Registration Associate

Centinela Hospital Medical Center

Inglewood, CAContract$25.7/hrPosted todayStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$25.7/hr
Location
Inglewood, CA
Schedule
Contract
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Registration Associate at Centinela Hospital Medical Center collects and enters patient information to create hospital accounts. The role verifies insurance and identifies coverage in the computer system to support accurate billing, and obtains patient signatures and copies of identification and insurance cards. A high school diploma or equivalent is required; typing ability, medical terminology, and insurance verification or authorization knowledge are preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

TypingMedical TerminologyInsurance VerificationInsurance Authorization

Qualifications

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Benefits

Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Overview

At Centinela Hospital Medical Center, our dedicated team of professionals are committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community. As a member of Prime Healthcare, a Top-15 hospital system in the United States, Centinela Hospital Medical Center is actively seeking new members to join its award-winning team!

Centinela Hospital Medical Center has been serving the communities of Inglewood and the wider Los Angeles area for 100 years. An award-winning facility, ranking in the top 5% nationally for quality and patient safety, Centinela Hospital is a 362-bed acute-care hospital with a 24-hour STEMI certified emergency department and primary stroke center, orthopedic care, advanced cardiac services, critical care services, inpatient and outpatient rehab programs, and more. Centinela has earned hundreds of national awards and recognitions, including "100 Top Hospital" recognition from Fortune/Merative and straight 'A's (2018-2024) for hospital safety from The Leapfrog Group. For more information, visit www.centinelamed.com.

Responsibilities

The Registration Associate is responsible for the accurate intake of patient information and input into the hospital computer system to create patient accounts. Insurance verification and identification within the computer system is vital in the accurate billing of every patient account. Registration Associates must secure patient signatures and copies of patient ID’s and insurance cards.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

  1. High School Diploma or equivalent required

  2. Ability to type 45wpm preferred

  3. Medical Terminology preferred

  4. Knowledge of Insurance Verification/Authorization requirement preferred

  5. Experience Preferred

Pay Transparency

Centinela Hospital Medical Center offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options. Benefits may vary based on collective bargaining agreement requirements and/or the employment status, i.e. full-time or part-time. The current compensation range for this role is $25.70 to $25.70. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

Employment Status Per Diem Shift Variable Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf

Privacy Notice

Privacy Notice for California Applicants: https://www.primehealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Notice-at-Collection-and-Privacy-Policy-for-California-Job-Applicants.pdf

How this job compares

Set against the 608 open Patient Registration jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$25.7/hr
  • California median$26–33/hr32 hourly ranges
  • US median$19–26/hr278 hourly ranges

This rate, $25.70/hr, is 12% below the California median midpoint ($29/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Patient Registration hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 37 open Patient Registration jobs in California and 608 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Patient Registration postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (313 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 440 of the 608 open Patient Registration jobs (72%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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