 | 143 | Explore |
| 20 | 684184 | UNC Physicians Network | Family Practice | $139,930,811 | 545 | Explore |
Fig. 1 Data is from the Definitive Healthcare PhysicianGroupView product. Data is sourced from Definitive Healthcare’s proprietary research and CMS Physician Compare. Data is accurate as of September 2024.
Which North Carolina physician group has the highest Medicare charges?
The physician group in North Carolina with the highest Medicare charges is Atrium Health Medical Group, which has more than $1.125 billion in total charges. Atrium Health Medical Group is a hospitalist physician group within Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the U.S.
In second place among North Carolina physician groups is UNC Health Caldwell Physicians, with $1.122 billion in Medicare charges. These physicians provide care to patients of all ages across their network’s hospital, clinical care off-site facilities, and urgent care centers.
Finally, Novant Health Physicians rounds out the top three highest-earning North Carolina physician groups with $927 million in Medicare charges.
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