Hellstern, Kari
Hellstern, Kari was paid $72K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 92002, — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHELLSTERN, KARI
MARSHALLTOWN, IA 50158
MARSHALLTOWN, IA 50158
33aNPI1538542717assigned 07/07/2015
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$72K
24GClaims2,605
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#178 of 521
Median peer was paid$28K
This provider vs. median2.6×
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 | 1,066 | $23K | |
| 2019 | 1,043 | $22K | |
| 2020 | 416 | $22K | |
| 2021 | 61 | $5K | |
| 2024incomplete | 19 | $0.00 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92002 | 39% | 584 | 576 | $28K | |
| 92012 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient | 27% | 453 | 449 | $20K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 19% | 146 | 144 | $14K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 14% | 162 | 154 | $10K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | <1% | 1,260 | 1,237 | $50.00 |
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.