Charge per page
Posted By: Donna Gay Vineyard on 2009-05-01
In Reply to: Fair price to charge per page? - woutwork
I currently work contract for a surgeon in CA and am getting paid $5.00 per page. I would say this is a high figure and probably only paid to those with tons of experience, if even then.
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One office I charge .12, another I charge $2.25 page--nm
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page charge
If they want it printed in that font fine but for charging change it back to your usual font and see how many pages there are if you are charging by the page. I type in Arial 10 for several accounts or Times Roman and I always change it back to Courier 12 for my line counts. Also change the margins to represent 65 characters in the line as they want less margins for chart notes.And they are aware of that when I quote my line charge. If you agreed so much per page, tell them it was using the Courier 12 font or whatever font you usually use with your usual margins.
Good luck
Charge them $5.00 per page
and then give it to them on a CD rom for their safe keeping.
charge per page
I have 2 private accounts and I charge $2.50 per page.
I agree, charge by the page. sm
Say you use courier 12 font and 1 inch margins, you will get about 35-42 lines per page. You charge 12-15 cents per line, at 12 cpl, that is about $5 per page; at 15 cpl about $6.25 per page. The going rage per page is $7.50. Of course, it depends on where you live, but figure it out on your own.
Do what benefits you. Ask what font they would like to use, margins, etc.
The ultimate would be to charge per gross line.
IMEs are very boring and about 10 pages long for one patient. I hate them and don't do them.
Good luck!
Is there an invoicing program that will charge by the page?
I need an invoicing program that will charge by the characters in a page. I was looking for something that is simple to use and reasonable too, perhaps $100 or less.
TIA
Fair price to charge per page?
Any ideas company from cali
Per page rate for legal transcription - what should I charge?
I have only done medical transcription and we charge by the line, not by the page. I have been approached about legal transcription work for template documents such as wills, estate planning, etc. I have been asked what I charge per page...I live in the Northeast/Connecticut area. Can anyone advise me what the current rate per page would be?
correction: charge by PAGE, and keep track of long-distance of local numbers, as well as fax supplie
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Charge what the credit card companies charge when they don't get paid on time!!!!
Audio hour charge - what is fair rate to charge company?
Doubt you can charge 15 cpl for VR work to the docs - you can't even charge them 12 for straight
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Personal page/web page resource
Paula,
Thanks a lot for sharing these great websites!
you don't have to charge $60/HR - all you have to do is charge a good rate and then..
work smart, not hard. If you have a great dictator, charge him 14 cpl on a 65 char gross line, then set up your templates and word expanders, you can make $80/hr. But you need all three to work together, otherwise you might only be making $60/hr. Some people are just really good at what they do - shouldn't they make more if they are more productive?
I'd still charge by line, just charge a lower
rate, like maybe 8 cpl. Do you have to pickup and deliver work? You could also setup a one-month contract until you see how it goes and then you can figure out the best way to charge and go from there. You could also charge a flat rate per page and keep it fairly low.
Yep, $2.00 a page and the page has about 30-40 lines on it nm
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NJ $3 page, though I have heard as low as $1 page.
When I worked for a national, up thru 2 years ago, I was getting $1.75 page and heard they got $4.
It's on page 129 of the BOS II if they like to use it. nm
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Their web page...
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per page
I actually work for a service by page and actually I do pretty well and feel almost better than a per line rate. I wonder if 60 lines is a combination of both text and blank lines?
Per page
I get paid gross line and from top to bottom of the page. My rate is lower which is what the docs like and on chart notes just take the line count for word. Kind of like your two lines on a page you get the page. One word on the line, I get the line. Also with my clinic notes, there is just one blank in between patients but I do get that line. Of course I cut apart the notes for the clinic so that kind of pays it. I also make good money and can't complain.
