Acuvance DataRise™ 2026 Provider Compensation Data (PCD) is a subscription focused on personally-performed provider compensation in local markets.
The PCD data platform exclusively includes data for personally-performed provider compensation. These data sources are compliant with Stark regulations concerning both buyer-neutrality and precluded reliance on data containing referral relationships.
This data platform lets users filter and narrow healthcare provider compensation ranges based on a list of practice characteristics. Industry compensation surveys can report large differences in compensation and rates for providers with the exact same productivity. These large differences in compensation and rates can be explained by known and knowable characteristics of practice collections, reimbursement, and expenses.
Users can drill down to state and local levels to identify compensation rates for specific specialties. Supporting reimbursement and malpractice expense data is included to validate compensation in unique markets like Alaska, San Francisco, and many others.
NEW in 2026: Pediatric Specialty Data
2026 Edition Announcement
2026 DataRise PCD Announcement
2026: Pediatric Compensation
Leading Pediatric Compensation in New Directions
2025 Edition Video
#1: Intro & Agenda00:38
#2: 3 Most Important Charts02:43
#3: Overview of 2025 Acuvance DataRise PCD05:27
#4: Trends in Local Market Provider Compensation07:34
#5: Alabama & Kentucky Markets02:52
#6: Minnesota, Oregon & Wisconsin02:02
#7: Alaska, the Dakotas, Idaho & Montana02:46
#8: Discuss Local Market Adjustment Factors05:25
#9: Specialty-Specific Market Adjustments05:36
#10: National Ranges vs. Local Market Ranges02:18
#11: Total Cash Comp vs. Clinical Comp01:22
#12: Local Market Differences in Contractor Comp04:04
2024 Edition Video
#1 Intro01:01
#2 Polls02:59
#3 Data Demo06:58
#4 How does DataRise™ PCD compare to surveys?05:45
#5 Where does DataRise™ data come from?08:11
#6 Scatterplot comparison: Comp/Work RVU in local markets03:10
#7 Applications of DataRise™ PCD05:47
#8 Stark FMV Key Requirements05:09
#9 Use relative to survey data02:03
#10 Limitations of survey data00:27
#11 Valuation theory for DataRise™06:06
#12 Real world of physician compensation04:18
#13 Comparison to real estate cost data sources00:46
#14 Investment value vs. Fair Market Value01:24
#15 DataRise™ education & training01:21
#16 Monte Carlo Data calculations & data03:14
#17 Customer customizations01:34
#18 Attendee Q&A03:42
Acuvance DataRise™ 2026 Provider Compensation Data (Based on 2026 Data) includes several modules:
- Pre-Calculated Percentile Tables: The new 2026 edition includes pre-calculated percentiles (1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90, 95, 99) at the national-level, state-level, GPCI-level, and CBSA-level for four different sets of metrics:
- Total Clinical Compensation
- Clinical Compensation per Work RVU
- Professional Collections
- Work RVUs
- Monte Carlo Data: The 2026 Acuvance DataRise™ PCD Monte Carlo Data includes over 800,000 unique data points. The data includes 122 physician specialties and over 100 U.S. markets. The data can be filtered on multiple criteria (>10) at the same time. You can download raw or filtered data to Microsoft Excel and generate custom analyses and summaries yourself. You can copy and paste this data into your existing Excel-based analysis models just like any other data source.
- NEW: Malpractice Premiums & Commercial Reimbursement: The 2026 Acuvance DataRise™ PCD subscription includes summarized parts of the 2026 Acuvance DataRise™ Malpractice Expense Data subscription AND the Acuvance DataRise™ Commercial Reimbursement Data subscription. 2026 PCD subscribers will not receive full subscriptions to these two other services, but summarized percentile tables based on these other two subscription are included. Local market business intelligence on malpractice premiums and commercial reimbursement rates for specific specialties are invaluable resources for PCD customers to make informed decisions.
- Downloads: Users can download all the raw Monte Carlo Data (n>800,000) for further analysis in Microsoft Excel, Access, SQL, or other programs. Custom datasets can also be ordered for download.
2026 PCD Specialties
2026 PCD State-GPCIs
2026 PCD Payor Data
2026 PCD State-CBSA
The Acuvance DataRise™ PCD tools let users drill down and narrow ranges of provider compensation for provider specialists based on selections of:
Practice Revenue Factors:
- Provider specialty
- States
- >100 Geographic Practice Cost Indexes (GPCIs)
- >200 Core-Based Statistical Areas
- Work RVU or ASA productivity
- Payor mix
- Commercial reimbursement rates
Practice Expense Factors:
- Office space per provider
- Office rent rate
- Support staffing ratios
- Support staff wages
- Malpractice (PLI) expense
- Practice expenses (non-medical) to collections ratios
Order 2026 Annual Subscription
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why shouldn’t we exclusively use national surveys? Isn’t there is a national market for physician labor?
Several published research studies have found that (i) most physicians stay in the same state and local market and (ii) compensation fluctuates from market-to-market. You are encouraged to review the multiple studies on these topics:
- Dietrich, Mark O. Physician Distribution, Mobility, Fair Market Value and Compensation Surveys. Healthcare Financial Management. July 3, 2018.
- Newsad, Nicholas A. 2020 Physician Relocation Study. HealthCare Appraisers. October 15, 2020.
- Dietrich, Mark O. Physician Distribution, Mobility, Fair Market Value, and Compensation Surveys: An Update. Business Valuation Resources. Business Valuation Update. Vol. 27 No. 12. December 2021.
- Gottlieb, Joshua D. et al. Who Values Human Capitalists’ Human Capital? The Earnings and Labor Supply of U.S. Physicians. National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Paper 31469. July 2023.
Now that Acuvance DataRise™ PCD is here, expert witnesses have a new question to answer in court:
“If local market data was available for the subject arrangement, why didn’t you use it?”
Have the Monte Carlo Method and Earnings-Based Compensation stood up in litigation?
Yes. There are 14 modules in Business Valuation Resources’ proprietary Monte Carlo training course on the use of Monte Carlo in a courtroom, including Daubert challenges, attack points, and cases involving Monte Carlo analysis (Nanovation, Lyondell vs Occidental, TriboFilm, Vernon v Cuomo).
Business Valuation Resources has also hosted a dozen continuing education training sessions on the Monte Carlo Method. Advanced Workshop on Monte Carlo: From Classroom to Boardroom to Courtroom addresses courtroom issues, including: (i) what to expect, (ii) technical challenges, and (iii) making it understandable.
Earnings-based compensation goes hand-in-hand with the reasonable compensation construct set forth by the Internal Revenue Services and the courts. There is ample IRS tax guidance and case law on on the topic of reasonable compensation as it pertains to small business earnings and compensation, including that of physician practices.
This sounds complicated. How do we explain Acuvance DataRise™ PCD to our clients or coworkers?
You can replace the term “Monte Carlo” with “statistics”. Acuvance DataRise™ PCD uses statistics, including probability distributions, to determine ranges of compensation in local markets.