Partial and Full Time Radiologist Coverage

An onsite radiologist costs ~$500,000 per year

• Employed Radiologist Salary: $419,000 plus benefits, medical malpractice, practice expense, recruiting, vacation, partnership, etc.
• Locums: $2,300 per day (staffing 250 days = $575,000), credentialing costs/time/effort, unknown quality and productivity, availability challenges, subspecialty trained?
• The ACR says “…radiologist must produce $515,000 in a year [to cover] salary, group benefits and expenses. Stated another way – $2,341 a day.”