Agency
First Choice Behavioral Health Services,llc
First Choice Behavioral Health Services,llc was paid $1.36M by Medicaid between Sep 2022 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 90834, psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes — 85% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFIRST CHOICE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES,LLC
OWINGS MILLS, MD 21117
OWINGS MILLS, MD 21117
33aNPI1528736386assigned 09/05/2021
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$1.36M
24GClaims10,109
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthSep 2022 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Maryland
Rank by total paid#312 of 794
Median peer was paid$786K
This provider vs. median1.7×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,119 | $145K | |
| 2023 | 4,555 | $603K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,435 | $611K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 85% | 8,534 | 3,440 | $1.16M |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 5.5% | 297 | 289 | $75K |
| 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 | 4.8% | 487 | 448 | $66K |
| 90833 | Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an E&M service (add-on) | 2.6% | 475 | 443 | $36K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 1.3% | 226 | 187 | $18K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 39 | 39 | $4K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | <1% | 37 | 27 | $2K |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | <1% | 14 | 12 | $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 officialSURIN, NADIA (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| First Choice Behavioral Health Services, LLC | Pikesville, MD | $821K |
| First Choice Behavioral Health Services, LLC | Pikesville, MD | $491K |
| First Choice Behavioral Health Services, LLC | Owings Mills, MD | $245K |
| First Choice Behavioral Health Services, LLC | Windsor Mill, MD | $89K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.