Healthcare clinic benchmarks by specialty

Profit margin, overhead ratio, collection rate, A/R days, and payer mix for 12 outpatient specialties. Where a specialty association publishes figures we link them; for several specialties nobody publishes verifiable ranges at all, and those pages say so rather than borrowing authority they do not have. Margin and overhead are stated before owner or provider compensation.

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Reviewed by Stanislav Sukhinin, CFA · Last re-verified April 2026

Dental Practices Benchmarks

Profit margin: 38%
Overhead: 62%
Collections: 95%
A/R days: 24

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Physical Therapy Benchmarks

Profit margin: 15%
Overhead: 85%
Collections: 90%
A/R days: 35

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Dermatology Benchmarks

Profit margin: 27%
Overhead: 73%
Collections: 94%
A/R days: 26

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Mental Health Benchmarks

Profit margin: 15%
Overhead: 80%
Collections: 88%
A/R days: 40

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Med Spas Benchmarks

Profit margin: 22%
Overhead: 75%
Collections: 96%
A/R days: 10

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Urgent Care Benchmarks

Profit margin: 15%
Overhead: 85%
Collections: 90%
A/R days: 30

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Chiropractic Benchmarks

Profit margin: 20%
Overhead: 65%
Collections: 90%
A/R days: 32

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Ophthalmology Benchmarks

Profit margin: 30%
Overhead: 70%
Collections: 93%
A/R days: 28

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ENT (Otolaryngology) Benchmarks

Profit margin: 25%
Overhead: 75%
Collections: 92%
A/R days: 30

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Orthopedics Benchmarks

Profit margin: 30%
Overhead: 55%
Collections: 91%
A/R days: 33

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Podiatry Benchmarks

Profit margin: 20%
Overhead: 80%
Collections: 90%
A/R days: 36

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OB-GYN Benchmarks

Profit margin: 17%
Overhead: 78%
Collections: 93%
A/R days: 34

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What each benchmark page includes

Profit margin (net) — low, median, high with source citations
Overhead ratio, broken into staffing, rent, supplies, equipment, marketing, insurance, and other
Gross and net collection rate ranges, plus typical denial rate
Days in A/R — median and top-performer thresholds
Payer mix: Medicare, Medicaid, commercial, self-pay, cash
Staffing ratios: FTE support staff per FTE provider
Specialty-specific KPIs (e.g. injectable COGS % for med spas, visits/FTE for PT)
Sorso field commentary — what we actually see at client engagements

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Stanislav Sukhinin, CFA

Founder of Sorso and a CFA charterholder. Before Sorso, Stan spent 19 years in corporate finance at institutions including UniCredit and Société Générale — managing a $450M loan portfolio and making senior partner at a major mezzanine lender by 29 — then built a fractional CFO firm exclusively for outpatient healthcare clinics.

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