Hearing By Design, INC
Hearing By Design, INC was paid $420K by Medicaid between Feb 2019 and Oct 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is V5257, Hearing aid, digital, monaural, bte — 51% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHEARING BY DESIGN, INC
TACOMA, WA 98405
TACOMA, WA 98405
33aNPI1174715015assigned 08/14/2007
33bProvider typeAudiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter
28Total paid$420K
24GClaims834
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2019 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter providers in Washington
Rank by total paid#1 of 5
Median peer was paid$2K
This provider vs. median238×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 199 | $113K | |
| 2020 | 342 | $184K | |
| 2021 | 225 | $102K | |
| 2022 | 56 | $9K | |
| 2024incomplete | 12 | $11K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V5257 | Hearing aid, digital, monaural, bte | 51% | 420 | 405 | $213K |
| V5261 | Hearing aid, digital, binaural, bte | 49% | 206 | 206 | $204K |
| V5266 | Battery for use in hearing device | <1% | 112 | 110 | $2K |
| V5011 | Fitting/orientation/checking of hearing aid | <1% | 66 | 41 | $984.00 |
| V5275 | Ear impression, each | <1% | 15 | 12 | $225.96 |
| L8621 | Zinc air battery for use with cochlear implant device and auditory osseointegrated sound processors, replacement, each | 0% | 15 | 15 | $0.00 |
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 officialCOLE, VICKI (CFO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Connect Hearing INC | Aurora, IL | $12.94M |
| Hearing Health Mi LLC | Norton Shores, MI | $621K |
| Ideal Practice Management Group De LLC | Abingdon, VA | $9K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.