What is contingency-based recovery?
Contingency-based recovery is a pricing model where the recovery firm is paid a percentage of the money it actually recovers, and nothing if it recovers nothing.
Contingency pricing removes upfront and monthly costs for the practice and ties the firm’s pay to results. When comparing vendors, check whether the fee applies to amounts identified or amounts actually recovered, and whether the vendor handles appeals and follow-up itself.
How Vareo helps
Vareo checks every line of your 835 remittances against your payer contracts, finds underpayments like this, and handles the appeals and follow-up. You pay only a share of what is recovered.
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Last updated October 11, 2026