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Claim Denial Cost Calculator

Denials cost you three ways: rework labor, permanent write-offs, and delayed cash. Enter your numbers and see the full annual bill.

Your Claim Volume

Claims submitted per month

Average claim value ($)

Initial denial rate (%)

National average: 11.6% · Excellent: under 5%

Cost to rework one denial ($)

Industry range: $25 (practices) to $118 (complex/hospital claims)

Share of denials never recovered (%)

Industry surveys suggest 30–40% of denials are never resubmitted or appealed

total annual cost of denials

Denied claims per month0

Revenue entering denial cycle / yr$0

Annual rework labor cost$0

Annual write-offs (never recovered)$0

If you hit 5% denial rate, you'd save$0

Estimates based on industry benchmarks — see our methodology. Your remittance data is the ground truth.