April 11, 2026 · EZaccessMD Team
How Employers Are Saving $172K Per 1,000 Lives with Mobile Healthcare
ER diversion is the single biggest lever for employer healthcare cost containment. Here's the math behind $172K in estimated annual savings per 1,000 covered lives.
Healthcare costs are the second-largest expense for most employers, after payroll. And for self-funded and level-funded plans, every ER visit hits the bottom line directly.
The average ER visit costs $4,066. The average urgent care visit costs $158. And the gap between what telehealth can resolve and what requires in-person care is where the money bleeds.
EZaccessMD clients are seeing estimated savings of $172K per 1,000 covered lives annually. Here's how.
The Math
The calculation is straightforward:
- 81% of covered employees use the benefit annually (utilization rate)
- 29% of consultations require mobile diagnostic deployment
- Of those mobile deployments, 25-40% would have otherwise been ER visits
- The remaining telehealth-only consultations divert 30-50% from urgent care
When you multiply ER diversions by $4,066 and UC diversions by $158, then subtract the subscription cost, the net savings range from conservative to base case:
- Conservative: $124 per employee per year in net savings
- Base case: $283 per employee per year in net savings
For a 1,000-employee company, that's $124K to $283K in estimated annual savings. The midpoint — $172K — is the figure we cite most often.
Why Utilization Matters
Traditional telehealth benefits have utilization rates of 10-15%. EZaccessMD's rate is 81%.
The difference? When a benefit can actually resolve the problem — not just prescribe over the phone but run the strep test, take the X-ray, do the EKG — employees use it. And when employees use it instead of going to the ER, employers save money.
What This Looks Like in Practice
A manufacturing employer with 500 employees was spending an estimated $340K annually on ER visits that could have been handled by a mobile diagnostic unit. After implementing EZaccessMD, ER visits for EZ-addressable conditions dropped 40%, and the company's estimated net savings exceeded $86K in the first year.
See Your Numbers
Every employer's situation is different. Our ROI calculator lets you enter your headcount and industry to see conservative and base-case projections. No email required for on-screen results.
Try it at ezaccessmd.com/calculator.
EZaccessMD is NOT health insurance. We provide easy and convenient ACCESS to quality healthcare. Savings are estimated based on client averages; your actual results may vary.