Service Line Rate Benchmark . Contracted IP Payments Relative to Market and Medicare Neonatology IP Avg, = 113% Thoracic Surgery Vascular Services General Medicine Spine Cardiac Services General Surgery IP Avg, = 96% Newborn Ophthalmology Gynecology Other Trauma Obstetrics Neurosurgery ENT Neurology Hem/Onc Urology Ortho Sources: Confidential Client Claims Data; Navigant Consulting, Inc Benchmarking Methodology A community hospital benchmarked its rates versus market and Medicare by service line, and used this single graphic to illustrate markups versus market and Medicare by service line. This visual representation helped communicate rate opportunities versus vulnerabilities.