Watson, Paula
Watson, Paula was paid $366K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2022, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is V5241, Dispensing fee, monaural hearing aid, any type — 36% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWATSON, PAULA
HOUSTON, TX 77008
HOUSTON, TX 77008
33aNPI1962448233assigned 06/22/2006
33bProvider typeAudiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter
28Total paid$366K
24GClaims4,848
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#3 of 10
Median peer was paid$14K
This provider vs. median26×
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 | 2,280 | $180K | |
| 2019 | 1,937 | $146K | |
| 2020 | 509 | $34K | |
| 2021 | 110 | $5K | |
| 2022 | 12 | $514.32 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V5241 | Dispensing fee, monaural hearing aid, any type | 36% | 682 | 680 | $132K |
| V5010 | Assessment for hearing aid | 21% | 1,683 | 1,678 | $76K |
| V5256 | Hearing aid, digital, monaural, ite | 19% | 200 | 200 | $70K |
| V5011 | Fitting/orientation/checking of hearing aid | 14% | 834 | 833 | $50K |
| V5257 | Hearing aid, digital, monaural, bte | 4.0% | 36 | 36 | $15K |
| V5275 | Ear impression, each | 3.9% | 598 | 597 | $14K |
| V5266 | Battery for use in hearing device | 1.4% | 691 | 691 | $5K |
| V5264 | Ear mold/insert, not disposable, any type | 1.3% | 124 | 124 | $5K |
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.