Medical Transcription Services
Ditto Transcripts is your go-to for accurate and timely medical transcription services.
Outsourcing your medical transcription services is cheaper than hiring additional employees for your EHR or EMR data entry work. We all know doctors don’t have the time to do their own notes. That’s where we come in, so you and your practice don’t have to pay for additional employees or medical transcription software that doesn’t work.
Few can contest physicians and healthcare providers when they say they’re busy. They truly are! They barely have seconds to scarf down vending machine chips for lunch, let alone transcribe and edit their patient’s medical charts because they don’t have medical transcription services available to help them.
Look at our full chart:
S.O.A.P. notes
History & Physical
Consultation
Dental
Clinic notes
Chart notes
Procedure notes
Operative reports
Autopsy reports
Clinical reports
Progress & follow-ups
Narrative summaries
Board summaries
Discharge summary
Clinical trial & research
Medical transcription pricing options
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STAT Pricing |
Standard Pricing |
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Category A |
$0.16 / per line |
$0.10 / per line |
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Category B |
$0.16 / per line |
$0.14 / per line |
Hold on. What do the categories above mean?
Category A:
- You can dictate outside your exam rooms, operating rooms, or in your office, and we can have it transcribed for you that same day.
Category B:
- 100% human transcribed and also 99% accuracy guarantee. All US based transcriptionists.
- You can dictate using your dedicated call-in number, the Webshuttle Dictate app, or upload audio files from a digital recorder.
Ditto is the best medical transcription company to work with in the U.S., based in Denver, Colorado.
For more information about Ditto’s affordable medical transcription pricing model, give us a call at (720) 287-3710. We’re open between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (MST) Monday through Friday..
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Medical Dictation Services: How to Dictate to Ditto
Medical dictation services turn what physicians and clinicians say into finished written reports. With Ditto, every dictation is typed by 100% human, U.S.-based medical transcriptionists, backed by a 99% accuracy guarantee. You can send us dictation three ways, so each provider can use whatever fits their day.
1. Call-in dictation system
Dictate by phone from the exam room, the OR, your office or your car. Each client gets its own dedicated dial-in number when we set up your account, so your dictations go straight into your practice’s queue.
2. Webshuttle Dictate smartphone app
Record reports on your phone with the Webshuttle Dictate app and send them to us for transcription, without a separate recorder or a phone call.
3. Upload audio files from any recorder
Already use a handheld digital recorder or other dictation software? Drag and drop your audio files into our secure online platform. We accept almost every audio file type. The only exceptions are proprietary formats we don’t have the software for, so if your system uses an unusual format, contact us before you send it.
What happens after you dictate
Your audio moves through our HIPAA-compliant portal with 256-bit SSL encryption and is typed by a trained medical transcriptionist, never AI or speech recognition. We return finished reports formatted to your templates, deliver them straight into your EHR or EMR, or post them to our secure portal, where authorized staff can reach them 24/7.
For the Medical Field, Ditto Transcripts Delivers:
- Experienced medical transcriptionists skilled in EHR and EMR systems
- 99% accuracy for all medical transcription services—guaranteed
- Trained human medical transcriptionists who type every dictation, never AI or speech recognition
- Rapid turnaround and on-time for fast access to medical records and reports 24/7
- Electronic file delivery in 24 hours or less
- Unlimited customer support services
- No long-term contract is required
- E-signature/digital signature available
With Ditto, you’ll get:
- Peace of mind: Having Ditto Transcripts transcribe your patient records will allow you and your practice to focus on patient care and not worry about who will update your electronic medical records system. We provide our clients with a dedicated medical transcriptionist who will become an extension of your office.
- Quality control: Ditto Transcripts will help your healthcare providers save time and improve accuracy in their documentation. We can also facilitate better communication with other healthcare professionals and improve patient care by ensuring that all information is accurately recorded within your EHR (electronic health record).
