Penepacker, Stephen

Penepacker, Stephen was paid $652K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2022, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 56% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPENEPACKER, STEPHEN
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93401

33aNPI1336165125assigned 07/14/2006

33bProvider typePsychiatry Physician

28Total paid$652K

24GClaims9,517

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2022

Compared with peers

Next to other Psychiatry Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#70 of 483

Median peer was paid$24K

This provider vs. median27×

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	1,828	$72K
2019	3,036	$186K
2020	2,098	$141K
2021	1,620	$157K
2022	935	$95K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99214	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity	56%	4,676	2,683	$362K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	39%	4,570	2,836	$256K
90792	Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services	4.6%	171	102	$30K
90837	Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient	<1%	100	79	$4K

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.