Emergency room clerk vs patient registrar

The differences between emergency room clerks and patient registrars can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become an emergency room clerk, becoming a patient registrar takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a patient registrar has an average salary of $33,494, which is higher than the $31,262 average annual salary of an emergency room clerk.

The top three skills for an emergency room clerk include patients, medical terminology and insurance verification. The most important skills for a patient registrar are patients, customer service, and medical terminology.

Emergency room clerk vs patient registrar overview

	Emergency Room Clerk	Patient Registrar
Yearly salary	$31,262	$33,494
Hourly rate	$15.03	$16.10
Growth rate	-	-4%
Number of jobs	115,456	86,721
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 31%	Bachelor's Degree, 32%
Average age	42	40
Years of experience	2	4

Emergency room clerk vs patient registrar salary

Emergency room clerks and patient registrars have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Emergency Room Clerk	Patient Registrar
Average salary	$31,262	$33,494
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $41,000	Between $26,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Guidehouse
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between emergency room clerk and patient registrar education

There are a few differences between an emergency room clerk and a patient registrar in terms of educational background:

	Emergency Room Clerk	Patient Registrar
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 31%	Bachelor's Degree, 32%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Emergency room clerk vs patient registrar demographics

Here are the differences between emergency room clerks' and patient registrars' demographics:

	Emergency Room Clerk	Patient Registrar
Average age	42	40
Gender ratio	Male, 13.7% Female, 86.3%	Male, 13.1% Female, 86.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.2% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 22.4% Asian, 4.5% White, 53.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 23.0% Asian, 6.4% White, 53.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	9%	7%

Differences between emergency room clerk and patient registrar duties and responsibilities

Emergency room clerk example responsibilities.

Identify managed care requirements and respond to billing inquiries while adhering to HIPPA guidelines.
Interview patients to obtain biographic, demographic, and financial data for registration purposes and enter information into hospital computer system.
Train in CPR and negotiating in escalade situations.
Process insurance information and medical records, using epic.
Chart organization; labs, transcription, doctor's orders.
Ensure HIPPA compliance for email, fax, and upload patient documentation.

Patient registrar example responsibilities.

Process release of information requests according to HIPAA regulations and manage valuables safe for entire facility.
Specialize in high degree of compassion when communicating with patients providing information and insurance details.
Receive patients, record patient demographic information and verify insurance for emergency department, laboratory, and radiology
Register patients and ensure correctness of all demographic information in AS400, verify insurance on various websites and collect patient co-payments.
Update demographics, billing information, Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance during patient interviews to obtain pertinent registration information.
Enter confidential personal health information and financial information into IDX system with a high rate of accuracy and confidentiality.

Emergency room clerk vs patient registrar skills

Common emergency room clerk skills

Patients, 43%
Medical Terminology, 6%
Insurance Verification, 4%
Triage, 4%
Patient Care, 4%
Patient Charts, 3%

Common patient registrar skills

Patients, 25%
Customer Service, 11%
Medical Terminology, 11%
Patient Registration, 4%
Patient Care, 4%
Insurance Verification, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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