I get paid by the line. Pay by the page is a ripoff sm
Posted By: Anon on 2005-08-09
In Reply to: Radiology Pay. - kyradmt
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.
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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'm paid by the hour, but by page or line are both common.
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.
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!
nm
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.
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?
TIA~
Thanks! I have also noticed that some radiology is by the page and not the line... sm
is there a specific reason for this?
TIA
ICs -- what are your rates right now? what are you charging per line, page, minute, etc?
I'm trying to get my own docs and want to set rates that are equivalent to everyone else so as not to undercut and lower our industry standards. But, I can't seem to find out what rates are locally, soooo, as much input as possible would be appreciated. Anyway, I know that local family practices have been quoted by the hour, by the minute, by the line, by the page, and so on.
I don't really want to do by the minute -- it makes them feel like they have to dictate at sonic speed. Some of them balk at by the line because no matter what you tell them, they feel like they are penalized for having nice formats. They balk at by the page because they think you will extend it to 2 pages for more money. Then there are the ones who gripe about hourly rates because they feel like you will type slower to make more money. I actually typed a sample tape for a local practice a year ago and based on my rate the office manager figured it up PER PATIENT and said it was too much!!
I know family practice docs and nurse practitioners don't make that much money but dangit I gotta feed my family too.
So help, please!!!!
I know that for the hard page break, what about moving to the next line while keeping the justificat
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Getting paid by the line
You would get more being paid by the line.
Where can you get paid .13/line?
I have worked for Medquist for 6 years and don't get paid anywhere near .13/line.
I get paid 0.15/line
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I get paid by the line sm
You want to be careful if you accept a job paid by the page. The going rate by the page is around $1.25. This is fine if all you're typing is plain films, but $1.25 to type long reports is a rip off.
WHAT? I get paid by the line for VR.....sm
you don't necessarily know what you're talking about - I get cpl for VR and I'm 10 times faster doing VR than straight transcription!
Where are you getting your info from? 
If QA is paid by the line then I would
yes she is getting credit for the whole report. But she is probably getting 3 cpl so not really that much. You should get feedback from QA and company should contact doctor re dates but whose to say they have not and have been ignored? Been there and see both sides. Sorry!
QA IS PAID BY THE LINE ALSO
It's not just the MTs getting lousy pay and trying to make line counts for the day... as QA editor, I struggle for my lines and when someone doesn't care to proofread or take pride in their work, I pay the price. QA is difficult!
I am QA and paid by line also and...
I have an MT one in particular who always takes feedback as a personal attack. Why is that? I am just doing my job. She actually is a good MT. The bad ones just ignore it all.
Hello! Please SM, ? about how this line is paid. Thanks!
65 character B&W line + ICP
What does ICP stand for and can you explain "black and white line" to me?
THANKS!
VR is a ripoff
I think MTs should be paid the same for VR as they are for straight dictation. Otherwise, give it to a steno. We are supposed to get paid for our *specialized* training. I have found that VR can be even more stressful and take just as long because you have to be much more detail oriented in order to make sure you catch every wrong word. It is hard on the eyeballs not being able to take your eyes off that screen. This is just one more way they are trying to rip off the MTs. Of course, I realize this is a losing battle, but have you noticed that MTs don't have a union?
Paid Gross Line
Paid 0.09 a gross line with Courier 10 and 1" margins. How do you figure this?
Paid Gross Line
I was trying to figure what it would came out to be based on a 65-character line rather than gross.
We're usually paid by the line SM
I think MTEC is worth it, at least from what I hear.
I was paid from 4 to 6 cents/line
I definitely wouldn't take less than 6 cents a line, and even that is pushing it to really make any money. Most of the reports I got for one company had to be pretty much re-typed, so it was kind of like getting paid only 6 cents to trascribe, which is horrible! However, a few of the docs reports were pretty good and one was even at 90% recognition, where I pretty much just had to fix the formatting. It may be better for radiology, as I didn't do any of those.
To make a long story short, I hated VR editing and didn't make any money at it, even at 6 cents/line.
I would much rather do ME, (that is, if it paid the same line rate) sm
Which it does not, so I guess I will be sticking with MT, at least until I don't have a choice.
Do employees not get paid by the line?
I know I do!
I am paid by the line in radiology and I
Tried being paid by the report but was given long report after long report and actually lost money. Being paid by the report, in my opinion, is good if you have a fairly large amount of x-ray reports which are short and sweet and you can move right through them and that makes up for the longer reports such as MRIs and CTs.
No, but I am a QA editor paid by the line
There are a few of us I guess.
Paid by line question
I have been a Rad MT for 7+ years and have always been paid by the hour. I have been offered a job that is paid by the line (starting a .08 going up to .10 when they don't have to read your reports anymore). They also don't offer any benefits so I'm guessing this is IC status? I'm just wondering if you can make money being paid by production and how bad is it during the slow times of the year? Any idea on what an average Rad transcriptionists lines per day would be? I am a single and self supporting so money is a big deal (as it is with anyone) but I need to know if I'll be able to make my bills with no problem. Thanks in advance for all your input, help, etc.
Do PA's get paid to dictate by the line? SM
 I am doing a 25 minute preop of a patient admitted for removal of two lipomas.
Being paid gross line
I have been offered a job that pays 8 cpl per gross line. Is that a good rate? Thanks for your input.
You get paid for every line you read
and the corections you make. If there is only 1 correction to be made and the report has 100 lines, you get paid for 100 lines, according to the cpl agreed.
The number of corrections depend on a lot of things:
sound quality
VR software
platform
dictator
etc...
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