Choosing Self

Choosing Self was paid $20K by Medicaid between Aug 2022 and Mar 2023, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 93% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCHOOSING SELF
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35215

33aNPI1679204457assigned 06/22/2022

33bProvider typeProfessional Counselor

28Total paid$20K

24GClaims325

24DCodes billed2

24AFirst – last monthAug 2022 – Mar 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Professional Counselor providers in Alabama

Rank by total paid#49 of 81

Median peer was paid$35K

This provider vs. median0.6×

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
2022	159	$10K
2023	166	$10K

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	93%	307	149	$19K
90791	Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation	7.2%	18	18	$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.

From NPPES

Who's on the registration

Authorized officialJONES, ERIKA (COUNSELOR)