Supplier
Central Hearing Centers, INC.
Central Hearing Centers, INC. was paid $169K by Medicaid between Apr 2019 and May 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is V5060, Hearing aid, monaural, behind the ear — 77% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCENTRAL HEARING CENTERS, INC.
GLENDALE, CA 91203
GLENDALE, CA 91203
33aNPI1700108271assigned 02/24/2010
33bProvider typeHearing Aid Equipment
28Total paid$169K
24GClaims386
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthApr 2019 – May 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Hearing Aid Equipment providers in California
Rank by total paid#14 of 22
Median peer was paid$328K
This provider vs. median0.5×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 72 | $35K | |
| 2020 | 48 | $18K | |
| 2021 | 178 | $79K | |
| 2023 | 49 | $36K | |
| 2024incomplete | 39 | $303.41 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V5060 | Hearing aid, monaural, behind the ear | 77% | 176 | 90 | $130K |
| V5298 | Hearing aid, not otherwise classified | 21% | 24 | 24 | $35K |
| V5264 | Ear mold/insert, not disposable, any type | 1.4% | 134 | 73 | $2K |
| 92557 | <1% | 39 | 39 | $513.05 | |
| 92570 | 0% | 13 | 13 | $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 officialHIGGINS, THOMAS (AUDIOLOGYST)
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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.