Physician and APP
On-Call Compensation Survey
Take advantage of focused benchmarking on on-call pay practices to support compliant, competitive and sustainable compensation models for your organization.
On-Call Panels
Participants
Specialties Reported
Reporting On-Call Data and Pay Practices
This survey is the most comprehensive report of physician and advanced practice provider (APP) on-call pay rates and practices in the U.S. and contains a rich dataset. Organizations across the U.S. have used this information to help develop their on-call pay design strategies in contract negotiations and to support the fair market value of their compensation arrangements.
Survey Highlights
Benchmarks:
On-call compensation expenditures
Equated hourly rates by specialty and specialty group for physicians and APPs
Details for restricted and unrestricted call type as well as for level I trauma centers and all trauma centers
Pay Practices:*
Call panels, call coverage practices for physicians, coverage compensation frequency, physician shift pay, concurrent coverage practices and on-call compensation arrangements
*Only available to participants
Key Details
Updated incumbent template with new instructions tab and hover text functionality for the incumbent fields.
New trauma level call pay field for trauma coverage.
Specialty list expanded to include 47 new specialties, including two APP-specific specialties: APP – cardiovascular surgery and APP – neurological surgery.
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Your time is valuable, which is why we’ve designed our survey systems to minimize your effort and provide an easy and flexible experience.
Data collected through our secure, online data collection.
Submit data once and qualify for all applicable surveys.
Prepopulated prior-year data whenever possible.
Submit compensation data through an Excel file upload.
Delegate survey tasks across your organization to other colleagues.
Enhanced multiphase auditing process helps to ensure data integrity and accuracy.
Dedicated participant support team and subject matter experts on hand to assist with any questions.
Dedicated participant support team and subject matter experts to assist with any questions.
Exclusive participant pricing and bundles as well as early submission discounts.
Early access to benchmarks and pay practices reports.
Input on preferred topics for future surveys.
Access to pulse survey results covering hot topics.
Complimentary access to pay practices reports when submitting to those survey sections.
The equated hourly rates benchmarks and pay practices report are delivered via SullivanCotter’s web-based Benchmarks360™ product suite – providing users with self-serve analytics dashboards for their unique reporting needs.
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Key Dates:
Opens: June 16, 2026
Early Submission: July 10, 2026
Closes: September 4, 2026
Publication: November 2026
Current Status: Closed
2026 Pricing:
Participants: $1,350
Health Care Nonparticipants (i.e., Direct Care Delivery): $5,400
Non-Health Care Organizations: Call 888.739.7039 for Pricing
Early Submission Discount: $300 Off Participant Price
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Frequently Asked Questions
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More details regarding submission and publication dates can be found here.
More details regarding pricing options can be found here. Non-health care nonparticipants will need to call 888.739.7039 for pricing information. Participants can receive $300 off the participant price by submitting their organization’s data by the early submission deadline
The survey report includes benchmarks, electronic data table results and a pay practices report.
Pay practices reports are complimentary to organizations who have answered all questions labeled as required in the corresponding survey sections.
Our benchmarks, electronic data table results and pay practices reports are delivered via our web-based Benchmarks360™ product suite.
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