Our Mission

Reduce the out-of-pocket cost of healthcare in the U.S.

Our Vision

Every patient deserves a medical bill they can afford

Healthcare bills aren't always unaffordable. Sometimes they're just priced wrong for the patient.

BillBridge Health increases provider revenue by making every patient's medical bill affordable. Using AI and proprietary payment history data, we determine the optimal combination of personalized discounts and 0% APR financing, enabling patients to pay what they can afford while guaranteeing providers a revenue lift.

The Problem

Even with insurance, patients can face thousands of dollars in deductibles, copays, coinsurance, and other out-of-pocket expenses they simply cannot afford.

The Dilemma

When patients cannot afford their medical bills, providers face a difficult choice: demand the full amount and risk collecting nothing or offer a discount without knowing whether it will increase payment or simply reduce revenue from patients who would have paid in full.

The Limits of Traditional Financing

Traditional healthcare financing solves for the payment, not the price. Spreading a medical bill over time lowers the monthly payment, but it does not reduce what the patient ultimately owes. If the bill remains unaffordable, financing alone is not enough to turn an unpaid balance into collected revenue.

Discounts Decided by Guesswork

Providers offer a myriad of discounts but lack the data and intelligence to know who needs one or by how much. The result: discounts go to patients who would have paid in full, while those who need greater assistance often do not get enough.

Financing done Wrong Reduces Provider Revenue

More than half of patients enrolled in many third-party payment plans would have paid in full. Financing these patients can delay cash and add unnecessary cost without creating incremental revenue for Providers.

Our Philosophy

BillBridge looks beyond a patient’s credit score. Our AI combines financial information with proprietary payment history to understand both a patient’s ability and likelihood to pay.

It identifies how patients in similar circumstances have historically responded across different bill sizes, types of care, discounts, and payment terms—then determines the optimal offer for each bill.

Traditional approach:

Instead of asking: "How much does the patient owe?"

BillBridge Health approach:

BillBridge Health asks: "What can this patient realistically afford to pay?"

The BillBridge Engine

AI Creates the Right Discount for each Patient. Same Size Never Fit's All.

BillBridge Health treats the discount as a prediction problem where each patient has their own threshold at which they convert from non-payer to payer. Our algorithms learn from customer interactions and perfect the solution using AI algorithms.

01

Proprietary Payment History Data

Our models learn from medical bill payment history that credit files won’t capture: who paid, who didn’t, the balance owed, the discount offered, and what ultimately drove payment.

02

An AI Discounting Algorithm

The model weighs a patient's financial picture against those historical patterns to estimate the amount and structure a patient in this position is genuinely likely to pay in full.

03

A Discount With a Reason Behind It

The output is a specific reduction and payment term for this bill—derived from evidence about real repayment behavior rather than a blanket write-off percentage.

04

Sharper With Every Bill

Every resolved account strengthens our payment history data, making each future discount decision smarter.

Every solution is presented transparently to the patient—the discount, the payment amount, and the term are stated up front, with no surprises later.

How It Works

1

Patient Responsibility

After insurance has processed a claim, the patient knows what they owe.

2

AI Reads Ability to Pay

Our models evaluate relevant financial and credit information to estimate ability and willingness to pay.

3

Algorithm Sets the Discount

Weighed against our proprietary payment history data, the AI determines the bill reduction, payment amount, term, and resulting savings.

4

Manageable Option

Instead of an unaffordable bill, the patient receives a solution tailored to their ability and likelihood to pay.

5

Improved Collections

Providers gain a smarter path to higher patient collections.

Tailored Solutions

Patient Focus

A Medical Bill Shouldn't Become a Financial Crisis.

BillBridge Health gives patients a simpler and more affordable way to manage out-of-pocket healthcare expenses.

Affordable Payments

Your discount and payment plan come from a model reading your actual circumstances—not a one-size-fits-all formula.

Customized Bills

We focus on lowering what you owe, not just stretching the same balance over more months or years.

Transparent

You know what you owe, what you save, and exactly how you’ll pay.

Flexible

Choose a 0% APR plan with up to 36 months to pay, tailored to your budget.

Provider Focus

Better Patient Affordability. Better Collections.

Patient responsibility is one of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Too often, patients are asked to pay more than they can afford. BillBridge uses data and AI to find the price patients can pay—helping patients pay less while providers collect more. Both can be true.

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    Higher Patient Payments. Guaranteed Revenue Lift.
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    Replace Guesswork with Intelligent Discounting.
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    Keep full-paying patients out of third-party financing plans.
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    Accelerate Cash Flow with Non-Recourse Financing.
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    Make Patient Revenue More Predictable. Reduce Operating Costs.

Leadership

Matt Horstmann

Matt Horstmann

CEO & Co-Founder

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Chiranjib Gupta, Ph.D.

Chiranjib Gupta, Ph.D.

COO & Co-Founder

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