The amount you charge is going to be based on several factors. Where you are located (rural, city, etc), what type of provider(s) are you billing for, what services you are providing (complete billing, medicare claims only, insurance only) . For example, we charge a slightly lower percentage for a couple of providers that we do Medicare only billing for and they are usually repeat patients. It is very easy, redundant work and we can get away with charging less. But for our family practice drs that we do complete billing including patient billing, we charge a little higher. We bill our providers once a month on the first for all that is collected in that previous month and they cut us a check. It is suppose to be within 10 days, but drs aren't usually good with that!
Hope that helps.
Michele