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7 of 7 plans
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
Established patient complete exam of visual system
42
$4,359
$104
Return visit (30+ min)
13
$2,139
$113
New patient complete exam of visual system
11
$1,120
$102
Photography of the retina
11
$392
$33
Who their Medicare patients are
63 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Women 52% · Health risk score 0.75. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0.97.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 24% · Coronary heart disease 17%.
The office billed $16,041, Medicare allowed $12,799 and paid $8,596; for 94 services of 8 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
63
94
77
0.75
$16,041
$8,596
2023
90
130
75
0.86
$20,236
$12,225
2022
81
131
76
0.87
$18,634
$11,329
2021
82
120
76
0.88
$17,304
$11,424
2020
58
83
75
0.83
$11,846
$6,404
2019
80
124
76
0.92
$16,749
$9,793
2018
85
123
75
0.96
$17,101
$9,464
2017
97
151
75
0.95
$20,663
$11,176
2016
79
124
75
0.80
$15,894
$9,725
2015
51
62
76
1.14
$8,177
$5,466
2014
48
61
74
0.87
$7,867
$5,670
2013
30
47
74
1.02
$5,454
$3,369
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: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Established patient complete exam of visual system
65
$6,918
$106
Return visit (30+ min)
14
$2,395
$109
New patient complete exam of visual system
13
$1,569
$121
Photography of the retina
18
$532
$30
2022: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Established patient complete exam of visual system
57
$5,992
$105
Return visit (30+ min)
16
$1,888
$99
Short return visit (20+ min)
11
$1,169
$78
Photography of the retina
24
$880
$34
2021: 3 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Established patient complete exam of visual system
63
$7,182
$114
Short return visit (20+ min)
13
$1,525
$80
Photography of the retina
13
$528
$38
2020: 2 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Established patient complete exam of visual system
42
$3,712
$88
Short return visit (20+ min)
12
$897
$64
2019: 3 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Established patient complete exam of visual system
58
$5,517
$95
Short return visit (20+ min)
21
$2,080
$67
Photography of the retina
15
$798
$47
2018: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Established patient complete exam of visual system
58
$5,500
$95
New patient complete exam of visual system
14
$1,514
$108
Short return visit (20+ min)
20
$1,055
$50
Photography of the retina
16
$737
$43
2017: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Established patient complete exam of visual system
63
$5,323
$83
New patient complete exam of visual system
24
$2,613
$109
Photography of the retina
22
$1,335
$56
Short return visit (20+ min)
17
$1,102
$55
2016: 3 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Established patient complete exam of visual system
63
$5,833
$93
Short return visit (20+ min)
17
$1,141
$57
Photography of the retina
12
$947
$73
2015: 1 service
Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Established patient complete exam of visual system
36
$3,612
$98
2014: 1 service
Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Established patient complete exam of visual system
30
$2,996
$100
2013: 1 service
Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Established patient complete exam of visual system
16
$1,454
$86
Money from drug and device companies
$32 in 2025
Industry payments by year
2025
1
1
—None
$32
2024
1
2
—None
$59
2023
2
3
—None
$72
2022
1
1
—None
$16
2021
3
3
—None
$59
2020
2
2
—None
$41
2019
1
1
—None
$12
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.