Gardner, Cheryl

Gardner, Cheryl was paid $639K by Medicaid between Jul 2018 and May 2021, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 72% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoGARDNER, CHERYL
DECATUR, GA 30030

33aNPI1356602734assigned 06/01/2012

33bProvider typeProfessional Counselor

28Total paid$639K

24GClaims5,819

24DCodes billed7

24AFirst – last monthJul 2018 – May 2021

Compared with peers

Next to other Professional Counselor providers in Georgia

Rank by total paid#17 of 452

Median peer was paid$38K

This provider vs. median17×

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	1,073	$139K
2019	2,623	$298K
2020	1,642	$160K
2021	481	$42K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
90837	Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient	72%	4,516	1,395	$460K
90847	Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes	19%	883	366	$121K
H0004	Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes	5.7%	266	155	$36K
H0031	Mental health assessment, by non-physician	1.4%	45	44	$9K
H0032	Mental health service plan development by non-physician	<1%	45	45	$6K
90791	Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation	<1%	28	27	$3K
90834	Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient	<1%	36	24	$3K

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.