Support Three Decimal Places in Fee Schedule, Charge Master, and Contract Rates
Configure Three-Decimal Fee Schedule Rates
Configure Three-Decimal Charge Master Rates
Configure Three-Decimal Contract Rates
What’s New
- Fee Schedule rates now support up to three decimal places.
- Charge Master rates now support up to three decimal places.
- Contract Rates now support up to three decimal places.
- The system stores the configured rate precision without rounding.
- Billing calculations use the full stored rate precision.
- Total charges are calculated using Unit Rate × Units.
- Existing rates configured with two decimal places remain unchanged.
- Existing records are not recalculated retroactively.
- Final rounding occurs only at the total amount level when required.
- Claim currency values continue to follow standard two-decimal formatting where applicable.
How It Works
- Configure a rate in Fee Schedule, Charge Master, or Contract Rates.
- Enter the rate using up to three decimal places, such as $0.048 per unit.
- The system stores the configured rate without prematurely rounding it.
- When the rate is used for billing, the calculation engine uses the full stored precision to calculate the total charge.
- The total charge is calculated based on the configured Unit Rate multiplied by the applicable Units.
- Where required, the final total is rounded according to standard currency formatting for display and claim submission.
Benefits
- Improves billing accuracy for unit-based CPT and J-codes.
- Reduces discrepancies caused by premature rate rounding.
- Helps prevent overbilling and underbilling resulting from inaccurate calculations.
- Supports payer compliance by maintaining greater rate precision during calculations.
- Minimizes potential revenue leakage from rounding differences.
- Maintains backward compatibility with existing two-decimal rate data.