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In my opinion, 9 to 10 cpl for clinic, 10 to 12 cpl for acute care.  These should even be higher if you have your own accounts (no middle man).   But like some said below, it all depends on the account and also the way the lines are counted.  I have over 12 years experience in all specialties and in acute care, and I have worked for 8 cpl as an IC and made more per hour than working for 11 cpl doing acute care.   The 8 cpl was all by templates and I could make many, many normals, averaging about 400+ lines per hour, plus it was easy work. 

Ask specific questions about the work, what kind of account, how many doctors, etc.  That in my opinion is more important.     

I would like to get my own accounts with doctors but I don't know what to charge. How do I figure out what to charge. Does it matter where I live and what specialties I do?

I haven't found anything. What should I do a search for?

What would be a reasonable line rate for dermatology. Current MT is charging .12 per line. I will be typing very short one or two paragraph letters with no progress notes. 

Also, I need a dermatology reference books - Any suggestions?

Thanks    

I see a lot of talk about line rates and MT's unhappy with their line rate they receive.  I would like some opinions.  We pay 8 cents per line and the line consists of 65 characters plus spaces.  This is exactly how we invoice our clients.  Is this a fair rate in your opinion?

Just started training in ASR and received line rate and LPH goal proposal.  I have no way of knowing if this is an acceptable rate or not.  My first imperssion is that they have basically cut the line rate in half for ASR work and are expecting twice the number of lines just to break even on ASR vs nonASR.  Goody, goody  Type twice the lines for half the pay.  Would appreciate any input on competitive ASR line rate and production goal number, i.e., lines per 8-hour shift.   

In my honest opinion 9 cpl is good for online work.  You would want to go higher if you had your own account though to cover your overhead especially if it required printing or delivering the work, other duties as required including bookkeeping.   

I think 8 cpl is acceptable though in a case where the dictators are good, and you can get good lines especially if it is for a national or MTSO.  However, I would expect a raise if you stick it out, are responsible, and are in essence making the MTSO money.  I hope this helps. 

Then you have the fact that an employee might not make as much as an IC per se because an employee is getting benefits as opposed to pay per line rate. 

For acute care and for clinic?  I know it varies by region.  I used to know the going rate, 13 to 14 cpl in the early 90s.  I have had my own accounts since then and I really don't know where to set my rates anymore.  I don't want to price myself out of contracts by charging too much, but I also don't want to charge a lot less than everyone else.  I can't really ask my clients what other bids they receive because of course if it's more than i charge they aren't going to want to tell me they would pay me more.  I have been told by some that they have been unable to raise their rates because of competition from India.  My accounts are at 15 cpl now but if I can't go any higher than that i will never be able to increase pay for my subcontractors.  I'm just a small business but I'm feeling the crunch like everyone else.  I'm almost at the point of raising my rates and if they don't go for it I'll just figure it's not worth it anymore and i'll close up shop.

Just wondered if anyone knows what bigger services are charging these days.  The reason i used to know is I worked in a hospital transcription department so I would see the invoices that the transcription services sent along with the work.