Little Star Center, INC.

Little Star Center, INC. was paid $22.74M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is 97153, applied behavior analysis (autism therapy), per 15 minutes — 77% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLITTLE STAR CENTER, INC.
CARMEL, IN 46032

33aNPI1285804732assigned 03/11/2008

33bProvider typeEarly Intervention Provider Agency

28Total paid$22.74M

24GClaims113,667

24DCodes billed18

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Early Intervention Provider Agency providers in Indiana

Rank by total paid#2 of 7

Median peer was paid$5.44M

This provider vs. median4.2×

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
2018	13,896	$2.32M
2019	21,538	$3.61M
2020	30,415	$6.44M
2021	39,650	$8.73M
2022	4,666	$857K
2023	641	$142K
2024incomplete	2,861	$640K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
97153	Applied behavior analysis (autism therapy), per 15 minutesAdaptive behavior treatment by protocol, administered by technician, each 15 minutes	77%	66,269	3,894	$17.59M
96152		9.2%	9,354	636	$2.09M
97155	Adaptive behavior treatment with protocol modification, administered by physician, each 15 minutes	8.4%	25,572	3,258	$1.91M
S5151	Unskilled respite care, not hospice; per diem	2.4%	3,185	941	$550K
96151		1.6%	5,844	677	$368K
T2033	Residential care, not otherwise specified (nos), waiver; per diem	<1%	471	134	$87K
97151		<1%	1,402	615	$81K
97156		<1%	765	488	$22K
90791	Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation	<1%	261	222	$21K
H0004	Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes	<1%	188	76	$17K
96131		<1%	57	40	$3K
96113		<1%	12	12	$2K

6 more codes

96130	<1%	55	$2K
96112	<1%	13	$1K
90785	<1%	95	$861.07
96136	<1%	53	$778.55
96137	<1%	53	$687.94
96101	<1%	18	$474.40

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 officialKIRK, CHRIS (VICE PRESIDENT OF INSURANCE)

Same official

Other billing entities under KIRK, CHRIS

Full network →

Provider	Location	Paid
Little Star Center, INC.	Carmel, IN	$11K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.