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Northstar Associates, PLLC
Northstar Associates, PLLC was paid $982K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is E0601, Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device — 36% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNORTHSTAR ASSOCIATES, PLLC
BELLINGHAM, WA 98229
BELLINGHAM, WA 98229
33aNPI1912921586assigned 07/27/2006
33bProvider typeDurable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
28Total paid$982K
24GClaims23,382
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies providers in Washington
Rank by total paid#32 of 233
Median peer was paid$1K
This provider vs. median702×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3,488 | $150K | |
| 2019 | 3,247 | $127K | |
| 2020 | 3,950 | $175K | |
| 2021 | 4,371 | $172K | |
| 2022 | 2,537 | $95K | |
| 2023 | 3,376 | $121K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,413 | $142K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E0601 | Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device | 36% | 4,030 | 3,420 | $355K |
| 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 | 18% | 3,735 | 3,496 | $179K |
| A7034 | Nasal interface (mask or cannula type) used with positive airway pressure device, with or without head strap | 10% | 1,691 | 1,445 | $99K |
| A4604 | Tubing with integrated heating element for use with positive airway pressure device | 7.7% | 2,249 | 1,911 | $76K |
| E0562 | Humidifier, heated, used with positive airway pressure device | 5.5% | 295 | 274 | $54K |
| A7035 | Headgear used with positive airway pressure device | 5.0% | 2,320 | 1,999 | $49K |
| 95810 | Polysomnography; sleep staging with 4 or more additional parameters | 3.7% | 121 | 115 | $36K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | 3.0% | 308 | 288 | $29K |
| 94660 | 2.2% | 789 | 710 | $22K | |
| A7038 | Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device | 1.9% | 3,176 | 2,757 | $19K |
| A7030 | Full face mask used with positive airway pressure device, each | 1.9% | 178 | 165 | $18K |
| A7046 | Water chamber for humidifier, used with positive airway pressure device, replacement, each | 1.4% | 1,825 | 1,589 | $13K |
9 more codes
| A7039 | Filter, non disposable, used with positive airway pressure device | 1.1% | 1,250 | $11K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) | <1% | 245 | $8K |
| 95811 | <1% | 18 | $5K | |
| A7032 | Cushion for use on nasal mask interface, replacement only, each | <1% | 135 | $4K |
| S9999 | Sales tax | <1% | 69 | $2K |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) | <1% | 18 | $2K |
| A7031 | Face mask interface, replacement for full face mask, each | <1% | 13 | $533.00 |
| A7033 | Pillow for use on nasal cannula type interface, replacement only, pair | <1% | 23 | $368.94 |
| 99072 | 0% | 894 | $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 officialMATHEWS, CHRISTOPHER (PRESIDENT)