Heather Sunshine , MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist • Phoenix, AZ
3035 E Captain Dreyfus Ave
Phoenix, AZ 850326583
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Heather Sunshine is listed in NPPES under Speech-Language Pathologist.
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NPI assigned on May 1, 2007; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 2,215 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 97130 — Therapy procedure for a range of mental processes: 1,775 service units.
- 97129 — Therapy procedure for a range of mental processes: 440 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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More Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Arizona (2024, 35 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 288. Middle half: 121 to 760.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 2,305 in 2020 to 2,215 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
3035 E Captain Dreyfus Ave
Phoenix, AZ 850326583
What Public CMS Data Show
Speech-Language Pathologist: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
23 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $46,415 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $36,913 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
NPI first issued
2007
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Heather Sunshine has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Phoenix and Arizona
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Arizona (2024, 35 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 288. Middle half: 121 to 760.
Too few clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Phoenix have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare-allowed amount
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Arizona (2024, 35 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $21,453. Middle half: $8,477 to $42,651.
Too few clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Phoenix have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Paid by Medicare
A higher Medicare payment amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Arizona (2024, 35 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $16,970. Middle half: $6,536 to $33,595.
Too few clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Phoenix have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
934 active clinicians are listed under Speech-Language Pathologist with a practice address in Phoenix, AZ (4,510 in Arizona).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Phoenix
0.4% of these 934 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
1.7% of these 934 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services stayed about the same: 2,305 in 2020 and 2,215 in 2024.
- 2020: 2,305
- 2021: 2,630
- 2022: 2,848
- 2023: 2,312
- 2024: 2,215
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 35% from $71,910 in 2020 to $46,415 in 2024.
- 2020: $71,910
- 2021: $73,255
- 2022: $77,616
- 2023: $61,997
- 2024: $46,415
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 35% from $56,897 in 2020 to $36,913 in 2024.
- 2020: $56,897
- 2021: $57,524
- 2022: $61,190
- 2023: $47,926
- 2024: $36,913
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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97130
Therapy procedure for a range of mental processes, each additional 15 minutes
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1,775 | 19 | $45.00 | $20.76 |
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97129
Therapy procedure for a range of mental processes, initial 15 minutes
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440 | 20 | $45.31 | $21.74 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2020-08-03NUCC Taxonomy Code: 235Z00000X
The speech-language pathologist is the professional who engages in clinical services, prevention, advocacy, education, administration, and research in the areas of communication and swallowing across the life span from infancy through geriatrics. Speech-language pathologists address typical and atypical impairments and disorders related to communication and swallowing in the areas of speech sound production, resonance, voice, fluency, language (comprehension and expression), cognition, and feeding and swallowing.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - QUALIFIED SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
I20110325000793
AZ
7618150756
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 3035 E CAPTAIN DREYFUS AVE, PHOENIX, AZ 850326583 (Tel: (602) 369-3451)
Registered at 3035 E CAPTAIN DREYFUS AVE, PHOENIX, AZ 850326583 (Tel: (602) 369-3451)
Recorded as HEATHER SUNSHINE, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist (license number reported to NPPES: AZ SLP0332)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 32531 N SCOTTSDALE RD, STE 105-162, SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85262 (Tel: 4804883946)
Registered at 7109 W LONE FLOWER DR, TUCSON, AZ 85743
Recorded as HEATHER SUNSHINE, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist (license number reported to NPPES: AZ SLP0332)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Speech-Language Pathologists in Phoenix
- Kailee Savage, MS, CCC-SLP
- Patricia Backus, SLP-CCC
- Annette Rak, CCC-SLP
- Sara Davis, SLP
- Jami Rakich, MS
- Tamyra Ruzicka, MS, CCC-SLP
Mailing Address
3035 E Captain Dreyfus Ave
Phoenix, AZ 850326583
Phone: 6023693451