Administrative Cost of Processing Various Types of Provider Billings

1. It cost $215.10 to get paid for a hospitalization that required surgery, and took 100 minutes of processing time.
2. It cost $170.40 to get paid for a typical outpatient surgical procedure, and took 75 minutes of processing time.
3. It cost $124.26 to get paid for a typical hospital stay, and took 73 minutes of processing time.
4. It cost $61.54 to get paid for a typical trip to the emergency room, and took 32 minutes of processing time.
5. It cost $20.49 to get paid for a typical primary-care visit, and took 13 minutes of processing time.

Source: JAMA, February 20, 2018
Source URL: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/26731...

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