Arintra vs Waystar
Arintra and Waystar sell different layers of the revenue cycle. Arintra states three capabilities: autonomous medical coding, clinical documentation intelligence, and denial intelligence and appeals. Waystar lists financial clearance, clinical integrity and revenue capture, claim and payer payment management, denial recovery and analytics, with eligibility, estimates, authorizations, remittance, patient payments and appeals. Denials and appeals appear on both lists. A coding team with a chart backlog has the clearer match in Arintra, which says it assigns CPT, ICD-10, HCPCS and HCC codes and writes them back to the EHR. It names UC Davis Health, First Medical Associates and Vanova Health as customers, and KLAS gave it a 93 out of 100 in an April 2026 Emerging Company Spotlight, marked limited data. For that backlog Waystar is the weaker fit. A billing office built around eligibility, estimates and patient payments looks to Waystar, which has traded on Nasdaq since June 2024 and bought Iodine Software for $1.25B.
Billing & coding · Reviewed November 2, 2026
When to pick each one
Arintra
- Assigns CPT, ICD-10 and HCPCS codes, vendor-stated
- Drafts denial appeals from coding audit trail, vendor-stated
- Named customers include UC Davis Health and First Medical Associates
Waystar
- Financial clearance through patient payments
- Listed on Nasdaq, Iodine Software bought for $1.25B
- Vendor says it covers 60% of U.S. patients
Score
Each row shows points earned of points available under the published rubric.
Arintra
31of 100
Waystar
33of 100
| Dimension | Arintra | Waystar | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIPAA / SOC2 / BAA | 0 / 10 | 10 / 10 | -10 |
| EHR integrations (count) | 9.1 / 18.2 | 0 / 18.2 | +9.1 |
| Top-3 EHR coverage (Epic / Oracle / Athena) | 8 / 8 | 0 / 8 | +8 |
| Bidirectional write-back | 0 / 5.2 | 0 / 5.2 | 0 |
| Peer-reviewed papers | 0 / 7 | 0 / 7 | 0 |
| RCT / meta-analysis / systematic review | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 |
| Funding & adoption signal | 3 / 12 | 12 / 12 | -9 |
| Pricing transparency | 3.3 / 6.5 | 3.3 / 6.5 | 0 |
| Years in market | 0 / 6 | 0 / 6 | 0 |
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Pricing
Arintra
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | n/a | n/a | No public price. |
Waystar
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | n/a | n/a | No public price. Enterprise contracts. |
Compliance and integrations
Documented from each vendor’s own pages.
| Spec | Arintra | Waystar |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ||
| HIPAA | ||
| SOC 2 Type II | ||
| EHR integrations | Epic, athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Oracle Cerner, Meditech, NextGen, Allscripts | Not specified |
| Founded | n/a | n/a |
| HQ | US | US |
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Common questions
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