- HIPAA compliance: Yes, Ditto Transcripts offers HIPAA-compliant transcription services and can provide all the necessary documentation for your CIO. We can also add you to our corporate insurance policy as an insured entity and send you proof of our cyber liability policy.
- Expertise: Ditto Transcripts works with various healthcare specialties, including radiology, gastroenterology, cardiology, dermatology, neurology, and many others. We work with surgery centers, hospitals, and solo medical practice physicians. We know your medical terminology and can accept dozens of audio files from digital recorders if you don’t want to use our smartphone app to dictate your reports. We also utilize specialized equipment like medical transcription software (not ASR) to help our transcriptionists streamline their workflow.
- Fair pricing: Medical dictation services costs vary depending on the turnaround time. Ditto’s prices range from 10 cents per line to 16 cents per line for STAT reports.
- Flexible turnaround times: The turnaround time for transcribed medical documents depends on the volume of work and your provider’s needs. Ditto Transcripts can provide turnaround times between 2-48 hours—it all depends on your wants and needs as a healthcare facility.
Case study: university hospital neurosurgeon
An op note transcript back in less than a day
Dr. Steven’s hospital found it difficult to find someone internally who could listen to and properly transcribe the audio. In less than a day, Dr. Steven was able to dictate an op note of the surgery and get an excellent transcript in return.
“I never had a problem getting in contact with Ditto. They understood how time sensitive and crucial my dictations are.”— Dr. Steven B, Neurosurgeon, University Hospital
Read the full medical transcription case study
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HIPAA Compliance and Security for Medical Records
Yes, Ditto Transcripts is fully HIPAA compliant. Every dictation is typed by vetted, U.S.-based medical transcriptionists, moved through encrypted connections and stored on access-controlled servers. We will sign your Business Associate Agreement (BAA) or send you ours, and can provide all the documentation your CIO or compliance officer needs.
- HIPAA-compliant workflow: protected health information is handled to HIPAA standards from upload to delivery, and we adhere to AHDI/AAMT standards.
- Business Associate Agreement: we will sign your BAA or send you ours.
- Encrypted file transfer: dictations and reports move through our HIPAA-compliant portal, protected by 256-bit SSL encryption, with VPN integration available.
- Controlled access: individual usernames, passwords and PINs, with immediate deactivation on request, user access levels set individually, and detailed reporting and tracking.
- Dedicated, redundant infrastructure: dedicated datacenters with scaled network redundancy, so physicians and approved providers can reach records 24/7.
- 100% human, U.S.-based staff: every dictation is typed by trained medical transcriptionists, never AI or speech recognition.
- Vetted transcriptionists: each one clears a Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) criminal background check and signs a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement before touching a patient file.
- Retention and deletion on your terms: we’ll delete your files upon request or on a set schedule, or keep your records for the retention period HIPAA requires, whichever your organization needs.
Save Money and Increase Productivity With Our Online Medical Transcription services.
The current economy is forcing many healthcare facilities of all types to re-evaluate their business operations, and medical transcription companies providing services online are an area where improved efficiency can result in positive outcomes for the bottom line. Ditto Transcripts can do that for every facility that isn’t already doing it.
With costs rising and budgets tight, hospitals, clinics, and surgery centers must run at maximum efficiency while offering top-quality health care to patients. Along with medical attention, healthcare facilities must keep accurate records of patient’s medical history, diagnoses, and reports.
Hiring skilled professionals to complete the transcriptions in-house is costly and requires internal supervision. Expensive salaries, vacations, and sick days add up and must be tracked. Choosing to outsource medical transcription can solve human resource issues so that the healthcare facility can focus time, effort, and resources directly on your patients instead of corollary services.
