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Corpus Christi, Texas

Neurosurgeon - Corpus Christi, TX Per Diem

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Compensation

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Job Description

The neurosurgery practice you want with the schedule you need... on the south Texas coast!

Whom We Want

A neurosurgeon with a passion for teamwork... and the Gulf shore!

What's in the Job

  • A trauma and acute neurosurgery practice, with an elective component, in an ACS-verified Level II Trauma Center
  • Enjoy the support of a full-time, experienced APP
  • Work 15 days per month with no additional call requirement
  • Enjoy full-time benefits

What You Bring

  • Board Certified/Eligible in neurosurgery
  • Current experience in trauma
  • Where you'll work and play
  • A new facility with top-of-the-line ER, OR, and inpatient spaces with an accredited Stroke Center

Wide Range of Subspecialty Support

The beach, sport fishing, birding, boating, and more in the Gulf of Mexico... literally across the street!

Texas has no state income tax and Corpus Christi's cost of living is almost 20% below the national average

Compensation and Benefits

  • Flexible block schedule
  • Malpractice and tail coverage
  • Full range of benefits including 401K, health insurance, CME allowance

About SAMGI

We are physician led. We focus on developing talented surgeons and providers. We establish partnerships with hospitals across the nation. We support our exceptional clinicians to develop local surgical practices. When you join us, you become an integral part of a collaborative SAMGI team, driving great patient outcomes with state-of-the-art medicine.

Key Responsibilities

Perform trauma and acute neurosurgery procedures within an ACS-verified Level II Trauma Center. Collaborate with a full-time experienced APP to manage patient outcomes and elective surgical components.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Trauma surgeryPatient careStroke care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Neurosurgeon - Corpus Christi, TX Per Diem at Samgi a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Surgery — ranked against 1,242 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 93% have no call, 65% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Surgery by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in surgeryranked against 1,242 Surgery listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedSurgery median $400k (middle half $360k–$672k)23 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingTexas index 97.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Surgery listings in Texas122 active1,259 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 3% remote · 93% no call · 65% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedTexas Physician listings: 21% state a sign-on bonus (median $75k) · 5% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
Surgery hiring demand#4 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 40 days · 40% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 604 postings, 152 closed
New Surgery listings765 in the last 30 days466 the 30 days before (+64%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,242 Surgery listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Salary Distribution

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<$405k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
82% this job
Sign-on bonus
32%
Relocation assistance
18%
CME allowance
9% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.7this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Surgery listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,242 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Samgi

Hospitals and Health Care
Sacramento, California
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Full-time benefits
Malpractice and tail coverage
401K
Health insurance
CME allowance
Flexible block schedule

Living in Corpus Christi

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$243k
Typical market rent
$1,422/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.7
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Corpus Christi, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.