Half the cost. None of the meter.
Pricing shaped to your organization — so no one rations language access by the minute.
>50%
lower cost than traditional interpretation services
$2.95/min
the benchmark rate for human phone interpreters
2×
the interpreted minutes for every dollar of budget
Benchmark: LanguageLine GSA catalog pricing, 2023
Two ways to pay for language access.
The status quo: pay by the minute
- The meter runs through hold time, pauses, and small talk — every minute bills at the same rate.
- Costs rise with every new patient, so the budget is a guess that gets worse as access improves.
- When every minute is billed, staff think twice before calling an interpreter at all.
76% of ER interpreter encounters fall back on family or staff instead. Ngai et al., Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2016
With Opalite: pay for access
- A flat, predictable rate scoped to your deployment — sites, departments, or overall usage — and shaped around how language access is budgeted today.
- 150+ languages and dialects, Guardian monitoring, human oversight, and EHR documentation included.
- No hardware to purchase: Opalite runs on the phones, tablets, and computers your teams already carry.
- A BAA with every customer, SOC 2 Type II attested controls, and HIPAA-grade safeguards — included, not add-ons.
The return shows up on both sides of the ledger.
Lower interpretation costs are only the visible half. The operational half — shorter visits, fewer readmissions — is where the ROI compounds.
$5,000+/mo
in cost savings at CIFC Health, growing as workflows move over
CIFC Health case study
8.3min
shorter interpreted visits, protecting daily patient volume
CIFC Health case study
25%
fewer 30-day readmissions after one bedside-interpreter program
Karliner et al., Medical Care, 2017
Pricing FAQ
No. Opalite is a flat, predictable rate rather than a per-minute meter, so costs don't climb with every encounter and staff never have to ration language access by the minute.
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