Medical Billing Summary Services for Plaintiff Attorneys
Physician-Reviewed | HIPAA-Compliant | Delivered in 48–72 Hours
Our medical billing summary services turn a stack of itemized bills, EOBs and provider ledgers into one organized, date-by-date summary of every medical charge in your client’s case. Each entry shows the billed and paid amounts, provider totals and a source-page reference, so your numbers are ready for the demand letter and settlement talks. We work only for the plaintiff side, and your first billing summary is free.
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What Is a Medical Billing Summary?
A medical billing summary is an itemized, organized record of every medical charge connected to an injury claim. It lists the date of service, provider, service, billing codes, amount billed, amount paid and remaining balance for each charge, and traces every entry back to the source bill it came from.
Instead of working through hundreds of pages of itemized medical bills, your team works from one medical bill summary that totals the charges and shows exactly where each number came from.
What Our Medical Billing Summary Includes
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Date of service | The date each treatment, test or visit took place |
| Provider / facility | The hospital, clinic, physician or therapist who billed the charge |
| Service description | What was done, in plain language |
| CPT / HCPCS code | The procedure or supply code billed for the service |
| ICD-10 diagnosis code | The diagnosis the provider linked to the charge |
| Amount billed | The full charge on the bill |
| Amount paid (by payer) | What each payer actually paid: health insurer, Medicare, Medicaid, auto carrier or your client |
| Adjustments / write-offs | Contractual reductions and amounts the provider wrote off |
| Outstanding balance | What is still owed on the charge |
| Lien holder (if any) | Who holds a lien or letter of protection on the balance |
| Source page / Bates reference | The exact page in the records where the charge appears |
Billing Summary vs. Medical Chronology
A medical chronology tells the treatment story: what care your client received, when, and from whom. A billing summary proves what that care cost. Many firms order both, because the chronology supports causation and the injury narrative while the billing summary supports the damages figure.
| Comparison | Medical chronology | Billing summary |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Treatment events, findings and diagnoses in date order | Charges, payments, adjustments and balances in date order |
| Main use | Causation, liability and the injury narrative | Economic damages, the demand figure and lien resolution |
| Typical case stage | Case evaluation and early workup | Demand preparation, negotiation and settlement |
Why Plaintiff Attorneys Need an Itemized Medical Billing Summary
Medical specials are often the anchor of the economic damages claim, and the adjuster will test every number in them. An itemized billing summary gives you a figure you can defend, line by line.
Prove Economic Damages
Charges are totaled by provider and by date of service, so the medical specials in your demand add up and hold up under review.
Billed vs Paid, Side by Side
Each charge shows both the amount billed and the amount actually paid. Depending on your jurisdiction, either figure may be the measure of recoverable damages, so you are ready whichever one applies.
Lien Resolution
Medicare, Medicaid, ERISA plan, hospital and letter-of-protection balances are broken out separately, so you know what is owed before you settle and can plan lien negotiations early.
Stronger Demands and Mediation
Every figure traces back to a source page. When an adjuster disputes a charge, you can point to the exact bill instead of searching the file. The summary drops straight into your settlement demand letter.
Time Back for Your Team
Paralegals and case managers stop building billing spreadsheets by hand and spend that time on the work only they can do.
Medical Bill Review for Personal Injury Claims: What We Flag
Our medical bill review finds problems in your client’s bills before defense counsel or the adjuster does. While we build the summary, our reviewers run a medical billing review of every charge against the treatment records and flag anything that could weaken your damages figure.
Duplicate Charges
The same service billed twice, or billed by both a facility and a provider for the same date.
Unbundled or Upcoded CPT/HCPCS Codes
Codes that split one service into several charges, or that do not match the documented level of care, invite a reasonableness challenge.
Charges with No Matching Treatment Record
A bill for a date or service that has no supporting medical record in the file.
Treatment that may be challenged as unrelated
Care for pre-existing conditions, or treatment dated before the incident, that the defense may argue is not part of the claim.
Missing bills and gaps in dates of service
The records show a visit but there is no bill, or the bills skip a stretch of treatment. We note these so you can request them, and our missing records identification service can help close the gaps.
Math, adjustment and balance errors
Totals that do not add up, adjustments that were not applied, or balances that do not match the payments received.
This medical billing analysis comes to you as a flagged-items list with page references. We do not change your numbers or make strategy calls; you decide how to handle each item.
