Switch to Stedi
Switch to Stedi
If you’re building RCM software and need to process healthcare transactions, you have two choices: a traditional clearinghouse or Stedi.
Introduction
Traditional clearinghouses are designed for manual workflows and batch EDI processing.
Traditional clearinghouses aren’t built for modern development practices. Many were created before cloud computing, REST APIs, or JSON existed.
Hundreds of fast-growing health tech teams use Stedi. This guide explains why so many have switched – and how to get started.
Where clearinghouses fall short
Where traditional clearinghouses fall short
Teams developing on traditional clearinghouses tend to run into three core problems:
1. No programmatic access.
Many features aren’t available through APIs. Automation and agentic workflows require brittle workarounds like screen scraping, PDF parsing, or email capture.
2. Unreliable payer coverage.
Outages, lossy responses, and limited payer coverage break your workflows.
3. Unresponsive support.
Tickets can go unanswered for days or weeks. When they are, you get shallow boilerplate responses.
Why teams are switching to Stedi
Switching to Stedi helps teams regain speed and scale:
1.
Stedi is API-first and AI-ready.
Stedi’s APIs are fast, JSON-native, and well-documented. If you’re building an AI agent, you can connect using the Stedi MCP server. Many teams integrate in less than a day.
"Switching to Stedi took less than a morning."
— Chris Look, Senior Software Engineer at Blueberry
2.
Stedi offers the broadest, most reliable payer coverage.
Stedi connects to virtually every U.S. healthcare payer, including commercial medical, dental, Medicare, and Medicaid. We offer a Payer Search API and the Payer Network site.
Where possible, we offer redundant connections with automatic failover and a 99.9% uptime SLA.
"To deliver on our mission, we need partners that are as reliable as we are. Stedi is that partner."
— Arnav Simha, Product Manager at Nirvana
3.
Stedi has real-time support.
Every customer gets a dedicated Slack or Teams channel, with average response times under 10 minutes. In some cases, the Stedi Agent can help you automate and troubleshoot issues without the need for support at all.
"Stedi didn’t just give us better APIs. They gave us the support to scale, automate, and build a better product."
— Nolan Chase, Co-Founder of Berry Street
We built Stedi from the ground up to bring a world-class developer experience to healthcare. Meticulous engineering with no compromises.
"Working with Stedi feels like working with a software company that specializes in healthcare, rather than the other way around."
— Thore Karlsen, Partner at Trinity Healthcare Resources
Who’s switching
Stedi is the go-to choice for fast-growing health tech companies.
increased their eligibility check success rate from 60% to 80%.
processes millions of transactions with Stedi.
reduced errors and replaced manual work after switching to Stedi.
For more case studies and quotes, see our Customers page. For other Stedi customers, see our Platform Partners directory.
How switching works
Switching is fast and easy.
To get started:
1.
Create a Stedi sandbox account.
Sign up for a free sandbox account to build and test. You'll get instant test API access for mock eligibility checks.
2.
Upgrade to production.
When you're ready to send real transactions, upgrade to a production account in your Stedi account settings.
There are no monthly minimums or setup fees. You only pay for the transactions you use. See our pricing.
3.
Run Stedi alongside your existing clearinghouse.
Compare Stedi against your current clearinghouse in production to evaluate performance, reliability, developer experience, and support.
4.
Migrate your transaction workflows.
You can transition at your own pace. Many teams are able to integrate with Stedi in a day or two.
To make migration easy, we offer payer ID aliases. You can continue using your existing payer IDs with Stedi – no manual mapping required.
We also offer fully managed, API-based transaction enrollment. Stedi handles 95% of the enrollment work for you, including paperwork and payer follow-up. Many payers support one-click enrollment, which lets you enroll a provider with a single request - no paperwork at all.
Stedi normalizes every transaction you send to improve payer acceptance. You don’t have to write custom code to handle non-conforming payers.
Tips for evaluating Stedi
Try Stedi in production.
If you’re comparing Stedi against another clearinghouse, follow these tips for the best results.
Eligibility checks
Test with real patient data, not mock eligibility checks.
Create basic routing rules to send checks for your top 10–20 payers (by volume) to Stedi while keeping others on your existing clearinghouse. Implement fallback logic to retry failed requests through Stedi.
Compare eligibility responses. Stedi offers lossless eligibility responses. If you suspect your clearinghouse is dropping data, compare eligibility responses for your top payers from your existing clearinghouse to responses from Stedi.
Claims submission
- **Submit claims through Stedi while keeping your existing ERA enrollments in place.**Providers can be enrolled with multiple clearinghouses for claims submission.
Most payers don’t require transaction enrollment for claims submission. There's no risk of disrupting existing claim processing while you evaluate Stedi.
Electronic Remittance Advice (ERAs)
**Evaluate Stedi with specific payers.**If you have payers where you’re missing ERAs or if your current ERA enrollment process is slow or cumbersome, try enrolling your first few providers or payers with Stedi to compare the experience.
**Start with smaller payers first.**A provider’s ERAs can only be sent to one clearinghouse at a time.
**ERA enrollment is independent of claims.**Enrolling for ERAs with Stedi doesn’t require you to move claim submissions over. You can evaluate Stedi for ERAs while continuing to submit claims through your current clearinghouse.
Automate enrollment. Use Stedi’s Enrollment API to handle transaction enrollment for your providers.
Resources
If you’d like to learn more about Stedi, check out the resources below.
[**Contact**
Book a demo or get answers to questions.](/content/contact/index.html) [**Pricing**
Only pay for the transactions you use.](/content/pricing/index.html) [**Developer docs**
Get a feel for the developer experience.](/content/docs/healthcare/index.html) [**Trust Center**
Learn about our compliance and security.](https://trust.stedi.com/)