WATCH: Why Do BC Ophthalmologists Make So Much Money?

The highest-paid doctors in BC aren’t saving hearts or brains, they’re fixing eyes. Here’s how outdated billing codes quietly turned ophthalmology into a multimillion-dollar business.

What if the highest-paid medical specialists in British Columbia aren’t heart surgeons or neurosurgeons, but eye doctors? In this episode, we examine BC Medical Services Plan (MSP) billing data to uncover why ophthalmologists dominate the province’s highest earners and explore how decades of advances in cataract surgery have dramatically changed the economics of the profession.

We break down the billing codes, the numbers behind multimillion-dollar MSP billings, and the policy questions they raise. Is the current fee schedule keeping pace with modern medicine, or is it time to rebalance physician compensation? Watch for a data-driven look at one of BC’s most surprising healthcare stories.