Castanon, Paula
Castanon, Paula was paid $343K by Medicaid between Jul 2020 and Aug 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is V5140, Binaural, behind the ear — 76% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCASTANON, PAULA
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92647
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92647
33aNPI1649758137assigned 08/06/2018
33bProvider typeHearing Instrument Specialist
28Total paid$343K
24GClaims1,261
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJul 2020 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Hearing Instrument Specialist providers in California
Rank by total paid#24 of 60
Median peer was paid$208K
This provider vs. median1.6×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 233 | $55K | |
| 2021 | 301 | $43K | |
| 2022 | 226 | $43K | |
| 2023 | 310 | $121K | |
| 2024incomplete | 191 | $81K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V5140 | Binaural, behind the ear | 76% | 180 | 170 | $262K |
| V5267 | Hearing aid or assistive listening device/supplies/accessories, not otherwise specified | 11% | 200 | 188 | $37K |
| V5264 | Ear mold/insert, not disposable, any type | 6.8% | 450 | 426 | $23K |
| V5010 | Assessment for hearing aid | 4.5% | 304 | 290 | $15K |
| 92626 | 1.2% | 97 | 89 | $4K | |
| 92595 | <1% | 30 | 27 | $1K |
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.