What are denials actually costing your practice?

Five inputs. Your annual denial cost, the share you will never recover, and what fixing the workflow is worth. Estimates only; nothing is stored, no PHI involved.

Your numbers

Claims per month 800

1005,000

Average denial rate 12%

2%30%

Average claim value $150

$50$500

Cost to rework one denial $25

$25$181

Current A/R days 42 days

20120

If you cut denials by 30%

Practices working a structured denial program commonly cut denials 30 to 50%.

Annual denial cost

$173k

Claims denied per year, at your average claim value.

Never recovered

$112k

Up to 65% of denials are never resubmitted (HFMA).

Potential annual recovery

$52k

If you cut denials by 30% at your volume.

Denied claims / yr 1,152

Rework spend / yr $10k

Cost per denied claim $106

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How you compare

Benchmarks. Experian Health, State of Claims 2025 (industry average). MGMA (action threshold). A/R benchmark, MGMA better-performing practices.

Your A/R days 42 days Above the 30 to 40 day range of better-performing practices.

Results encode in the link. Nothing is stored.

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