Agency
Cardenas Psychological Services INC
Cardenas Psychological Services INC was paid $242K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2022, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 79% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCARDENAS PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES INC
SAN FERNANDO, CA 91340
SAN FERNANDO, CA 91340
33aNPI1417129560assigned 03/28/2008
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$242K
24GClaims4,906
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in California
Rank by total paid#415 of 633
Median peer was paid$779K
This provider vs. median0.3×
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 | 1,296 | $35K | |
| 2019 | 1,511 | $81K | |
| 2020 | 1,054 | $64K | |
| 2021 | 507 | $29K | |
| 2022 | 538 | $33K |
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 | 79% | 3,257 | 1,111 | $191K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 21% | 1,649 | 519 | $51K |
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 officialCARDENAS, JOSE (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Luminarias Institute INC. | San Fernando, CA | $1.62M |
| Jose I Cardenas MD PA | Orlando, FL | $1.19M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.