Free Practice Tools

Medical Billing Calculators & RCM Tools

Use these free calculators to understand key billing metrics, compare billing-cost scenarios and review common revenue-cycle workflow risks. Results are informational estimates and should be reviewed alongside your practice data.

Searchable Coding & Denial References

Use these quick-reference tools to search commonly encountered coding and remittance entries, then verify the current official source before claim submission or denial follow-up.

Medical Billing Cost Calculator

Compare your current billing operating cost with an outsourced billing scenario using your own assumptions. This calculator does not assume a market fee—you enter the percentage you want to model.

What to include in current billing cost

Consider billing staff payroll, payroll taxes and benefits, billing software, clearinghouse costs, training, management time and other recurring billing expenses.

Medical Billing Denial Rate Calculator

Calculate the share of submitted claims that were denied during the same reporting period.

Formula

Denied claims ÷ total submitted claims × 100

Use the same time period for both figures. Track the result over time and investigate changes by payer, denial reason, specialty and workflow stage.

Days in Accounts Receivable Calculator

Estimate how many days of average charges are represented by your current A/R balance.

Formula used

Total accounts receivable ÷ average daily charges

This tool estimates average daily charges from the monthly charges you enter using 30.4 days per month.

Practice RCM Health Check

Review eight common revenue-cycle practices. The score is a simple workflow assessment—not an industry benchmark or financial diagnosis.

How the score works

Each answer is assigned 0–2 points based on whether the workflow is absent, inconsistent or consistently performed. The final score is converted to a percentage.

1. Eligibility verificationHow consistently is insurance eligibility verified before or at the time of service?
2. Prior authorization trackingHow consistently are authorization requirements, approval numbers and expiration dates tracked?
3. Claim submission timelinessHow consistently are completed encounters converted into claims without avoidable delay?
4. Claim quality reviewHow consistently are claims checked for missing data, coding issues and payer edits before submission?
5. Denial root-cause trackingHow consistently are denials categorized and reviewed for recurring causes?
6. A/R follow-upHow consistently are unpaid and underpaid claims worked according to an aging/follow-up schedule?
7. Payment reconciliationHow consistently are payments and adjustments posted and reconciled against expected reimbursement?
8. RCM reportingHow consistently are key billing metrics reviewed by the practice or billing team?

Use billing metrics as starting points for investigation

Why track denial rate?

A denial-rate trend can help a practice identify recurring problems in eligibility, authorization, coding, documentation, payer edits or claim submission. The percentage alone does not identify the cause, so review the underlying denial categories as well.

Why calculate days in A/R?

Days in A/R connects outstanding receivables with the pace at which the practice generates charges. Tracking the metric consistently can make changes in collection speed easier to spot.

Why compare billing costs?

Billing cost comparisons should include more than a vendor percentage. Internal staffing, software, management time, turnover, training and rework all affect the total operating cost of the billing function.

Why review workflow health?

A revenue cycle depends on connected processes. Weakness in front-end eligibility, authorization, claim quality or follow-up can create downstream work even when other parts of the process are strong.

Turn your numbers into an action plan

If your calculations raise questions about denials, A/R, billing costs or workflow performance, request a complimentary billing review.