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Trends in the Data For the fifth year in a row and for the seventh year out 10 overall cardiology compensation increased from the previous year, with the median now sitting at $586,888 (see Figure 1). This despite many predicting that incomes would come down, including my audience at the Spring CV Transforum where data from the 2019 MedAxiom survey were first debuted. When polled nearly 70 percent predicted that total compensation for cardiologists went down in 2019 (based on 2018 data), with nearly identical results whether considering employed cardiologists or those in private practice.

Peer surveys, like the MedAxiom Cardiovascular Provider Compensation and Production Survey, annually publish a measure showing compensation per work Relative Value Unit (wRVU). Table 1 below shows data from the most recent MedAxiom report for cardiology. This statistic is perhaps the most misunderstood of the published compensation data and, as a result, is often misused in contract negotiations.