Behavioral
Stepping Stones Counseling, PLLC
Stepping Stones Counseling, PLLC was paid $688K by Medicaid between May 2018 and Nov 2022, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 86% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSTEPPING STONES COUNSELING, PLLC
MISSOULA, MT 59801
MISSOULA, MT 59801
33aNPI1407346596assigned 05/14/2018
33bProvider typeAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor
28Total paid$688K
24GClaims11,184
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthMay 2018 – Nov 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor providers in Montana
Rank by total paid#11 of 118
Median peer was paid$82K
This provider vs. median8.4×
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 | 841 | $48K | |
| 2019 | 3,428 | $184K | |
| 2020 | 3,409 | $215K | |
| 2021 | 2,394 | $164K | |
| 2022 | 1,112 | $77K |
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 | 86% | 6,971 | 3,293 | $588K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | 8.2% | 3,460 | 978 | $57K |
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | 2.9% | 375 | 225 | $20K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 2.2% | 183 | 170 | $15K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 1.0% | 171 | 122 | $7K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | <1% | 24 | 17 | $1K |
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 officialRIGG, SHARON (PRESIDENT)