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Model patient access AI on both sides of the ledger: cost avoided and slots filled.

Built for patient access, revenue cycle and digital leaders at health systems. Containment and AHT on the cost side, no-show recovery on the revenue side.

Your inputs

Benchmarks show typical enterprise ranges — override every field with your own numbers.

Scheduling, reminders, referrals, balance and general enquiries

Benchmark: 80k–500k for a multi-hospital system

Benchmark: $5.50–$9.50

40%

Clinical intents always escalate to staff

Benchmark: 30–55%

12%

From agent assist, EHR context and auto-summary

Benchmark: 8–18%

Benchmark: 500k–4M

12%

Benchmark: 8–18% across ambulatory specialties

15%

Proactive reminders, rescheduling and waitlist backfill

Benchmark: 10–22%

Use contribution, not gross charges, to keep finance onside

Benchmark: $80–$220 ambulatory

Voice and digital AI, EHR integration, HIPAA governance and change management

Benchmark: $500k–$1.5M

Annual value created
$12,278,976

Access cost avoided plus contribution margin recovered from filled appointments.

Calls contained1,056,000 / yr
Contact cost avoided$8,390,976
Visits recovered32,400 / yr
Contribution recovered$3,888,000
Simple payback0.8 months
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Directional estimate. Contained calls carry $0.55 of AI run cost, and recovered visits are valued at contribution margin rather than gross charges.

Three-scenario view

Finance reviewers expect a range. These scenarios flex adoption and implementation cost around the model you entered.

Conservative
$8,188,902
1.5 mo payback

Slower adoption, higher integration effort

Base caseYour inputs
$12,278,976
0.8 mo payback

Your inputs as entered

Aggressive
$15,063,600
0.6 mo payback

Strong sponsorship, clean data, phased scale-up

How enterprise leaders use this model

Why do health systems start with patient access?
Access is the highest-volume, lowest-clinical-risk contact surface: scheduling, reminders, referrals, balance and directions. It produces measurable revenue impact through filled slots, not only cost savings.
How is no-show reduction valued?
Each avoided no-show recovers the contribution margin of a slot that would otherwise go unused. This model uses contribution per visit rather than gross charges, which keeps the case defensible with finance.
Is voice AI appropriate for clinical questions?
No. Automation should be scoped to administrative intents with clear escalation to staff for anything clinical, and every interaction must run inside a HIPAA-aligned, auditable configuration.
What containment rate is realistic for patient access?
Health systems typically reach 30–55% containment on administrative intents within a year, with scheduling and reminders driving most of the volume.