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RCM cost calculator: in-house billing vs MedValue
We assume a fully loaded cost of $80,000 per biller per year. Every input is yours to change — it is a planning tool, not a quote.
Cost comparison
MedValue versus an in-house billing team
Select the number of in-house billers you carry and your average monthly collections. We use a fully loaded cost of $80,000 per biller per year — salary, benefits, taxes, software, workspace and training included — so the comparison reflects real payroll burden rather than base pay alone.
Your practice
With 2 in-house billers, we estimate a total loaded payroll cost of $80,000 per biller per year. This is an illustrative assumption, not a MedValue performance claim, guarantee or offer.
In-house billing team
$13,333
per month, fully loaded
MedValue — Full Revenue Cycle
$8,386
per month at 5.99% of collections
$4,947 less each month
That is 37% below the in-house cost on these numbers, or about $59,368 a year — before the introductory discount.
Get this in writingWhat payroll alone does not buy you
- A full team — coding review, denials, appeals and aged AR — instead of one generalist
- Cover through holidays, sick leave and turnover, with no re-hiring or retraining
- Named account manager and agreed response times on your queries
- Weekly reporting on claims, denials and AR you can act on
- Capacity that scales with your volume instead of another hire
- You only pay on revenue we help collect
This calculator applies our published rates to figures you enter, using your own staffing assumptions. It is a planning tool, not a MedValue performance claim, guarantee or offer. Your actual costs and final rate are confirmed in a written proposal after your free billing audit.
Performance comparison
In-house billing vs MedValue: the real comparison
A side-by-side view of what an internal billing desk costs and covers against what a MedValue team delivers on the same work — service standards and cost structure, not projected results.
Metric
In-house billing
Typical practice setup
MedValue
What we commit to
Annual cost per biller
Total employment cost
In-house
≈ $80,000
Salary, benefits, taxes, software, workspace
MedValue
5.99%
Of collections, all-inclusive
Claim submission turnaround
Charge received to claim out the door
In-house
Varies with workload
Slips during leave and backlogs
MedValue
24–48 hours
Our standard turnaround
Denial handling
What happens after a rejection
In-house
Rework when there is time
Root causes rarely get fixed
MedValue
Worked and appealed
Root-cause analysis each month
Aged AR recovery
Old balances and prior write-offs
In-house
Often abandoned
Follow-up stops at the easy claims
MedValue
Actively pursued
Including balances a prior biller wrote off
Cover and capacity
Holidays, sick leave, turnover, growth
In-house
Hire and re-train
Months of lost productivity per exit
MedValue
Team-based cover
Scales with your volume, no new hires
Billing technology
Software, clearinghouse, tools
In-house
A separate line item
Licences and upgrades on you
MedValue
Included
We work inside your existing system
Reporting and visibility
Collections, denials, AR aging
In-house
Ad-hoc reports
Usually pulled only when something looks wrong
MedValue
Weekly and monthly
Plus a named account manager review
Compliance workload
HIPAA-aligned process and access control
In-house
Entirely in-house
Your team owns every control
MedValue
Shared
Documented controls and audit support
In-house figures use a fully loaded cost of $80,000 per biller per year. Service standards describe how we work, not a guaranteed financial outcome. Your rate is confirmed in writing after your free billing audit.
No-cost revenue check
See exactly what your practice is leaving on the table
Our billing assessment team reviews a sample of your claims, denials and aging AR, then walks you through the findings. Most practices are surprised by the first slide.
- A claim-level look at what is being denied and why
- Aged AR you can still recover, quantified in dollars
- Coding and fee schedule gaps costing you per visit
- A plain-English action plan you can keep either way
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