I'm paid by the hour, but by page or line are both common.
Posted By: Misha on 2006-08-08
In Reply to: radiology pay - dee
I work on-site, which is why I'm hourly. I also think working on-site with the actual paperwork in front of you makes for the best quality. Otherwise there would be sooooo many tech errors or dictator mis-speaks that I wouldn't be able to research from home that it would drive me crazy. But lots of MTs do it, of course.
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paid by page or line
wondering how many people out there get paid by the page instead of by the line? I am getting paid by the page (varies from 1.50 to 1.80 a page, and half that for less than 15 lines on a second page). Welcoming any insights to what others are getting.....thanks!
I get paid by the line. Pay by the page is a ripoff sm
I do a lot of MRI/CAT scan/neuroradiology, etc. These are sometimes long drawn-out reports and sometimes go to 2 to 2-1/2 pages.
Most companies that pay by the page only pay at most $2.00 a page. You can make more by the line.
Does anyone know if Indian MTs are paid by the line or by the hour? sm
That's something I have been curious about. I know the MTSOs charge by the line, but was wondering how they pay the MTs. I recall various articles about all the benefits they had, free medical, etc., even food.
Are you paid by the line, word, hour?
If you're paid by the hour, and not by the line, YES.
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If you are paid by the line and make over $25 an hour, then I hate to say it
but I am wondering if you are doing full QA. By the line is NOT fair pay for QA. I know I mentor new MTs on a very difficult account and there is no way you could earn a decent wage on any amount of line pay, no way!
Don't go telling someone they could do better if they are paid by the line. Quality specialists MUST have ethics in their work. You can do a decent amount of reports a day and give feedback and mentoring, but you certainly would not be earning $25 an hour on line pay that I have seen....just no way! The most I have seen QA paid is 7 cents a line and still those women do not average that amount.
Now, I don't know what you do or if you listen 100%, but most QA positions I have had have had megablanks, 100% listen as well as 100% feedback and you just cannot produce that much doing your job in a proper manner.
I usually average $25/hour paid by line so most places...
For QA consulting I'm paid per hour; QA instructing (college) paid salary, QA editing paid per li
I am an IC and work for two different MTSOs as well as instruct at a business college.
I appreciate your responses. I had an option of line vs hour ($14/hour) but if line pays more...nm
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Gross line = each line on page counts as a line, even if it's only 1 word. nm
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paid by the page
All of my work is paid by the page, but I work a lot from templates and a lot of it is very repetiiitive. Like he says, do the same for this patient and that patient and the other patient. Not too bad, fror what I get.
I get paid by the page
It is a great thing, even if it is 1/2 page, i get 2.50/pp. I do alot of IME for radiologists that do this as a side job. It is more detailed than a regular MRI, xray, or CT but i have been with the same drs for 8yrs, so I know what they are going to say next alot, which is great.
I got paid by the page
I got paid $3 per page and 16c per page for printing costs. The margins were very small and it was Work Comp reports so it was lots of full paragraphs. I figured quite a few pages and it worked out to about 11c per line. I did make a bit more on the page charge compared to the line charge per day, but it was not a big difference. The only pain was that the doctor was really nitpicky about half a page charge for a quarter of a page etc or just his signature on the lower half of a page - I was forced to break down the page charge to quarter page or even one third of a page charge - I would think per line charge is the fairest to both. There is no way you can get cheated out of what went through your fingers...
paid by the page
I am paid by the page - 2.50 full page, $1.50 half, 0.75 quarter page. I have a very generous employer who used to be a transcriber herself.
getting paid by page
Am I the only one getting paid by the page or are there others?
I get paid by the page as well
getting paid by page
What is the going rate by the page?
paid by the page
So I guess $2.50 per page is a good deal, for full page, half or quarter! What type of doctor do you work for?
I get paid by the page too. Are you an IC?
I'm glad I am not the only one charging per page. I charge $1.50 per half page, anything over is $3.00. Many of my reports are only 5-10 lines, so I can't complain. Although being an IC, I do have to pay for everything, plus pay my taxes, and of course, I receive no benefits.
how much do you get paid per page?
I've never gotten paid by the page for radiology. only cpl. right now 8cpl, but they don't give signature lines, headers or footers.
I get paid per page no matter
how short the report or long. I think it would be better to get paid per line as the reports are so much longer than they used to be and it is near impossible to break even. I make 1.7306 per page, used to make 1.80 but I guess they thought I was making too much.
Good luck!!
What is paid by page per sliding scale?
New one on the job board. Never heard of such. Just wondering.
You don't get paid an hourly rate you get paid by line - sm
so because of how you are paid (not an hourly rate) you don't get OT, especially if you are an IC.
in 1994 I typed IME reports and was paid $5.00 per page, wish I had that now!
