Universal charge routing system for medical billing

A medical billing computer system, comprising:

• a billing computer processor executing instructions stored in a non-transient memory, the instructions including steps for implementing
• a billing input receiving charges including charge data from a billing terminal computer system for at least one of a hospital service area, a medical laboratory, and a professional office of a physician, each charge being an electronic record including a bill for medical services, the bill including an amount to be billed based on a code describing a medical procedure, the bill being formatted by an originating charge source, the bill for medical services including charge data;
• at least one input translator generating one or more universal charges having a common fauna based on the received charge data, the universal charge including the medical procedure code, wherein generating one or more universal charges includes implementing a translation routine for each received charge based on a billing format used by the originating charge source;
• a destination rule engine analyzing the charge data of the universal charges to assign a destination to the universal charges based on the charge data, the destination identifying a billing program;
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• at least one output translator receiving the generated universal charges including assigned destinations from the destination rule engine and converting the universal charges to a billing program format identified in the destination.