Barbara Linxweiler , MA, CCC-SLP, L
Speech-Language Pathologist • Chicago, IL
3541 N Fremont St
Chicago, IL 606571706
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Barbara Linxweiler is listed in NPPES under Speech-Language Pathologist.
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NPI assigned on March 30, 2009; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 58 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:
- 92507 — Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or hearing processing disorder: 58 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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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Chicago, IL (2024, 22 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 161. Middle half: 75 to 295.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Illinois (2024, 124 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 285. Middle half: 130 to 655.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
3541 N Fremont St
Chicago, IL 606571706
What Public CMS Data Show
Speech-Language Pathologist: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
13 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 $4,289 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 $3,417 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
2009
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)
Barbara Linxweiler 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 Chicago and Illinois
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Chicago, IL (2024, 22 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 161. Middle half: 75 to 295.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Illinois (2024, 124 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 285. Middle half: 130 to 655.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Chicago, IL (2024, 22 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $12,939. Middle half: $5,954 to $24,128.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Illinois (2024, 124 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $20,519. Middle half: $9,086 to $38,866.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Chicago, IL (2024, 22 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $9,950. Middle half: $4,535 to $18,372.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Illinois (2024, 124 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $16,332. Middle half: $7,193 to $30,706.
1,753 active clinicians are listed under Speech-Language Pathologist with a practice address in Chicago, IL (10,226 in Illinois).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Chicago
0.9% of these 1,753 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
2.8% of these 1,753 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
CMS data for Medicare Part B services are available for 2024 only.
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Medicare-allowed amount
CMS data for Medicare-allowed amount are available for 2024 only.
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Paid by Medicare
CMS data for Medicare payment amount are available for 2024 only.
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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92507
Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or hearing processing disorder
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58 | 12 | $105.00 | $73.95 |
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
NUCC 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
I20240513002730
IL
7911348636
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated March 30, 2009.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to August 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Speech-Language Pathologists in Chicago
- Carrie Mcbreen, MS CCC-SLP
- Jane Hohman, CCC-SLP
- Brittany Torres
- Hollie Rutledge, MS CCC-SLP
- Alexandra Schenck, CCC-SLP
- Josephine Friedman, MS
Mailing Address
4453 N Saint Louis Ave
Chicago, IL 606255423