Most independent practices don't know, and most denials are never appealed. This calculator tells you where you stand and what it means.
Your Practice Data
Estimate is fine. Use your most common procedure value.
Staff Time Cost
Include submissions, follow-ups, appeals, and portal logins.
Fully loaded rate including benefits. $25/hr is typical.
Your Prior Auth Approval Rate
Approval Rate
Denials per quarter
Prior auths not approved in the last 3 months
Denials being appealed
Based on your appeal rate
Revenue at risk (quarterly)
Denied claims × avg reimbursement
Estimated annual exposure
If denial rate holds, before appeals
How You Compare: Your Specialty
Your practice
Specialty average
Top-performing practices
Revenue Written Off: Unappealed Denials
The total dollar value of denials your practice did not appeal. This revenue was earned clinically and lost administratively. Most practices have never seen this number.
An estimate, using the 81.7% of appealed Medicare Advantage prior auth denials that were fully or partially overturned (KFF analysis of federal data). Your payers and results will vary.
Annual Staff Time Cost: Prior Authorization
Hours per week spent on prior auth work
Hours per year consumed by prior auth
Annual staff cost at your hourly rate
This is what prior authorization is costing your practice in staff time alone, before counting a single dollar of lost revenue from unappealed denials. Most practices are unaware of both numbers simultaneously.
Total Annual Business Impact
Combined revenue leakage from unappealed denials and staff time consumed by prior authorization: the full cost of the status quo.
Revenue Written Off
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Staff Time Cost
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Total Impact
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