Behavioral
Berks Counseling Center, INC.
Berks Counseling Center, INC. was paid $43.90M by Medicaid between Jan 2020 and Dec 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is W0500, — 98% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBERKS COUNSELING CENTER, INC.
READING, PA 19601
READING, PA 19601
33aNPI1881620250assigned 06/25/2006
33bProvider typeMental Health Counselor
28Total paid$43.90M
24GClaims215,095
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Mental Health Counselor providers in Pennsylvania
Rank by total paid#1 of 227
Median peer was paid$77K
This provider vs. median567×
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 | 47,713 | $9.09M | |
| 2021 | 47,472 | $9.58M | |
| 2022 | 42,988 | $9.06M | |
| 2023 | 43,149 | $9.16M | |
| 2024incomplete | 33,773 | $7.00M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W0500 | 98% | 51,296 | 50,818 | $43.21M | |
| H0034 | Medication training and support, per 15 minutes | 1.5% | 20,987 | 15,043 | $656K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | <1% | 41,020 | 26,635 | $14K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | <1% | 5,234 | 5,000 | $13K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | <1% | 21,096 | 15,200 | $6K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | <1% | 17,457 | 8,066 | $3K |
| 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 | <1% | 74 | 67 | $1K |
| H0015 | Alcohol and/or drug services; intensive outpatient (treatment program that operates at least 3 hours/day and at least 3 days/week and is based on an individualized treatment plan), including assessment, counseling; crisis intervention, and activity therapies or education | <1% | 8,608 | 1,855 | $1K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | <1% | 2,612 | 2,529 | $1K |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | <1% | 14,485 | 12,621 | $580.56 |
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | 0% | 6,568 | 2,820 | $0.00 |
| H0039 | Assertive community treatment, face-to-face, per 15 minutes | 0% | 10,609 | 961 | $0.00 |
5 more codes
| H2030 | Mental health clubhouse services, per 15 minutes | 0% | 1,739 | $0.00 |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 0% | 55 | $0.00 |
| H0006 | Alcohol and/or drug services; case management | 0% | 9,662 | $0.00 |
| T1017 | Case management, billed per 15 minutes | 0% | 3,575 | $0.00 |
| H0047 | Alcohol and/or other drug abuse services, not otherwise specified | 0% | 18 | $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 officialAXFORD, CHRISTINE (DEPUTY DIRECTOR)