1 For patients not covered by health insurance, total costs can be $100 -$3,000 or more, depending on the number and type of tests ordered; the cost of any doctor visits to order and interpret the tests; and whether the tests are done on an emergency basis.
The average medical secretary salary in the USA ranges from $21,295 to $40,175 a year, with their median salary being $29,739, according to PayScale reports. The hourly wage for these types of secretaries is $10.18 to $18.70 an hour, while the overtime pay is $0.38 to $27.25 per hour.ased on their experience, medical secretary with one to four years of experience in the field make R43,800 to R108,000 but this increases to a salary of between R59,495 to R122,835 for those with five to nine years of practice in this occupation.
Hospital unit secretaries earned average annual salaries of $44,000 as of 2013, according to the job site Indeed. Secretaries who worked at general medical and surgical hospitals earned $32,410 per year in 2012, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.n 2012, medical secretaries, who perform similar duties, earned some of the highest salaries of $40,790 working for state-owned hospitals, according to the BLS -- versus an industry average of $32,676. Hospital unit secretaries may also earn more in state-owned hospitals.