Melissa Cerimele , MA, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist • Mountainside, NJ
138 Knightsbridge Rd
Mountainside, NJ 070922703
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Melissa Cerimele is listed in NPPES under Speech-Language Pathologist.
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NPI assigned on July 1, 2016; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 927 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: 374 service units.
- 92526 — Treatment of swallowing and feeding disorder: 221 service units.
- 97129 — Therapy procedure for a range of mental processes: 162 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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See all 6 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in New Jersey (2024, 137 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 719. Middle half: 323 to 1,663.
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 25 in 2019 to 927 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2019–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
138 Knightsbridge Rd
Mountainside, NJ 070922703
What Public CMS Data Show
Speech-Language Pathologist: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
26 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 $46,777 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 $36,277 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
2016
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 Mountainside and New Jersey
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in New Jersey (2024, 137 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 719. Middle half: 323 to 1,663.
Too few clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Mountainside have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare-allowed amount
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in New Jersey (2024, 137 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $46,777. Middle half: $19,079 to $77,557.
Too few clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Mountainside have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Paid by Medicare
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in New Jersey (2024, 137 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $36,277. Middle half: $15,076 to $60,714.
Too few clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Mountainside have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
19 active clinicians are listed under Speech-Language Pathologist with a practice address in Mountainside, NJ (4,917 in New Jersey).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Mountainside
0% of these 19 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
10.5% of these 19 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 increased 3608% from 25 in 2019 to 927 in 2024.
- 2019: 25
- 2021: 21
- 2022: 679
- 2023: 2,091
- 2024: 927
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 1782% from $2,485 in 2019 to $46,777 in 2024.
- 2019: $2,485
- 2021: $2,218
- 2022: $28,856
- 2023: $90,853
- 2024: $46,777
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 1732% from $1,980 in 2019 to $36,277 in 2024.
- 2019: $1,980
- 2021: $1,712
- 2022: $22,644
- 2023: $71,475
- 2024: $36,277
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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374 | 15 | $43.16 | $22.67 |
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92526
Treatment of swallowing and feeding disorder
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221 | 17 | $178.25 | $91.22 |
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97129
Therapy procedure for a range of mental processes, initial 15 minutes
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162 | 15 | $45.16 | $23.76 |
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92507
Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or hearing processing disorder
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140 | 11 | $138.00 | $66.84 |
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92610
Evaluation of swallowing function
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16 | 16 | $184.00 | $92.56 |
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92523
Evaluation of speech sound production with evaluation of language comprehension and expression
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14 | 14 | $331.20 | $246.51 |
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: 2024-06-25NUCC 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.
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 138 KNIGHTSBRIDGE RD, MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ 070922703 (Tel: 0841511649)
Registered at 138 KNIGHTSBRIDGE RD, MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ 070922703 (Tel: 0841511649)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 316 UNION AVE, SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ 070761234 (Tel: 9084151164)
Registered at 316 UNION AVENUE, SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ 070761234 (Tel: 9084151164)
Recorded as MELISSA CERIMELE, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist (license number reported to NPPES: NJ 41YS00647900)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Mailing Address
138 Knightsbridge Rd
Mountainside, NJ 070922703
Phone: 0841511649