Alberta Physician Fee-For-Service Payments by Specialty and Service Code

Statistics on Fee-For-Service payments, services, and patient counts under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan (AHCIP). The dataset is produced by the Government of Alberta and was last updated in April 2026. It covers services provided by Alberta physicians to registered AHCIP patients, excluding out-of-province and out-of-country care.

Use Cases

• Analyze payment totals by health service code to identify high-cost medical procedures.
• Compare service volume and patient counts across different physician specialties.
• Track temporal trends in fee-for-service utilization for specific health service codes.
• Model the relationship between service counts, patient counts, and total payments per specialty.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan (AHCIP).
• The dataset was updated in April 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column details, and sample sizes are not provided.
• The geographic scope is limited to Alberta, Canada, excluding services provided outside the province.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta, Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan (AHCIP).

Collection Method

Administrative records of fee-for-service claims processed under the AHCIP.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-04-02.

Geography

Alberta, Canada (excludes out-of-province and out-of-country services).