Dee Ann Higgins , AUDIOLOGIST
Audiologist • Kearney, NE
615 West 39th Street
Kearney, NE 688458001
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NPI assigned on October 25, 2005; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 224 Original Medicare Part B services in 2019.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2019. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2019:
- 92557 — Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test: 149 service units.
- 92567 — Test to assess middle ear function: 75 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2019. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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Medicare Part B services went from 196 in 2017 to 224 in 2019.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2017–2019.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
615 West 39th Street
Kearney, NE 688458001
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Audiologist: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $6,480 in 2019
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2019. 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, 2019.
Paid by Medicare
About $4,062 in 2019
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2019, 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, 2019.
NPI first issued
2005
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.
Compared with the same specialty in Kearney and Nebraska
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B
Comparisons use 2024 data. The latest CMS data for Dee Higgins are from 2019.
7 active clinicians are listed under Audiologist with a practice address in Kearney, NE (175 in Nebraska).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
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 increased 14% from 196 in 2017 to 224 in 2019.
- 2017: 196
- 2018: 434
- 2019: 224
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 11% from $5,849 in 2017 to $6,480 in 2019.
- 2017: $5,849
- 2018: $12,241
- 2019: $6,480
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare varied from year to year: $3,897 in 2017 and $4,062 in 2019.
- 2017: $3,897
- 2018: $8,625
- 2019: $4,062
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2019), 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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92557
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
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149 | 148 | $105.00 | $36.27 |
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92567
Test to assess middle ear function
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75 | 75 | $50.00 | $14.34 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2019; 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: 231H00000X
(1) A specialist in evaluation, habilitation and rehabilitation of those whose communication disorders center in whole or in part in hearing function. Audiologists are autonomous professionals who identify, assess, and manage disorders of the auditory, balance and other neural systems. Audiologists provide audiological (aural) rehabilitation to children and adults across the entire age span. Audiologists select, fit and dispense amplification systems such as hearing aids and related devices. (2) An audiologist is a person qualified by a master's degree in audiology, licensed by the state, where applicable, and practicing within the scope of that license. Audiologists evaluate and treat patients with impaired hearing. They plan, direct and conduct rehabilitative programs with audiotry substitutional devises (hearing aids) and other therapy.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 237600000X
An audiologist/hearing aid fitter is the professional who specializes in evaluating and treating people with hearing loss, conducts a wide variety of tests to determine the exact nature of an individual's hearing problem, presents a variety of treatment options to patients, dispenses and fits hearing aids, administers tests of balance to evaluate dizziness and provides hearing rehabilitation training. This classification should be used where individuals are licensed as "audiologist-hearing aid fitters" as opposed to states that license individuals as "audiologists".
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
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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 615 WEST 39TH STREET, KEARNEY, NE 688458001 (Tel: 3088652277)
Registered at 615 WEST 39TH STREET, KEARNEY, NE 688458001 (Tel: 3088652277)
Recorded as DEE HIGGINS, AUDIOLOGIST
Audiologist (license number reported to NPPES: NE 145)
Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter (license number reported to NPPES: NE 602)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Audiologists in Kearney
Healthcare providers in KearneyMailing Address
615 West 39th Street
Kearney, NE 688458001
Phone: 3088652277