Tabruns vs checking dental benefits by hand

The short answer

Pick Tabruns if

Your staff already read the portal and want the arithmetic done right every time.
Patients ask for a dollar amount, and a percentage isn't enough.
You want a printed handout or a phone link for the patient.

Keep doing it by hand if

You see very few insured patients.
Your plans are fixed-copay plans, which Tabruns doesn't handle yet.

Side by side

Tabruns and checking benefits by hand, side by side
Question	Tabruns	By hand
What it is	A Chrome extension for the front desk that turns the patient's benefits page into a dollar estimate.	A staff member reads the benefits on the portal or over the phone and works out the patient's share.
Where the benefits come from	The insurer's provider portal page your staff already has open, read when they press Read this page.	The insurer's portal, a phone call, or a fax breakdown.
When the check runs	On demand, one patient at a time, while the patient is on the phone or at the desk.	Whenever someone has time, often while the patient waits.
Dollar estimate per treatment	Yes. Each line shows the fee, what insurance should pay and what the patient owes, after deductible, yearly maximum, waiting periods, frequency limits and downgrades.	Only if staff work it out, line by line, with each rule applied by hand.
Practice software	No connection needed. The breakdown is copied and pasted into any office software.	Typed in by hand.
Where patient details go	Patient name, birth date, member ID and dates stay on the office computer. They are never sent to Tabruns.	Stays in the office.
Getting started	Add the extension to Chrome and start a 7-day free trial, card saved at checkout. No demo call.	Nothing to set up.
Published price	$79 per location a month, or $790 a year. Unlimited estimates and users.	No software cost. The cost is staff time and the estimates that come out wrong.

How they differ

Checking by hand means reading the page, then applying the deductible, the yearly maximum, waiting periods, frequency limits and downgrades in your head or on a calculator. Each step is a place to slip.

Tabruns reads the same page your staff already open and applies every rule the same way each time. Every line shows where its number came from, and staff can correct any value.

See how Tabruns works or pricing.

Questions

Does Tabruns replace calling the insurer?

When the portal page shows the benefits, usually yes. When something isn't on the page, staff can type it in, or call as they do today.

Will it change how my staff work?

Barely. They open the same portal page, press Read this page, and type the treatment.

More comparisons

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Try it on your next patient.

Add the extension, open a patient's benefits page and press Read this page. $79 per location a month after the trial.

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Tabruns vs checking benefits by hand