Helping U Hear
Helping U Hear was paid $24K by Medicaid between Aug 2020 and Dec 2020, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is V5160, Dispensing fee, binaural — 40% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHELPING U HEAR
DES MOINES, IA 50310
DES MOINES, IA 50310
33aNPI1558607085assigned 01/03/2013
33bProvider typeAudiologist
28Total paid$24K
24GClaims267
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthAug 2020 – Dec 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Audiologist providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#4 of 12
Median peer was paid$3K
This provider vs. median7.5×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 267 | $24K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V5160 | Dispensing fee, binaural | 40% | 33 | 33 | $10K |
| V5140 | Binaural, behind the ear | 32% | 13 | 13 | $8K |
| V5266 | Battery for use in hearing device | 8.1% | 49 | 44 | $2K |
| 92591 | 6.9% | 31 | 31 | $2K | |
| 92557 | 6.6% | 46 | 43 | $2K | |
| V5264 | Ear mold/insert, not disposable, any type | 5.3% | 28 | 28 | $1K |
| 92595 | <1% | 51 | 51 | $228.20 | |
| G8427 | Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications | 0% | 16 | 15 | $0.00 |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialHOBSON, SANDRA (OWNER)