Compensation

This channel page includes news on the salaries of cardiologists and other cardiology department staff, compensation studies, and articles on the economic impacts on pay due to changes in public or payor policy and shifting trends in medicine.

CPT code updates in 2026 will change how interventional cardiologists get paid
A variety of CPT code changes take effect in 2026, and many of them will make a direct impact on interventional cardiology. Arnold Seto, MD, spoke to Cardiovascular Business about these updates for a new video interview.
Heart Rhythm Advocates town hall to review key EP policies
Leaders from HRS and Heart Rhythm Advocates will take the stage to explore policy updates, advocacy goals for the future and much more.
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts cardiologist pay because CMS says doctors should be more efficient
The new, negative 2.5% efficiency adjustment will be applied to the vast majority of Medicare payments for physician services. It was opposed by cardiology and most other medical societies.
ACC raises red flags over telehealth, payment reform and the cardiologist shortage
"We need telehealth the way we had it for COVID," Cathie Biga told Cardiovascular Business at TCT 2025. "We don't want to go back to having it so restricted."
ASE leading push to revise CPT code for interventional echocardiography
The pressure is on for ASE and other societies to create a new CPT code for the use of interventional echocardiography during structural heart procedures.

State of the industry: 7 big takeaways from a new report on salaries and job satisfaction in cardiology

With physician burnout on the rise and a massive physician shortage on the way, it’s more important now than ever to keep a close eye on how the country’s cardiologists—and their colleagues—are being paid.

Cardiology’s average salary climbs to $490k, No. 3 among all specialties

This continues a consistent rise in pay for the specialty—the same report recorded cardiology’s average salary as $459,000 in 2021, $438,000 in 2020 and $430,000 in 2019.

Pregnant cardiologists are consistently mistreated by employers: 8 key takeaways from a new analysis

A significant number of cardiologists are mistreated—often in more ways than one—after they tell their employer they are pregnant.

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Physician members of Congress propose extending temporary 3.75% Medicare pay bump through 2022

Reps. Ami Bera, MD, D-Calif., and Larry Bucshon, MD, R-Ind., recently introduced the Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021, drawing praise from several doc groups.

COVID-19 hit cardiology hard in 2020, but salaries stayed competitive

Production was way down for cardiologists in 2020, with COVID-19 clearly playing a large role. Salaries, it seems, did not drop as a result.

Interventional cardiologists earn healthcare’s highest starting salary—other heart docs not far behind

While interventional cardiology came in at No. 1, other specialties near the top of the list included orthopedic surgery, gastroenterology, non-invasive cardiology and radiology.

Cardiologist salaries in the wake of COVID: 8 key takeaways from a new analysis

Cardiologists are confident COVID-related shortfalls will soon be behind them, according to the report.

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Despite the pandemic, cardiologist salaries are up 5%

This continues a positive trend for cardiologists—the same report also recorded pay increases in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Compensation

CPT code updates in 2026 will change how interventional cardiologists get paid

Heart Rhythm Advocates town hall to review key EP policies

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts cardiologist pay because CMS says doctors should be more efficient

ACC raises red flags over telehealth, payment reform and the cardiologist shortage

ASE leading push to revise CPT code for interventional echocardiography