52.2% of private specialist doctors applied excess fees in 2021, compared to 45.8% a year earlier. Of the eight specialties taken into account in the study, gynecology is the one which practices the most excesses.

The average excess for gynecologists is 20.60 euros, on a basic consultation set at 30 euros (2021 figures). Next come ophthalmologists (66.7% above the Health Insurance rate, for an average overrun of 13.80 euros), and anesthesiologists (58.8%. 10.90 euros).