How Your Specialty’s Pay Stacks Up: Medscape Gastroenterologist Compensation Report 2025 (Medscape)

Gastroenterologists, like many specialists, faced financial headwinds in 2024, as paychecks were squeezed by shrinking payer reimbursements and broader market uncertainty. According to Medscape’s latest report, average physician pay rose by less than 3%, reflecting waning employer motivation to increase salaries post-pandemic. Industry experts point to hospital financial struggles, regulatory unpredictability, and the fading momentum of COVID-era compensation gains as key contributors. With a new administration underway and future policy impacts unclear, it’s a moment for GI physicians to tread carefully and plan strategically.