By page
You need to turn it around so the doctor feels he is "saving money" by being charged by the line and therefore for only the part of the page that is completed. Tell him that if you charge by 1/4 of the page anything over 10 lines would be a mininum of $1.50 - 2.00 and so he would be paying for part of the page that would not be filled up. The same applies if he were to go only 1 line past the 1/2 page mark and thus pay for the entire page. So make it seem more economical for him. Also make sure that you figure your line charge out in the font you want to type in and if he wants a smaller, convert it over to charge out. As long as they know that a gross line -- which is what I charge -- consists of how many characters in the Courier 12 font in, you are not cheating. But show him how it would be beneficial for him to do the line charge and don't go with an attitude of "my way" show him you are looking out for him. I would probably start out around 12 cpl per gross line as you will probably get a lot of standards that you can set up, etc. So if work up to 200 to 300 lines per hour that is very good pay.
Patti
Wow, we are both on the same page!
I would love to be a homemaker and be with my children, btw I dont have any yet, but that is what I would love to do!!! I agree with your comments totally on this board. Have a blessed day!
It's not there for me either. I think that and the mom page
should have a drop down in the menu thing above.
Could be anywhere from 1 page
to 5 pages. These would be reports, not chart notes.
If you will look down the page...
There is a discussion about this. Here is a link to my post, which gives a link to the chair I currently use. I highly recommend it.
Are you saying $10 per page?
I just raised my rates to .12 for gross lines, old accounts but again I make good money per hour and just cannot justify raising higher. I am happy. That is gross line per Courier 12 and 1" margins. With one account lots of consults and letters and can make $50 to $70+ per hour and so am happy. Guess that would equal 13 to 14 65 cpl so that is in the ballpark. My accounts pay on time, within 48 hours, never a bounced check, NEVER question my line counts or TAT. I pick up and deliver, do envelopes, cut apart chart notes, and make good money. Was just sick last week and did a pick up and delivery anyway and one of my docs told me to go home and rest and all others asked how I was feeling. So do what is fair for all, do not price yourself out of the account as he could think that he could do it again himself but show him how much more free time he has and it is worth the money. Oral surgeons will have lots of letters and op notes and so you can make a lot of standards and use a lot of expanders. So you have the opportunity to make good money, again I always see what my bottom line is or hourly rate and not what cpl I charge.
$1.30 per page???
I know it really depends on many factors, but I was wondering if $1.30 per page is a good rate? I haven't typed a per page rate in years and I don't remember! This would be a psych. account. This company gives a template (I get paid for the template lines). I am thinking this seems kind of low. Any help would be appreciated.
$1.30 per page?
Oh, gosh...I almost fell over when I read this. Maybe I missed something here, but when I had my own private accounts a few years ago I was charging $5-$6 per page, which was actually low at that time. The reason was that these docs were excellent dictators (hand-picked, of course), and $ wasn't an issue.
I'd be interested in any other input.
Good luck.
$1.30 page
They should be ashamed of themselves. Don't take the job! I type speech pathology reports and charge $5.00 per page and do 200 pages a month for the last 8 years. These reports take up every inch of the paper, as they do not say
"new paragraph" very often
You can do better I'm sure!
I get $2.00 per page
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pay per page
Does anyone know the average $ per page, not radiology but clinic notes?
Okay well if you are going to charge 10 cpl..what do your MTs get?
Maybe they are looking out for the little people getting paid a little more?? I see a lot of aspects of this you haven't researched. Ask questions, learn from their decisions so you are better prepared next time.
how much do you charge?
What should I charge?
I've never solicited my own accounts before, but my fiance's sister called me yesterday asking if I'd be interested in transcribing some letters for the dermatologist she works for. I said sure, since I'd like to go all independent, and this is a good way to try it out. Only problem is, I'm not sure what to charge. I'll be using the doctor's transcriber (she uses tapes, and I don't have a tape player), and it isn't decided yet whether I'll be emailing the completed letters to her, or printing them myself. What would be an average rate?
Is there a law on this? Don't think there is; not sure. You should be able to charge whatever U w
What I Charge
I also work for an insurance company doing claim tapes. I charge $3.00 a page. My reports can vary anywhere from a few pages up to 25 pages, which I actually did last night (I don't think I've done any longer than that). I'm not sure if this helps or not. I use Tahoma 10 with the margins the same as what you're using.