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What is the average line/hour for a 65 character line with spaces? NM
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If you are paid by the hour--
I wouldn't mind jumping from one account to the other either if I were being paid BY THE HOUR-- but when you are on production only and you have to sit and read a zillion different client profiles, do this for this doc, but don't do that for that doc, etc., and are only allowed to work in an 8 hour time frame, it does not make for great production. If they want us to do that many accounts, we should be paid hourly, not by production alone.
I get paid by the hour, THANK GOD!
I had no idea it was 3 cpl or in the proximity out there. That's just awful. They want professional, perfect reports by transcriptionists who make no mistakes and type like the wind. Yet they don't pay for that. It's sick. Thanks for opening my eyes.
getting paid by the hour
I have not been paid by the hour in 6 years since I worked in a hospital. What is the going rate? I will be doing clinic notes for a small family practice office in Tennessee, probably about 2 hours a day after the backlog is caught up. They are going to see if they can offer me health insurance which they will pay for but I have to wait to know for sure until they talk to their insurance agent. I was just curious what others were charging. Thanks.
Because I am not paid by the hour;
I am paid by the line. And the faster I go, the more I get per hour. Others working at the same line rate may make more or less per hour depending on their speed.
I get paid by the hour
I'm working at a local nephrology clinic, unfortunately not for very long because of EMR, but that's another story. I'm am employee and work from home, but get paid by the hour. I liked that set up because when there's little or no work I still get paid for my full 7-1/2 hours a day.
I agree with you. I would never want to be paid by the hour.
I would be looking at a major paycut I believe. I average $28-$30/hr now and am paid by the line.
Are there any MTs left that get paid by the hour?
Just wondering. As an IC, I was trying to figure what I made per hour after having to pay my share and employer's share of SS. If there is anyone out there that still gets paid per hour, I would like to know what area you are from and how much. Thanks.
Do you get paid by the hour or production?
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It would be very rare to be paid by the hour
while working at home. Too many variables and too many people would take advantage
That still is not a paid line rate. If your base is $0.10 per line, it will be $0.08 cpl.
Considering other companies pay 4 or 5 cents per line for VR - you are still making out.
Question about what is PAID for a line and what is BILLED for a line
Does the MTSO actually bill for headers, footers, and other things the transcriptionists are not paid for? I worked for a company a while back and their copy of what each Transcriptionist typed the day before and our copy was a lot different, about 30% different. Their copy was the billing copy. So, double their enhanced amount and subtract our 9 cents a line, it comes to a bigger profit than what I thought.
WhenI was paid by the hour, I kept them LONG ......sm
but now that I am paid by the line, they are short! Bucks before beauty, I guess.
reAre there any MTs left that get paid by the hour?
Mid-South (Tennessee) hospital employee, $23.00
My former job paid by the hour. Higher producers with
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how does one measure lines. i get paid by the hour so i have no need to do that.
just wondering
You would need to go back in-house to be paid by the hour.
per page is better with rad than per line - sm
Per line means you will work your hiney off just to make any $$. Per report is the best way to go. I was paid $1.40 per report. I averaged about $33-35/hour and worked 3 hours a day.
If I worked onsite for a radiologist I was paid $88 (EIGHTY-EIGHT) for 2 (TWO)hours onsite.
By the page or by the line?
Is $2 to $3 per page good or getting paid by the line better?
By line or page?
Hi all...if you had an account with progress notes where you use a previous visit note for the patient and then only change the date and the vital signs on the new note for the patient, would you charge by the line for those reports or by the page? These are physical therapy notes where the patient comes for HUMS therapy just about every day to every other day of the week, so everything in the note stays the same except the date and vitals. Thanks in advance.
page v. line count
It can be anywhere from 40 pages to 75/80 pages depending on the length of the report.
page v. line count
I'm basing that on 1200 lines per day!
Per page versus per line
Does anyone know how to compare a per-page rate versus a per 65-character incl. spaces rate?
Question regarding IC pay by line vs. by page...
I am a Southern California IC for two chiropractors and soon starting a third chiropractor in a few weeks. I charge $1.50 - $3.00 per page. Usually the notes are 10-25 gross lines and sometimes (1-2x/wk) a 60+ line report. I do approximately 150 reports a week total with the two chiros. So after paying gas, paper, ink, taxes, etc., I feel like I am making very little for what I am putting out.
So now I am considering charging by the line, but worry on how much to charge. I print out all reports, pick up and deliver 2x/wk, and pay for all materials including disks for backup. I feel I should be making more, but worry what to charge. Does anyone have an amount that sounds fair? I was thinking in the lines of .16 or .17 per line, does that sound right?
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Yes, I leave cable news on low, but since I get paid by the hour plus incentive,
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One in Jonesboro, Arkansas, does. Paid by the hour with incentive based
They want minimum of 120 minutes/8 hours. After that is when you start earning that incentive.
could be short reports and getting paid for headers/footers in a 10-hour day.
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