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.
The mean annual income of a medical secretary was $33,530 as of May 2014, according to the BLS. The middle 50% earned between $26,580 and $38,600, whereas the top ten percent earned $47,300 per year. The majority of medical secretaries worked at physicians' offices, hospitals and dentists' offices.