Outsourced vs In-House Medical Transcription Cost
With Ditto you pay only for the lines we transcribe. An in-house transcriptionist costs a salary whether dictation is heavy or light, plus everything around it.
| Cost factor | Outsourced to Ditto | In-house transcriptionist |
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| Labor | $0.10 to $0.16 per line, depending on turnaround and category | Salary: the U.S. median for medical transcriptionists was $40,410 a year ($19.43 an hour) in May 2025* |
| Benefits and payroll taxes | None | Health insurance, retirement and employer payroll taxes on top of salary |
| Software and equipment | Included: call-in line, Webshuttle Dictate app, secure upload portal, EHR/EMR delivery | Transcription software, computer, foot pedal and IT support |
| Training and turnover | Trained medical transcriptionists in 20+ specialties | Recruiting, training and lost output when someone leaves |
| Vacations and sick days | Covered by our team, with a 99% accuracy guarantee | Backlogs or temp coverage whenever the transcriptionist is out |
| Slow months | You pay only for lines transcribed | Salary is paid regardless of volume |
Example: a practice that sends 1,000 lines in a month pays 1,000 × $0.10 = $100 at our Category A standard rate, or 1,000 × $0.16 = $160 at STAT pricing. For a full breakdown, read how outsourcing medical transcription can save your practice money.
By partnering with Ditto Transcripts, a trusted medical transcription company, time’s back on your side to juggle more administrative tasks and care for patients—the work that matters most to you. The way it should be.
Human Medical Transcription vs AI Scribes
AI scribes can produce a fast first draft, but they aren’t accurate enough to go into a patient chart unchecked. In Ditto’s study of AI vs human transcription accuracy, AI tools averaged just 61.92% accuracy, compared with 99% for our human medical transcriptionists.
In a medical record, small errors carry big consequences. Software can mishear a drug name that sounds like another, turn “15 milligrams” into “50 milligrams,” swap left for right, drop the word “no” so “no history of” becomes “history of,” or confuse sound-alike terms like hypotension and hypertension. Any one of those can change a diagnosis, a prescription or a procedure, and someone still has to catch it before it’s signed.
Are medical transcriptionists still a thing?
Yes. Hospitals, clinics and private practices still rely on human medical transcriptionists because accuracy, liability and HIPAA compliance can’t be left to software. Even practices that use AI scribes need a person to review and correct every note before it enters the EHR. Ditto removes that burden: every dictation is typed by 100% human, U.S.-based medical transcriptionists. Every transcriptionist passes a criminal background check conducted by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and signs an NDA, and every file is handled in a HIPAA-compliant workflow with a 99% accuracy guarantee. We will sign your Business Associate Agreement (BAA) or send you ours.
How to Choose an Experienced Medical Transcription Team
Are you looking for a medical transcribing provider that gets the job done right, done on time, and done your way? At first, all quality medical transcription services look very similar.
If you go with the wrong company, you could spend hours editing and writing to get the types of medical reports you can use as part of your patient’s medical chart. Even worse, you may not have any backup if patient files are compromised.
On the other hand, the right company will deliver a finished transcript that doesn’t require you to do any extra work making edits. In the healthcare industry, your work is already time-consuming as it is.
To choose the right medical transcription provider, you need to consider the following key factors:
- US-based with business licenses, insurance, and bank accounts
- Government registrations and certifications
- Transparent billing structures and payment options
- Clear turn-around times
- Accepts whatever type of audio files your EMR produces
- HIPAA compliant
- Experienced with specialized medical transcription services
- 99% accuracy guarantees
- Appropriate insurance policies, such as general liability and cyber liability
Here at Ditto Transcripts, we check all the boxes.
As the best (and most trusted) medical transcription company in the U.S., we are a 100% American, HIPAA-compliant service that can answer all your questions without hesitation, half-truths, or non-answers. We have been transcribing medal records since 2010, so we don’t fall behind in experience. As the leading medical transcription provider, we created this business to give clients a finished product right away that fits all their needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Medical transcription converts healthcare dictations, patient notes, and voice recordings into accurate written documents. Unlike general transcription, it requires deep familiarity with medical terminology, procedures, and compliance standards. At Ditto Transcripts, every file is handled by experienced U.S.-based transcriptionists who specialize in the healthcare field — not machines — ensuring your reports are precise, compliant, and delivered on time.
