Behavioral
Instar Community Services
Instar Community Services was paid $2.24M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is H2034, Alcohol and/or drug abuse halfway house services, per diem — 56% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoINSTAR COMMUNITY SERVICES
HELENA, MT 59601
HELENA, MT 59601
33aNPI1497260921assigned 12/06/2017
33bProvider typeAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor
28Total paid$2.24M
24GClaims26,186
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor providers in Montana
Rank by total paid#4 of 118
Median peer was paid$82K
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 | 533 | $38K | |
| 2019 | 1,201 | $89K | |
| 2020 | 2,652 | $167K | |
| 2021 | 3,563 | $198K | |
| 2022 | 3,613 | $278K | |
| 2023 | 6,135 | $640K | |
| 2024incomplete | 8,489 | $826K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2034 | Alcohol and/or drug abuse halfway house services, per diem | 56% | 9,387 | 397 | $1.25M |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 21% | 5,622 | 2,181 | $476K |
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | 12% | 4,204 | 954 | $272K |
| T1016 | Case management, each 15 minutes | 7.8% | 3,970 | 827 | $175K |
| H0048 | Alcohol and/or other drug testing: collection and handling only, specimens other than blood | <1% | 1,758 | 459 | $15K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | <1% | 317 | 77 | $14K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | <1% | 675 | 282 | $11K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 102 | 92 | $10K |
| H0001 | Alcohol and/or drug assessment | <1% | 35 | 32 | $9K |
| H0004 | Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes | <1% | 69 | 37 | $4K |
| 99409 | <1% | 47 | 38 | $2K |
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 officialRUSSELL, TERRI (OWNER)