Kari Hellstern Od, P.C.
Kari Hellstern Od, P.C. was paid $5K by Medicaid between Feb 2024 and Oct 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 92004, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient — 80% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoKARI HELLSTERN OD, P.C.
ALTOONA, IA 50009
ALTOONA, IA 50009
33aNPI1013523406assigned 09/21/2020
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$5K
24GClaims97
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2024 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#395 of 521
Median peer was paid$28K
This provider vs. median0.2×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024incomplete | 97 | $5K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 80% | 41 | 41 | $4K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 13% | 43 | 43 | $647.15 |
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 6.6% | 13 | 13 | $325.65 |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialHELLSTERN, KARI (PRESIDENT, OPTOMETRIST)