Supplier
Jester's Hearing Aid Center INC.
Jester's Hearing Aid Center INC. was paid $1.26M by Medicaid between Apr 2018 and Oct 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is V5298, Hearing aid, not otherwise classified — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJESTER'S HEARING AID CENTER INC.
HEMET, CA 92543
HEMET, CA 92543
33aNPI1194862771assigned 01/31/2007
33bProvider typeHearing Aid Equipment
28Total paid$1.26M
24GClaims1,729
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthApr 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Hearing Aid Equipment providers in California
Rank by total paid#5 of 22
Median peer was paid$328K
This provider vs. median3.8×
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Single-Code Concentration100% of spending on code V5298 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 423 | $293K | |
| 2019 | 270 | $204K | |
| 2020 | 77 | $59K | |
| 2021 | 144 | $108K | |
| 2022 | 291 | $201K | |
| 2023 | 156 | $119K | |
| 2024incomplete | 368 | $280K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V5298 | Hearing aid, not otherwise classified | 100% | 1,704 | 866 | $1.26M |
| V5264 | Ear mold/insert, not disposable, any type | <1% | 25 | 14 | $721.09 |
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 officialJESTER, ROBERT (PRESIDENT)