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Medical Billing & Coding Salary in Michigan - MI
By an allied health world contributing writerPublished: January 15th, 2010
Salaries for billing and coding specialists in Michigan
Indeed.com recently published information showing that during 2009 the average salary for medical billing and coding specialists was $36,000 and in Michigan was $38,000.
The following are average salaries for billing and coding specialists in Michigan’s major cities:
- Detroit, Michigan Medical Billing and Coding Salary: $33,000
- Grand Rapids, Michigan Medical Billing and Coding Salary: $28,000
- Warren, Michigan Medical Billing and Coding Salary: $33,000
- Sterling Height, Michigan Medical Billing and Coding Salary: $33,000
- Ann Arbor, Michigan Medical Billing and Coding Salary: $28,000
- Lansing, Michigan Medical Billing and Coding Salary: $31,000
- Flint, Michigan Medical Billing and Coding Salary: 29,000
- Clinton Township, Michigan Medical Billing and Coding Salary: $34,000
- Livonia, Michigan Medical Billing and Coding Salary: $32,000
- Dearborn, Michigan Medical Billing and Coding Salary: $33,000
Billing and coding specialists play an important and vital role in modern health care and new opportunities are continually being created. Those in this healthcare field report high satisfaction with their jobs.
According to the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth, medical records technologists are one of the “in demand healthcare occupations” with an anticipated shortage of 2,900 by 2015. In 2008, medical records/health information technicians in Michigan averaged $33,810 per year, compared to the U.S. average of $32,960.
The increasing number and complexity of medical tests and procedures requiring specialized knowledge of medical terminology and coding of patient information will offer professionals in this field considerable opportunity, now and in the future, in Michigan.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition,Medical Assistants, on the Internet at