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Compare medical billing options
Balanced tables for the decisions owners make about billing, including the cases where keeping it in-house is the right answer.
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Comparisons
- Clearinghouse vs medical billing companyA clearinghouse checks and routes claim files; a billing company works the claims. What each one does, where they overlap, and when you need one or both.See the comparison
- In-house vs outsourced medical billingIn-house and outsourced medical billing compared on cost, control, coverage, reporting and risk, including when keeping billing in-house is better.See the comparison
- Medical billing company vs billing softwareBilling software you run yourself vs a billing company that works claims in it: who does the work, cost, control, HIPAA paperwork and when software wins.See the comparison
- Medical billing pricing models comparedPercentage of collections, per-claim and flat-fee billing pricing compared on incentives, predictability, fairness at volume and contract terms.See the comparison
Before you decide
Work it through with your own numbers
The comparisons set out the trade-offs. These pages put your own figures and your own exit terms against them.
- CalculatorIn-house vs outsourced billing cost calculatorPut your own staffing, software and collections figures beside the percentage, per-claim and flat-fee quotes you have been given, with the formula shown.
- GuideHow much does medical billing cost? In-house and outsourcedMedical billing costs in-house and outsourced: a biller's loaded cost, the cost-to-collect formula, a worked example, quote comparison and contract terms.
- GuideHow to switch medical billing companies without losing claimsExit terms, data and login ownership, the parallel run, cut-over day and the months after.
Next step
Weighing your own billing against a dedicated biller?
Tell us how billing runs today. Three quick questions, no patient data. A billing specialist reads every request and replies in writing.
- Three questions, about two minutes
- No patient data, no software to buy
- A written reply from a biller, not a sales deck
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- A billing specialist reads your answers and replies by email.
- If a look at real claims makes sense, we agree read-only access under a BAA first.
- You get a written summary of what is worth working and what it would take. No commitment.
While you wait: see the sample weekly report or read how switching works. You can also download the sample weekly report (PDF).