Billing Summary Formats Built Around Your Case
Different cases need the numbers organized in different ways. We prepare your billing breakdown in the format that fits your demand, your mediator or your expert:
Chronological, by date of service
Grouped by provider or facility, with a subtotal for each
By payer, showing what each payer paid and what remains outstanding
Pre-incident vs. post-incident treatment, to separate prior care from care related to the claim
Your summary of medical bills is delivered as an [Excel and/or PDF] file, with each entry hyperlinked to its source page through our Hyperlinks/Hotlinks service. Tell us your preferred layout when you upload, and we will build the summary around it.
Case Types We Prepare Billing Summaries For
- Personal injury: Auto accidents, truck accidents, premises liability and slip-and-fall cases, where the medical specials often drive the value of the demand.
- Medical malpractice: The cost of the additional and corrective care that followed the alleged negligence, separated from care unrelated to the claim.
- Workers’ compensation: Billing summaries prepared for the injured worker’s attorney, organizing the treatment charges in your client’s claim.
- Mass tort: Large volumes of bills across many plaintiffs, summarized in one consistent format so each claimant’s figures can be reviewed and compared.
- Wrongful death: Medical expenses from the date of injury through end-of-life care, along with related final expenses.
How Our Billing Summary Services Work
Our billing summary services follow the same six steps on every case, so you know what to expect from upload to delivery.
1. Upload your files
Send the bills and records through our secure portal.
2. Get an hours estimate
We review the volume of records and send you an hours estimate before any work starts.
3. Match charges to records
Each charge is matched to the medical record for that date of service.
4. Check codes and totals
CPT, HCPCS and ICD-10 codes, charges, payments, adjustments and totals are checked, and any problems are flagged.
5. Quality-control review
A second reviewer checks the finished summary before it leaves our team.
6. Delivery and payment
You receive your summary within 48–72 hours, with free expedite on request. You pay only after delivery.
What to Send Us
Send whatever billing documents you have. The more complete the set, the more complete your summary will be.
Missing some bills? Send what you have and we’ll flag what’s missing.
- Itemized bills: UB-04 forms from hospitals and facilities, and CMS-1500 forms from physicians and other professionals
- Explanation of Benefits (EOB) statements
- Provider ledgers or account statements
- Lien notices and Medicare conditional payment letters
- Pharmacy receipts and out-of-pocket expense receipts
- Medical records for the same dates of service, so each charge can be matched to its treatment
Who Prepares Your Billing Summary
Our billing summary services follow the same six steps on every case, so you know what to expect from upload to delivery.
Your summary is prepared by our in-house team of physicians and medico-legal analysts, who read the bills alongside the medical records rather than copying numbers from one page to another. Every summary goes through a quality-control review before delivery.
We are HIPAA compliant and sign a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) on request. We also work only for the plaintiff side: we do not prepare billing summaries for insurers or defense counsel, so our focus is always on supporting your client’s claim.
Pricing and Turnaround
Our medical billing summary services are built to let you try us with no risk:
- Your first case is free, so you can judge the work before you commit.
- You get an hours estimate before we start, and you pay only after the summary is delivered.
- Standard turnaround is 48–72 hours, and expedited delivery costs nothing extra.
Frequently Asked Questions
A medical billing summary is an itemized record of every medical charge tied to your client’s injury claim. It lists the date of service, provider, service description, CPT and ICD-10 codes, amount billed, amount paid, adjustments, outstanding balance and any lien holder, with each entry referenced to the source page it came from.
A medical chronology tells the treatment story: what care your client received, when, and from whom. A billing summary proves what that care cost. The chronology supports causation and the injury narrative, while the billing summary supports your economic damages figure. Many firms order both for the same case.
Yes. Every charge shows the amount billed and the amount actually paid, with adjustments and write-offs listed separately. Depending on your jurisdiction, recoverable medical damages may be measured by the billed amount, the paid amount or another standard, so having both figures side by side means you are prepared either way.
Yes. As part of our medical bill review, we flag duplicate charges, unbundled or upcoded CPT codes, charges with no matching treatment record, and math or balance errors. You receive a flagged-items list with page references, so you can address each issue before the adjuster or defense counsel raises it.
Yes. The summary breaks out the lien holder and outstanding balance for each provider, including Medicare, Medicaid, ERISA plans, hospitals and letter-of-protection providers. That gives you a clear picture of what is owed before you negotiate liens or finalize a settlement.
Yes. Our billing summary services cover medical malpractice plaintiffs and injured workers in workers’ compensation claims, as well as personal injury, mass tort and wrongful death cases. We work only on the plaintiff and injured-worker side, never for insurers or employers.
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First case free, up to 500 pages. After that, $15/hr with an hours estimate before we start, and you pay after delivery.