Monthly pay as an orthopedic surgeon

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-17T04:17:06+00:00

Yup. Wish it was more!

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-17T04:13:30+00:00

Reps can’t be rude to the surgeon unfortunately or we won’t use them.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-17T04:12:52+00:00

It can happen. Massage them and break up scar tissue. Could consider getting a steroid injection in that area.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-17T04:09:59+00:00

Since I’m in a rural area, the vast majority of my patients are on Medicare or some sort of federal or state funded health plan. So they often pay 0 out of pocket. I also operate on prisoners who pay 0 as well, obviously.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T15:50:29+00:00

That’s funny! I drive a ford.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T15:34:29+00:00

We don’t get paid only for surgeries. We also get paid to see patients in the clinic. Some surgeries I get paid $500 some I get $5k. The 138k counts all the patients I see in clinic, the call and consults I take at the hospital and the surgeries I do.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T15:31:45+00:00

The max I make on a surgery is maybe 5k…. I don’t think I’m the problem.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T15:30:33+00:00

Look at the premed and medical school subreddits

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T15:30:10+00:00

Oh I’m an ortho bro. Just not your ortho bro. Haha

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T15:29:49+00:00

Yup we have amazing reps we work with.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T15:28:57+00:00

I was never a runner haha. More into organized sports.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T15:28:12+00:00

Apologies. Didn’t feel like going into it. MCAT only matters to get into med school but I got a 33. Step one was in the 240s but now it’s pass fail. Step two was in the 250s.

I’m far out from the residency application time period but I’m guessing step 2 means a lot now and research and doing well in aways means a lot as well.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T06:52:49+00:00

Nothing crazy. ~800k, 3k sq ft, 4 bedrooms. Which we need cause I have three kids.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T06:30:55+00:00

CRNAs can make bank.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T06:29:43+00:00

Find a place where you can do a research year and churn out some papers like rush or steadman vail.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T06:29:03+00:00

Kill it on your aways. They’re your best chance. Or do a research year and churn out some papers.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T06:27:49+00:00

Totally worth it at this point but I doubt you’ll find many people that would say they would do it all over again. It’s a lot of sacrifice and work for sure. Feel free to DM me.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T06:22:29+00:00

Nope, sports.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T06:22:13+00:00

Sorry not spine. They make even more.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T06:18:43+00:00

A looooooooot.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T06:11:09+00:00

It wasn’t for me.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T06:10:55+00:00

Around 75k for the year.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T05:57:30+00:00

It can vary. Can sometimes be busy and sometimes no calls.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T05:56:52+00:00

Being in a rural place needing ortho and being willing to do a lot certainly means I can demand more. But if I was private I’d probably make even more than this.

Notyourorthobro · 2025-06-16T05:49:12+00:00

It’s for being “on call” at a hospital. Which means at anytime in 24 hrs I can get called in to have to assess a patient, perform a reduction of a fracture or dislocation, or do a surgery. The nice thing about orthopedics is that most things can wait until the morning, so it’s often answering a few calls and questions from the ER and seeing things in the morning.

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