Financial Counselor – St. Peter's Hospital
Albany, NYFull-time$19.2–24.6/hrPosted 4 days agoStill listed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Financial Counselor at St. Peter's Hospital verifies insurance eligibility, pre-certification requirements, and co-pay amounts for inpatients and surgical patients. The role initiates referrals for patients without insurance or with financial need, serves as an insurance resource for staff, and registers patients at acute care sites. A high school diploma or GED and five years of billing or credit experience are required; healthcare experience is preferred.
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Full job description
Employment Type: Full timeShift: Day Shift Description: Financial Counselor – St. Peter's Hospital – Full Time Days
Position Highlights:
- Quality of Life: Where career opportunities and quality of life converge
- Advancement: Strong orientation program, generous tuition allowance and career development
- Work/Life: Positions and shifts to accommodate all schedules
- We offer great Benefits including: Competitive Pay, Paid Leave. Shift Differentials, just to name a few.
What you will do:
- Verifies insurance eligibility, pre-cert requirements and co-pay amounts for all inpatients and surgical patients accessing our services
- Initiates referrals for patients with no insurance or financial need
- Serves as departmental insurance resource/educator for all staff
- Registers patients accessing the Acute Care sites
Education Requirements:
- H.S. Diploma or GED required
Experience Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years of billing/credit experience (Healthcare setting preferred)
- Customer service experience
*All new employees are required to undergo and pass all applicable state and federally mandated pre-employment screening requirements.
Pay range: $19.20 - $24.60 Pay is based on experience, skills, and education. Exempt positions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will be paid within the base salary equivalent of the stated hourly rates. The pay range may also vary within the stated range based on location
Our Commitment
Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
How this job compares
Set against the 619 open Patient Registration jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$19.2–24.6/hr
- New York median$19–26/hr48 hourly ranges
- US median$19–26/hr277 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $21.90/hr, is 7% below the New York median midpoint ($24/hr) — in the middle half of Patient Registration hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 58 open Patient Registration jobs in New York and 619 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Kaleida Health9 open
- Highland Hospital8 open
- Trinity Health (this employer)8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — more than three in four Patient Registration postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 331 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 450 of the 619 open Patient Registration jobs (73%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 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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