Not on its own. AI transcription averages about 61.92% accuracy, and a wrong drug name, dosage, or laterality can put a patient at risk. Ditto’s medical transcription is 100% human: trained medical transcriptionists type every dictation, with a 99% accuracy guarantee and HIPAA-compliant handling.
There are three ways. Call your practice’s dedicated dial-in number, which we assign when we set up your account. Record with the Webshuttle Dictate smartphone app. Or drag and drop audio files from a digital recorder into our secure online platform; we accept almost every audio format except a few proprietary ones.
Medical dictation services convert a provider’s spoken notes into written medical documents such as H&Ps, progress notes, op notes and discharge summaries. At Ditto Transcripts, physicians dictate by phone, by smartphone app or by audio file upload, and 100% human, U.S.-based medical transcriptionists type every report with a 99% accuracy guarantee.
Ditto’s medical dictation transcription costs $0.10 to $0.16 per line. Price depends on the turnaround time you choose, with faster STAT reports at the top of the range. Every report is typed by 100% human, U.S.-based medical transcriptionists and backed by our 99% accuracy guarantee.
Yes, we can interface with your EHR or EMR. There will be a fee from your EHR or EMR provider, and our fee is $1,500 to create the interface from our side. It will be an HL7 interface and should be pretty straightforward, assuming your EHR or EMR has an API for us to use.
We work with hospitals, clinics, private practices, and healthcare systems of every size. Our clients include physicians, nurse practitioners, psychologists, surgeons, and administrative teams who need accurate documentation for patient care and billing. Ditto Transcripts also supports research institutions, public health departments, and medical schools through secure, HIPAA-compliant transcription.
Our transcriptionists are trained in more than 20 specialties, including radiology, cardiology, orthopedics, emergency medicine, behavioral health, and pathology. We also handle highly technical reports like operative notes, discharge summaries, and progress notes. With over two decades of experience, our team understands the terminology and formatting each specialty demands.
Most medical transcription projects are completed within 24 to 48 hours, depending on length and complexity. For urgent or rush cases, we offer same day or overnight delivery without sacrificing accuracy. Our workflow is built for reliability and speed, so your documentation is ready when you need it most.
Security and privacy are at the heart of what we do. Ditto Transcripts is fully HIPAA-compliant, and all transcriptionists are U.S. citizens who pass background checks and sign confidentiality agreements. Files are transferred through encrypted, secure channels that meet or exceed federal data-protection standards.
We can securely deliver completed transcriptions directly into your EHR or EMR, or provide formats ready for upload to systems like Epic, Cerner, Allscripts, and others. Our flexible process helps eliminate manual data entry, improve accuracy, and save your staff valuable time.
Pricing depends on your desired turnaround time. We offer per-report, per-line, and volume discount options for healthcare organizations of any size. Every quote is transparent, no setup fees or hidden costs, so you know exactly what you’re paying for.
Yes. We can match your preferred formatting style, report templates, or section headers exactly. Whether you need SOAP notes, dictated letters, or institution-specific layouts, our team ensures every transcript aligns with your internal documentation standards.
Our HIPAA-compliant upload portal allows you to submit files through an encrypted connection. Once transcribed, your documents are delivered securely by email or direct upload. The process is fast, reliable, and fully trackable — designed for busy healthcare professionals who need complete confidence in every handoff.
Every transcript goes through multiple layers of quality review before delivery. If you ever need a revision or clarification, our U.S.-based support team responds promptly — usually within hours. We stand behind our 99 % accuracy guarantee and make corrections quickly, at no additional cost.
Getting started takes less than 5 minutes. Request a free quote, upload your audio securely, and we’ll assign it to a medical transcriptionist who specializes in your field. You’ll receive your completed file within your selected turnaround time — reviewed, formatted, and ready to use.
