A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Polhemus’s office at (408) 377-2020 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Largest Original Medicare bills
Short return visit (20+ min)
37
$3,238
$70
Photography of the retina
12
$427
$36
Procedures Medicare counted
Procedure volume Medicare published
Cataract surgery
1-10
—None
Who their Medicare patients are
45 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Women 60% · Health risk score 0.82. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0.97.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 62%.
The office billed $13,932, Medicare allowed $7,472 and paid $5,241; for 80 services of 9 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
Original Medicare by year
2024
45
80
75
0.82
$13,932
$5,241
2023
63
121
74
0.75
$21,043
$7,276
2022
29
51
75
0.86
$8,745
$3,262
2021
33
67
74
0.81
$11,238
$4,225
2020
37
60
75
0.86
$9,470
$3,131
2019
39
57
75
0.96
$9,102
$3,057
2018
37
59
73
0.96
$10,434
$2,749
2017
35
55
73
0.90
$8,983
$2,819
2016
44
85
74
0.94
$12,377
$4,634
2015
17
36
73
0.96
$5,428
$1,867
2014
17
51
73
0.84
$7,519
$2,550
2013
38
94
73
0.80
$12,992
$5,408
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 3 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Short return visit (20+ min)
42
$3,811
$69
New patient visit (30+ min)
18
$1,423
$79
Photography of the retina
25
$774
$31
2022: 1 service
Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)
23
$2,012
$67
2021: 2 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)
23
$2,435
$70
Photography of the retina
13
$459
$35
2020: 1 service
Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)
27
$1,923
$52
2019: 1 service
Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Short return visit (20+ min)
30
$2,009
$53
2018: 2 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Short return visit (20+ min)
25
$1,322
$46
Photography of the retina
13
$471
$36
2017: 2 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Short return visit (20+ min)
25
$1,345
$48
Photography of the retina
11
$654
$59
2016: 2 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Short return visit (20+ min)
27
$1,715
$50
Photography of the retina
11
$840
$70
2014: 1 service
Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Short return visit (20+ min)
12
$1,117
$53
2013: 3 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Short return visit (20+ min)
15
$1,549
$65
Photography of the retina
17
$1,304
$69
Short return visit
15
$819
$39
Money from drug and device companies
$293 in 2025
Industry payments by year
2025
2
8
—None
$293
2024
3
6
—None
$148
2023
2
5
—None
$801
2022
3
5
—None
$216
2021
3
4
—None
$79
2020
2
2
—None
$38
2019
1
2
—None
$38
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.