I get 9 CPL for a nat'l, and charge 12 CPL...nm
I charge
12 cents per line, 65 character line. With HIPAA issues, don't forget better grab yourself a carrier that reports will fit in to take back--one that locks. This is very important in case you are in an accident taking their reports back. It happens.
charge them as much as you can sm
I would charge per gross line, that means every line counts, no matter what. Depends on the reports, but why not start with 12 cents a gross line. Don't under sell yourself. You'll be killing yourself for pennies. good luck.
What to charge for something like this?
I have had this account for 5 years now and they have made a change to the format of their report. The first page is basically a template with check boxes. The other three pages are figured out by 65 character count. Being that there isn't much I'm doing to the first page (checking maybe 5-8 boxes and adding little blurbs once in awhile), but I am printing this page out. Any ideas? I hope I'm making sense! Thanks much in advance.
mt-what to charge?
I work at a mental health clinic as a transcriptionist/records person. A coworker asked if I would be interested in making some extra cash by typing some documents for him and his buddies that are in college. I am interested but have no idea WHAT TO CHARGE? 1 cent per word? i have no idea please help.
-Gina
What to charge? Please sm...
I was approached by a family doctor to do some typing for his very small company. He indicated that there are 2 other doctors in his office. I am thinking about taking the offer, but I'm just not sure how much to charge them. I noticed on the job boards that MTs are now being paid on an average of 0.07 cpl. How much more of this would I need to charge in order to actually profit from doing this? I currently get paid 0.12 cpl at a company I am working for, so what would be appropriate for me to charge these doctors then? I'm so confused.
what to charge
no one is going to come out and answer this question for you. It all depends on where you live.. Call a local transcription company, make like you are a doctors office and see what their rates are.. call at least 5 of them and go inbetween.
What to charge for something like this?
I've been contacted about "putting together a training
outline, tips and tricks and materials for MTs moving into the Editor role."
I'd charge at least what I would lose in production spending time on this, but any idea of an hourly rate? The company is moving into a VR platform.
I charge
.10 a line but all my work is done over the internet. I open an e-mail and then e-mail the work back so it does not cost me anything extra. I haven't been doing this for very long, so I am probably not the one to be giving advice, but I did want to make sure you are putting all these expenses on your taxes. You can even log your driving time, these are just things I didn't know when I first began.
I charge 12 cpl as well.
I provide 48-hour turnaround. Instead of raising your rate, why not ask if you can pick-up every two days? I believe that some charge up to 14 cpl. It all depends on the practice.
So you charge ,12 cpl...(sm)
due to the fact that you have to compete with nationals that outsource overseas, right? Okay, what portion of that .12 cpl are you willing to pay a sub? Would you be willing to pay .10 cpl and still make at least .02 cpl AND keep your contracts happy? That's what I did. When I had my own contracts I was happy to get good and truly experienced transcriptionists who would sign non-competitive agreements and pay them almost as much as I got per line. I felt that "something was better than nothing". So, if I only got .02 cpl it was still better than losing client, driving myself nuts working all the time, and .02 cpl adds up after a while. Furthermore, it was more than I would make if I lost the client! Are you wiling to do that, pay your sub's a very good rate - cause if you are willing to do so there are many good transcriptionists willing to work for you (myself included)!
How much to charge
Hi!
I don't mind -- I just answered it when another MT was asking if $50 per audio hour was too low and I said yes, it was too low.
You generally charge per audio hour. I don't know what it takes other people, but I work on a 3:1 ratio, meaning 1 hour of audio takes me 3 hours to do. So I charge $75 an audio hour if it's not terribly complicated. Like I said in the other post, others charge $95 and I have even heard $115. I'm happy with it working out to $25 an hour, but I do spend additional time proofing it afterwards.
I like general because people don't seem to be as "stat" about things as in MT :) Sometimes the speaking is even nice and slow, like they are reading from a presentation so you just keep right up with it.
Diane
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