Absolutely. Ditto Transcripts holds cooperative price agreements that make it easy for hospitals, state and local agencies, and educational institutions to procure transcription services without the usual RFP complexity. Our infrastructure supports large-scale, multi-department projects while maintaining compliance and accuracy across every file.
Because we’ve been doing this right for more than 15 years. Our U.S.-based transcriptionists, HIPAA compliance, 99 % accuracy guarantee, and personal customer service make us a trusted partner to hundreds of healthcare providers nationwide. When precision and reliability matter, Ditto Transcripts delivers peace of mind — every single time.
Enterprise Medical Transcription Options
Hospitals are busy, and seconds can often mean the difference between life and death. We realize that, and so we endeavor to provide quality, accurate, and rapid services for all healthcare facilities of all sizes.
Ditto provides enterprise medical transcription services for hospitals, surgery centers, and other large healthcare systems that produce 10,000+ lines of transcription per day.
The Benefits Of Enterprise Medical Transcripts
With our professional services, your medical institution will enjoy:
- Near-perfect accuracy: You don’t need to worry about receiving thousands of lines of transcription and realizing they’re chock-full of inaccuracies. Ditto offers 99% accuracy guarantees across the board, regardless of the size of your transcription demands.
- Increased efficiency: There’s no need to pull other people to do transcription work or scramble to hire transcriptionists for emergency jobs. Send us your transcription projects en masse, and we’ll take care of them.
- Fast turnaround times: With us, you’ll get your transcripts STAT, ensuring workflow moves smoothly and without any hitch.
- Scalable solutions: With high patient numbers come high transcription demands. Thankfully, Ditto can handle any volume of audio recordings, from occasional needs to high-demand scenarios.
- Reduced costs: There’s no need to hire in-house when you can get the best transcription services at scale at a fraction of the cost.
- Seamless EHR/EMR integration: With Ditto’s seamless H7 interface, you can get your medical reports straight to your EHR/EMR systems. There’s no need to pay extra for EHR/EMR transcription services or sit down and type it all out; with a couple of clicks, our transcripts will auto-populate the proper and required text fields in your chosen system.
- Total security at every step: You don’t need to worry about data privacy violations. All our processes follow HIPAA-compliant transcription standards, ensuring the highest level of protection for you and your patients.
We also offer faster delivery times or more economical rates for different budgets.
Please call (720) 287-3710 for enterprise medical transcription services pricing.
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We take pride in assisting leading medical facilities for their medical transcription services needs.
When we say specific, we mean specific. We have deep medical transcription services expertise for these specialized fields:
Cardiology transcription
Cardiovascular
Clinical transcription
Cosmetic Surgery
Mental Health transcription
Neurology transcription
Remote Medical Scribe
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ophthalmology transcription
Orthopedic transcription
Dermatology transcription
Emergency Medicine transcription
Family Practice
Gastroenterology
Pain Management
Pathology transcription
Pediatrics
Podiatry transcription
Psychiatry transcription
Virtual Medical Scribe
Independent Medical
Evaluations transcription
Hematology / Oncology
Hospital / Acute Care transcription
Internal Medicine
Psychology
Radiology transcription
Sports Medicine
Surgical
Urology transcription
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Great service, company, and work! We have been using this company for years to get transcriptions done for research projects. They always provide competitive rates, super quick responses, and amazing turnaround times. They are a pleasure to work with, and I refer everyone to them when they are looking for transcription services.
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Great, quick and accurate work for my project. Will use again in the future.
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Ditto Transcripts did an excellent job for me. I gave them a link to what I needed transcribed and the perfect finished product was returned within a couple of days in the format I requested. It was just what I wanted at the price I needed.
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I am a doctoral candidate conducting research for my dissertation. I needed many hours of interviews transcribed. Not only were the rates reasonable, the work was top-notch and done in reasonable time. I'm definitely going to use Ditto Transcripts again I've recommended them to my cohort!
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Excellent service. I’m a writer using these for a manuscript, and I greatly appreciate that you take out the Ups and Has before sending. Editing is your unique sales proposition.
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