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you can expect 12.00 - 15.00 hour average, pretty much nation wide.

Posted By: Lolly on 2005-10-24
In Reply to: earnings - what can i expect from home? - JoanneNY

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To start expect to make about $6 an hour - sm
If you are good, meaning not having to look up a billion things and a quick and accurate typist then you can make more, $16+ depending on the type of work you do. I am not a fast typist, though I do not have to look up much (except for address which slows me WAAAAAAY down), and I currently make about $12 an hour with 4 years experience. So this is no huge money maker. As you are only looking to supplement, you could probably expect to make an extra $30 a week to start, presuming you can find someone to take you on for so litte work. In time you may get that up to $60 a week, but still it is not a fortune.
1.20 is pretty much average
links is ok, since you're getting the same amount of pay for joining two exams into one. the only problem is i've noticed most hospitals are using one exam instead of two like they did in the past (pelvic ultrasound with transvaginal scanning is now one exam at one of my accounts).
how many lines per day and per hour do most companies expect/want you to type for full time? thanks
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For your own client, that sounds pretty average.

Based on what I know some outsourcing companies charge, you are definitely in the ball park. Sounds to me the area might be underpaying, which in the long run, hurts all of us.


If they only pay an outsourcing company say .13 cpl, will that same company turn around and pay a transcriptionist .08 to .09 ?  Don't know.



I would say average is $15 per hour. sm

Watch out for QA positions that are paid by cpl QA'd.  In some instances it may work out fine, but hourly (in my opinion) is the best way to be paid for QA/editing.


Average of 450 to 500 per hour

I average 190 to 200 per hour....
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I average 37-43/hour
It's not impossible. Some people are better at some jobs and some are better at others. I happened to fall into a great job. Mine is at a hospital and we get paid by the line. I lost about 5/hour when we went to a new platform of editing and transcription. I still can't make this anywhere else and no, it's not counting headers, footers, etc., it's just fast transcription and loving my job, makes all the difference in the world. I don't think it's gloating at all. There probably are a lot more transcriptionists who make this kind of money, it's just that no one is aware of it.
I average 20 to 25 min of dictation in an hour ...
so I'd say 3:1 for me...on AVERAGE.

Sometimes I can do better, sometimes worse. As long as I can average 3:1 for the day, I feel I've done okay.

I average 300 lines per hour
for acute care, mostly OP notes, 65/char line, which would be 19,500 characters per hour.      
Thought average is 15 min/1 hour.

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National average is $14.00/hour, so no-
I think someone with many years of experience (if the quality and skills are there, obviously) should make more than the national average.  Then again, if you don't have to pay for health benefits or something like that it might be a more reasonable wage imo.
How is giving $-per-hour average vs

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What is the average lines per hour for radiology?
A lot of companies are now paying per line now rather than by report or per page.  I just wondered if it differed from other transcription as I do both but do not have a line counter for radiology in the system I type into.
I average 600 lines an hour on ES - editing, sm
transcribing 400 lph.

I have been working this platform for about 3 years now.

Using the shortcut keys and not the mouse helps tremendously in an awesome line count average.

Hope this information helps.
Also agree, but average 15-20 minutes an hour...nm
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You are really not that far off the average of 20 mins per hour of dictation. NM
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The MT average is 20 minutes of dictation/hour
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I average 1800 lines per 8 hour day, but have
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I average 1700 - 1900 in an 8-hour day. I
have also been doing this for 25+ years and have hundreds of Expanders and bunches of normals/standards that I have created. I am also on only 2 accounts from the MTSO. I also find that Ops are my favorites, and can literally fly through those while maintaining a 99+% accurace rate. It takes time. 16 months is not a long time in this business to increase your speed. My goal is always 200 lines an hour and I usually take a 10 to 15 min. break every 2 hours just to get away from the computer. It can be done.
I usually average $25/hour paid by line so most places...

This is not possible. You'd have to average 300 lph and work a 12 hour day. This person is stre
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I'd figure out an average I make per hour, and charge that. -nm
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Line rate isn't the only factor -- your lines/hour average is key, too.
Even at 7 cpl, keeping about 275 lines/hour average keeps you at $19.25 an hour and that is $40,000 a year.

It is a myriad of factors involved. You have to have the knowledge, be decisive, self-sufficient and very focused. Then, you need to negotiate as high a base rate as you can and look toward the incentive plan to increase your paycheck.

With our incentive, it was not worth it if I couldn't hit high lines in a day. So, I changed my schedule to hit those lines.

I am tired after my work days but having the 4 days a week off and a good income makes it worth it for me. It allows me to spend my days off doing things I want to.

A few years ago, Atlanta in-house average was about $12-$15/hour, plus good bennies. nm

By the way, as of about 5 years ago, Wellstar was with a service.  They might not even have in-house MTs.  Hope so for  your sake :).


 


 


What is the average line/hour for a 65 character line with spaces? NM
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30 hours divided by four days equals seven-hour days. Most of us have to work pretty much every day
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What average line count do you type per pay period. what is considered above average and how long

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or just in a certain office?


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Usually, it is a system-wide choice SM
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You could always try doing a system-wide search for a patient you know is on the file and maybe
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You undercut yourself, which drives prices down industry-wide. sm
For a hospital, NEVER go under $0.16 per line to start. Most will want to negotiate and the lowest should be 0.14 per line.
i was taught opposite, lol, but then at another company they preferred all disc; wide varieties. n
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Well, it is called the World Wide Web! Sorry, your post made me laugh! No offense... but duh! nm

I think I'm pretty bright and pretty good, too, but
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1850 lines per 8 hour shift. 15.00 hour - no real requirement
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if it is feasable, split that 6-hour shift into two 3-hour shifts. sm
i work a split shift and find that i am much better able to stay focused and get more work done that way. also, being 3 months pregnant you have gone through the very tiring time of pregnancy and you should start seeing an energy perk before long.
I start an hour or 2 early and then take an hour or 2 for dinner -nm
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At 200 lines a day for 6 cents, you are making $1.20 a day or 0.15 hour for an 8 hour day!!!--cm
Did you mean 2,000? Even then you would only be making $1.50 if you work 8 hours a day.