Insurance verifier vs patient registrar

The differences between insurance verifiers and patient registrars can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an insurance verifier and a patient registrar. Additionally, a patient registrar has an average salary of $33,494, which is higher than the $33,450 average annual salary of an insurance verifier.

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

Insurance verifier vs patient registrar overview

	Insurance Verifier	Patient Registrar
Yearly salary	$33,450	$33,494
Hourly rate	$16.08	$16.10
Growth rate	-3%	-4%
Number of jobs	84,023	86,721
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 25%	Bachelor's Degree, 32%
Average age	44	40
Years of experience	4	4

What does an insurance verifier do?

An insurance verifier specializes in dealing with the billing process and patient claims. As the process begins, insurance verifiers look into patient insurance information and verify treatments that their policies cover. They call the insurance companies and send proper documentation to verify pre-approval for the required procedure. Eventually, the insurance verifiers work with insurance companies to bill them for the procedure. Their tasks may also include communicating with patients about benefits, coverage, and care authorization, and liaising with patients and providers to communicate their needs and current state.

What does a patient registrar do?

A patient registrar is responsible for receiving patients in a hospital or other health care institutions, verifying their information, and leading them to the appropriate facility for their health care needs. Patient registrars manage the hospital's database, updating patients' information, confirming insurance details, taking calls, responding to patients' inquiries and concerns, scheduling appointments, and performing related administrative and clerical tasks as needed. A patient registrar must have excellent communication and organizational skills to provide the best quality care services to the patients.

Insurance verifier vs patient registrar salary

Insurance verifiers and patient registrars have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Insurance Verifier	Patient Registrar
Average salary	$33,450	$33,494
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $40,000	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 insurance verifier and patient registrar education

There are a few differences between an insurance verifier and a patient registrar in terms of educational background:

	Insurance Verifier	Patient Registrar
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 25%	Bachelor's Degree, 32%
Most common major	Health Care Administration	Business
Most common college	-	University of Pennsylvania

Insurance verifier vs patient registrar demographics

Here are the differences between insurance verifiers' and patient registrars' demographics:

	Insurance Verifier	Patient Registrar
Average age	44	40
Gender ratio	Male, 10.5% Female, 89.5%	Male, 13.1% Female, 86.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.8% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 3.9% White, 63.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	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	11%	7%

Differences between insurance verifier and patient registrar duties and responsibilities

Insurance verifier example responsibilities.

Manage database by processing renewals and endorsements.
Verify eligibility for members who have Medicaid and Medicare.
Verify and process demographic information and insurance benefits to register inpatients, outpatients, short procedures, and emergency room patients.
Handle a substantial amount of Allstate customers, third party carriers, and others who need assistance to file a claim.

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.

Insurance verifier vs patient registrar skills

Common insurance verifier skills

Patients, 25%
Insurance Verification, 9%
Medical Terminology, 9%
Customer Service, 7%
Data Entry, 5%
Insurance Eligibility, 4%

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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