The survey was released Sept. 12 and includes data from 1,034 physician offices in 15 metropolitan areas. The average acceptance rates are based on five specialties: family medicine, cardiology, dermatology, obstetrics-gynecology and orthopedics.
The average Medicaid acceptance rate among the surveyed cities is 54 percent, up from 53 percent in 2017.
Cities ranked by average Medicaid acceptance rates:
Detroit: 83 percent
Minneapolis: 72 percent
Denver 72: percent
Philadelphia: 66 percent
Portland, Ore.: 64 percent
Boston: 63 percent
Los Angeles: 54 percent
Atlanta: 54 percent
Seattle: 51 percent
Miami: 48 percent
Houston: 44 percent
Washington, D.C.: 43 percent
San Diego: 37 percent
New York: 31 percent
Dallas: 30 percent
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