Emergency room clerk vs registration specialist

The differences between emergency room clerks and registration specialists 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 registration specialist takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, an emergency room clerk has an average salary of $31,262, which is higher than the $30,422 average annual salary of a registration specialist.

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

Emergency room clerk vs registration specialist overview

	Emergency Room Clerk	Registration Specialist
Yearly salary	$31,262	$30,422
Hourly rate	$15.03	$14.63
Growth rate	-	-4%
Number of jobs	115,456	79,118
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 31%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	42	40
Years of experience	2	4

Emergency room clerk vs registration specialist salary

Emergency room clerks and registration specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Emergency Room Clerk	Registration Specialist
Average salary	$31,262	$30,422
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $41,000	Between $23,000 And $40,000
Highest paying City	-	Boston, MA
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Deloitte
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between emergency room clerk and registration specialist education

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

	Emergency Room Clerk	Registration Specialist
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 31%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Emergency room clerk vs registration specialist demographics

Here are the differences between emergency room clerks' and registration specialists' demographics:

	Emergency Room Clerk	Registration Specialist
Average age	42	40
Gender ratio	Male, 13.7% Female, 86.3%	Male, 14.5% Female, 85.5%
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, 10.7% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.0% Asian, 6.0% White, 59.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	9%	7%

Differences between emergency room clerk and registration specialist 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.

Registration specialist example responsibilities.

Attain and authenticate patient insurance information, counsel patients on changes in insurance policies, verify patient demographics.
Help patients through the registration and admitting processes and also contribute to the PBX department.
Input data entries for insurance billing; adding CPT codes and diagnosis from face sheets as patients arrive.
Act as hospital PBX operator.
Complete all charge entry, enter all CPT and ICD-9 codes for billing for multiple doctors each day.
Enter patient information and verify information according to HIPAA regulations.

Emergency room clerk vs registration specialist skills

Common emergency room clerk skills

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

Common registration specialist skills

Patients, 25%
Customer Service, 14%
Medical Terminology, 8%
Patient Registration, 5%
Insurance Verification, 4%
Data Entry, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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