08/04/08

Shaking Down the Money Tree
By Juliann Schaeffer
For The Record
Vol. 20 No. 16 P. 18

In-House Coders

State Salary Years Credentials Workplace
EAST - URBAN    
New York $38,000/year 5 to 9 RHIT Hospital/acute care
New York $15.08-hour/$31,366/year 5 to 9 RHIT, CCS Hospital/acute care
         
EAST - SUBURBAN    
New Jersey $17.075-hour/$35,516/year 1 to 4 CCS, CPC Hospital/acute care
         
EAST - RURAL    
Pennsylvania $18.50-hour/$38,480/year Not given CPC-H Hospital/acute care
         
SOUTH - URBAN    
Florida $26-hour/$54,080/year 10 to 20 RHIT, CCS Hospital/acute care
Florida $48,595/year 20 + Not credentialed Hospital/acute care
Tennessee $23-hour/$47,840/year 20 + RHIA, CCS Hospital/acute care
Florida $18.62-hour/$38,730/year plus bonuses 10 to 20 RHIT, CCS Hospital/acute care
Alabama $17.92-hour/$37,274/year 1 to 4 RHIT Hospital/acute care
         
SOUTH - SUBURBAN    
Texas $24.68-hour/$51,334/year 10 to 20 RHIT Hospital/acute care
Florida $23-hour/$47,840/year 1 to 4 CCS Hospital/acute care
Texas $20.86-hour/$43,389/year 5 to 9 CCS Hospital/acute care
Mississippi $18.75-hour/$39,000/year 5 to 9 RHIT Hospital/acute care
South Carolina $18.60-hour/$38,688/year 1 to 4 RHIT, CCS Hospital/acute care
         
SOUTH - RURAL    
Texas $15.25-hour/$31,720/year 1 to 4 CCA Hospital/acute care
         
MIDWEST - URBAN    
Minnesota $72,000/year 20 + RHIT Software development company
Montana $20.50-hour/$42,640/year 20 + CCS Physician office
Wisconsin $19.80-hour/$41,184/year 5 to 9 RHIT Hospital/acute care
Indiana $40,000/year 10 to 20 CCS Hospital/acute care
Texas $17-hour/$35,360/year 5 to 9 RHIT, CCA Physician office
Nebraska $13.02-hour/$27,082/year 1 to 4 RHIT Hospital/acute care
Texas $13-hour/$27,040/year 1 to 4 CPC Medical billing company
Minnesota, part time $21.80-hour/$22,672/year 10 to 20 RHIT Hospital/acute care
         
MIDWEST - SUBURBAN    
Kentucky $20.82-hour/$43,306/year 10 to 20 RHIT, CPC, CPC-H Hospital/acute care
Minnesota $18.40-hour/$38,272/year 1 to 4 RHIT, CCA Hospital/acute care
Montana $14.91-hour/$31,013/year Less than 1 RHIT Hospital/acute care
         
MIDWEST - RURAL    
South Dakota $19.35-hour/$40,248/year 20 + RHIA, CCS-P, CPC Hospital/acute care
Minnesota $18.15-hour/$37,752/year 1 to 4 CPC Hospital/acute care
Iowa $16.12-hour/$33,530/year 5 to 9 RHIT Hospital/acute care
Michigan $11.77-hour/$24,482/year 5 to 9 CPC Physician office
         
WEST - URBAN    
Arizona $50,000/year plus bonuses 1 to 4 CCS Physician office

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