Behavioral
Kestenbaum, Joseph
Kestenbaum, Joseph was paid $9K by Medicaid between Feb 2020 and Nov 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is 90832, psychotherapy session, about 30 minutes — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoKESTENBAUM, JOSEPH
LAKEWOOD, CA 90712
LAKEWOOD, CA 90712
33aNPI1659362135assigned 11/02/2005
33bProvider typePsychologist
28Total paid$9K
24GClaims2,132
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2020 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Psychologist providers in California
Rank by total paid#164 of 211
Median peer was paid$79K
This provider vs. median0.1×
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 | 361 | $4K | |
| 2021 | 206 | $2K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,565 | $3K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 100% | 2,132 | 569 | $9K |
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.