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Medical Billing by Specialty: Practice Types and Rates

For owners and managers of US practices outsourcing billing. Start with your specialty to see the claim work, retained responsibilities and reporting that fit your practice. Service pages explain what our billing plans include and which engagements can be scoped separately. Rates run 5.0% to 8.5% of insurance payments, set by specialty group and practice size, with 0% of patient payments.

Find your specialty billing page

Each page below names the claims that specialty files, where those claims get denied or underpaid, what we take over and how the work is priced. Pages are grouped by practice type, so start in the group that matches yours. A group practice with several specialties can use each relevant page.

Behavioral health & therapy

Surgical & procedural

Diagnostics & ancillary

Facility & post-acute

Primary & urgent care

Medical specialties

What medical billing by specialty costs

Your rate depends on the specialty group of each clinician and on practice size, always as a share of insurance payments: 0% of patient payments and $0 setup. Month to month. Leave with 30 days' written notice. No termination fee. The full rate card, fee base and exclusions are on the medical billing pricing page.

Practices outside the rate card

16+ clinicians, or anesthesia, radiology, DME, lab and home health: written quote within 1 business day, same fee base, cap and terms. Invoices 1–3: only percentage fees on that month's insurance payments, plus any statements or add-ons you order. Percentage fees and mailed statements are capped at 9.0% of that month's insurance payments; from invoice 4, the $400 minimum applies even in a month when the cap comes to less.

Specialty group1 clinician2–5 clinicians6–15 clinicians
Mental & behavioral health8.0%7.5%7.0%
ABA therapy8.5%8.0%7.5%
PT, OT, speech & chiropractic7.5%7.0%6.5%
Primary care, pediatrics & urgent care6.5%6.0%5.5%
Specialist physician groups6.0%5.5%5.0%

Choose by workflow when the specialty is only part of it

A specialty page describes the practice context. A service page explains that part of the work and whether it is included in a billing plan or scoped separately. Start with the issue below, then use the linked service to discuss ownership and deliverables.

Your immediate priorityA useful starting scopeWhat to prepare
Unfinished billing across several stagesMedical billing or revenue cycle managementCurrent queues, systems and retained responsibilities
Recurring payer denialsDenial managementPayer messages, response history and deadlines
New clinicians or locationsCredentialing and enrollmentClinician roster, entity and location information
Unclear specialty-level performanceRevenue cycle analyticsReport definitions, periods and reporting dimensions

Build a clear practice overview

Start with the people, systems and open work

A practice overview lets us scope the work and quote the right rate. Prepare these before the first call:

  1. Clinicians by specialty, with their rendering NPIs and locations.
  2. Your practice-management system and clearinghouse.
  3. An aging report of unpaid insurance claims.
  4. The billing tasks your staff will keep.

For a single office, the small-practice billing scope separates routine work from owner decisions. Groups can start with revenue cycle management.

Choose the handoff that needs attention

Use denial management for payer responses that need investigation, or credentialing and payer enrollment for provider participation work. These are different assignments with different inputs. Keep patient records and account credentials out of an initial inquiry; send them only after a business associate agreement is signed.

Start with your aged claims

If claims are already past 90 days, start with The Free A/R Deadline Map. A claim-by-claim list of every unpaid insurance claim over 90 days in the aging report you send: payer, amount, the deadline it faces, the denial reason and the next action, sorted by deadline. It arrives in 5 business days. Clock starts with your claim-level aging export and signed BAA; above 10 requests in a week, we confirm your date within 1 business day.

Common questions

Does a specialty label define the whole billing scope?
No. The relevant work also depends on clinicians, locations, payers, systems and the responsibilities retained by the practice. Discuss those details before agreeing on the engagement.
Can a small practice outsource only part of billing?
Credentialing, inherited A/R recovery and scoped billing audits can be separate engagements. Payment posting, denial follow-up and eligibility work are included in the billing plans described on their service pages; they are not separately priced queue services. Confirm the work and retained responsibilities in the written scope.
How is billing priced for a practice with several specialties?
Multi-specialty practices: each clinician's claims are billed at that clinician's segment rate; the size band counts every clinician. The rate card lists each specialty group's rate by practice size.
Who answers clinical documentation questions?
The responsible clinician must resolve clinical questions. Billing support can identify missing information and route the request; the working agreement should explain that escalation process.
What information belongs in an initial inquiry?
Describe your practice type, approximate clinician count, current system and billing priorities. Do not include patient records, claim numbers, account passwords or payer credentials.
What if my specialty has no page yet?
Ask anyway. 16+ clinicians, or anesthesia, radiology, DME, lab and home health: written quote within 1 business day, same fee base, cap and terms. Invoices 1–3: only percentage fees on that month's insurance payments, plus any statements or add-ons you order. Percentage fees and mailed statements are capped at 9.0% of that month's insurance payments; from invoice 4, the $400 minimum applies even in a month when the cap comes to less.