NP / PA
Tipsword, Kara
Tipsword, Kara was paid $65K by Medicaid between Sep 2023 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 48% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTIPSWORD, KARA
MARION, IL 62959
MARION, IL 62959
33aNPI1689363509assigned 05/05/2023
33bProvider typeNurse Practitioner
28Total paid$65K
24GClaims1,380
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthSep 2023 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Nurse Practitioner providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#472 of 1,687
Median peer was paid$22K
This provider vs. median2.9×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 439 | $19K | |
| 2024incomplete | 941 | $45K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 48% | 605 | 568 | $31K |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 14% | 184 | 180 | $9K |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | 10% | 157 | 150 | $7K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 8.9% | 110 | 108 | $6K |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | 7.7% | 70 | 67 | $5K |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 6.9% | 50 | 48 | $4K |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | 2.3% | 98 | 92 | $2K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | 1.5% | 106 | 83 | $958.31 |
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.