Behavioral
Lechris Counseling Services, INC.
Lechris Counseling Services, INC. was paid $274K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 60% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLECHRIS COUNSELING SERVICES, INC.
MOREHEAD CITY, NC 28557
MOREHEAD CITY, NC 28557
33aNPI1538474291assigned 08/18/2010
33bProvider typeMental Health Counselor
28Total paid$274K
24GClaims3,054
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Mental Health Counselor providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#152 of 321
Median peer was paid$192K
This provider vs. median1.4×
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 | 800 | $93K | |
| 2019 | 222 | $16K | |
| 2020 | 244 | $14K | |
| 2021 | 619 | $48K | |
| 2022 | 113 | $5K | |
| 2023 | 214 | $15K | |
| 2024incomplete | 842 | $83K |
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 | 60% | 2,017 | 1,057 | $164K |
| H2012 | Behavioral health day treatment, per hour | 21% | 356 | 24 | $58K |
| H2022 | Community-based wrap-around services, per diem | 6.8% | 76 | 12 | $19K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 5.8% | 383 | 323 | $16K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 4.2% | 110 | 105 | $11K |
| 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 | 2.4% | 112 | 109 | $7K |
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 officialSCHWARZ, SARAH (VP/CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Lechris Health Systems of New Bern, INC. | New Bern, NC | $5.60M |
| Lechris Health Systems of Greenville, INC. | Greenville, NC | $3.68M |
| Le Chris Adult Day Care of Rocky Mount, INC. | Rocky Mount, NC | $2.87M |
| Lechris Health Systems of Greenville, INC. | Greenville, NC | $1.19M |
| Lechris Counseling Services, INC. | Morehead City, NC | $800K |
| Le Chris Adult Day Care of Rocky Mount, INC. | Wilson, NC | $548K |
| Lechris Health Systems of New Bern, INC. | New Bern, NC | $230K |
| Lechris Health Systems of Greenville, INC. | Greenville, NC | $0.00 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.