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Comparisons

Compare your options, including the ones that aren't us

Every comparison here comes from the same rule: publish the real numbers, name what each approach costs, and say plainly when something other than an agent is the right answer for your practice.

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01 — What are my options?

Agentman vs the Healthcare Vendor Market

Start with the lay of the land — who’s even out there, and what they will and won’t show you before you commit.

We checked 338 healthcare vendors. Most won’t let you try it.How many vendors make you sit through a demo to see the product?
02 — How to resolve a pain point?

Comparing approaches

Portal, a person you hire, an EHR rule, or an agent — and what each one actually costs.

Eligibility verification: portal vs. clearinghouse vs. agentWhat does each way of verifying insurance actually cost per check?File a prior auth early, or wait?Should we start the prior auth before the pharmacy asks for one?Your denial report can’t see denialsIs my denial report showing me everything the payer refused?Message triage: hire, outsource, EHR rules, or an agentWho should read the faxes, voicemails, and portal messages?A refill request isn’t a taskWhat actually happens after a refill request arrives?
03 — How to choose & buy?

Comparing vendors

First the buying decisions that apply to any agent, then the head-to-head where named vendors actually compete.

Comparing AI voice agent vendors
What healthcare voice AI actually costsWhat does each voice vendor publish about price before a demo?Prosper AI alternativesWho else does healthcare voice agents, and who fits my practice?Assort Health alternativesIs my practice even big enough to be their customer?

How we write these

Every number is sourced
Industry benchmarks link to the primary source. Our own figures link to the pricing page they come from.
Vendor claims carry a date
What a company publishes changes. Anything we say about another vendor names the day we checked it.
We recommend against ourselves
If a clearinghouse fits your volume better, the page says so. That is what makes the other rows worth reading.

Or skip the comparison and see the rates

Published prices, no demo required — eligibility from $0.50 per check.

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FAQ

Common questions about choosing an approach

Because the comparison gets made whether or not we write it, and a page that only ever concludes "choose us" is not useful to anyone evaluating seriously. These pages describe what each option is genuinely good at, including the cases where the answer is not Medman.

Four, broadly: staff calling payers and logging into portals; the eligibility module built into your EHR or practice management system; a clearinghouse charging per transaction; or an AI agent that navigates payer systems on your behalf. They differ most on cost per check and on how much staff time each one still consumes.

A manual check benchmarks at $7.97. An automated base check starts at $0.50. Clearinghouse per-transaction pricing sits between the two and usually carries a monthly minimum. The gap is large enough that volume, not rate negotiation, is what decides the annual number.

If your volume is genuinely low — a handful of checks a week — the manual process is not costing you enough to be worth changing. If your EHR vendor already automates the specific workflow you care about and you are happy with it, adding another system is not obviously an improvement. We would rather say that here than discover it in month two.

Each comparison states what it is based on and when it was written, and claims about another product are drawn from that vendor’s own published material rather than from our impression of it. If something here is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will correct the page.