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Original Medicare doctor bills
$29,724
Medicare paid this office $29,724 for 252 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)
172
$17,699
$103
Short return visit (20+ min)
50
$4,545
$78
New patient visit (45+ min)
29
$3,396
$117
Imaging of retina
42
$1,604
$38
Imaging of optic nerve
44
$1,341
$30
Who their Medicare patients are
252 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Women 67% · Also on Medicaid 7% · Health risk score 0.83. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0.97.
The office billed $121,638, Medicare allowed $44,730 and paid $29,724; for 366 services of 11 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
252
366
77
0.83
$121,638
$29,724
2023
364
519
77
0.81
$163,772
$41,928
2022
374
518
77
0.74
$173,213
$41,509
2021
382
489
77
0.78
$171,487
$44,645
2020
253
352
76
0.79
$116,755
$29,181
2019
300
419
75
0.79
$145,061
$35,152
2018
269
393
75
0.78
$126,158
$30,328
2017
281
395
75
0.74
$130,679
$32,313
2016
223
304
76
0.78
$101,916
$23,688
2015
215
265
76
0.78
$94,480
$24,735
2014
189
245
76
0.73
$79,600
$19,758
2013
137
165
74
0.72
$57,228
$13,529
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: 7 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)
207
$21,581
$103
Short return visit (20+ min)
79
$6,967
$80
New patient visit (45+ min)
47
$5,794
$123
Imaging of retina
78
$2,882
$36
New patient visit (30+ min)
18
$1,699
$94
Imaging of optic nerve
39
$1,221
$31
Short return visit
22
$1,194
$52
2022: 9 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Established patient complete exam of visual system
153
$13,547
$89
Return visit (30+ min)
62
$7,403
$116
New patient complete exam of visual system
56
$6,704
$120
Short return visit (20+ min)
57
$5,247
$78
New patient visit (45+ min)
16
$2,041
$128
Imaging of retina
58
$2,015
$34
Imaging of optic nerve
49
$1,459
$29
Short return visit
24
$1,345
$56
New patient visit (30+ min)
14
$1,152
$82
2021: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Established patient complete exam of visual system
220
$23,302
$105
New patient complete exam of visual system
65
$7,542
$116
Short return visit (20+ min)
53
$5,786
$86
New patient visit (30+ min)
30
$2,958
$99
Imaging of retina
49
$2,122
$42
Imaging of optic nerve
22
$734
$33
2020: 7 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Established patient complete exam of visual system
165
$17,418
$105
New patient complete exam of visual system
25
$3,322
$133
Short return visit (20+ min)
31
$1,994
$59
Imaging of retina
46
$1,715
$37
New patient visit (30+ min)
16
$1,517
$95
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion
20
$1,137
$54
Imaging of optic nerve
21
$660
$30
2019: 8 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Established patient complete exam of visual system
186
$19,169
$103
New patient complete exam of visual system
57
$6,934
$122
Short return visit (20+ min)
34
$2,175
$60
Imaging of retina
44
$1,787
$39
Imaging of optic nerve
46
$1,587
$35
New patient visit (30+ min)
15
$1,191
$79
Return visit (30+ min)
11
$1,167
$90
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion
11
$607
$55
2018: 8 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Established patient complete exam of visual system
172
$18,051
$103
Short return visit (20+ min)
40
$2,357
$55
Imaging of optic nerve
50
$1,858
$36
Return visit (30+ min)
17
$1,802
$90
Imaging of retina
43
$1,727
$39
New patient complete exam of visual system
21
$1,687
$80
New patient visit (30+ min)
11
$975
$89
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion
12
$774
$64
2017: 7 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Established patient complete exam of visual system
168
$17,368
$100
New patient complete exam of visual system
43
$5,511
$128
Short return visit (20+ min)
44
$2,699
$59
Return visit (30+ min)
22
$1,971
$79
Imaging of optic nerve
43
$1,473
$33
New patient visit (30+ min)
16
$1,268
$79
Imaging of retina
28
$1,120
$39
2016: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Established patient complete exam of visual system
135
$12,496
$92
New patient complete exam of visual system
31
$2,906
$94
Return visit (30+ min)
29
$2,897
$85
Short return visit (20+ min)
28
$1,990
$62
Imaging of optic nerve
37
$1,549
$41
New patient visit (30+ min)
12
$783
$65
2015: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Established patient complete exam of visual system
132
$14,165
$107
Return visit (30+ min)
35
$3,516
$93
New patient complete exam of visual system
21
$2,657
$127
Imaging of optic nerve
22
$1,017
$44
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion
13
$801
$62
Short return visit (20+ min)
11
$649
$54
2014: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Established patient complete exam of visual system
111
$11,328
$99
Short return visit (20+ min)
54
$4,149
$59
New patient complete exam of visual system
16
$2,068
$129
Imaging of optic nerve
17
$729
$40
2013: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Established patient complete exam of visual system
90
$9,041
$99
Short return visit (20+ min)
32
$2,072
$61
New patient complete exam of visual system
14
$1,332
$95
Imaging of optic nerve
14
$696
$41
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$11,831
Pharmacies billed $11,831 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 83) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0%.
70 generic and 13 brand-name prescriptions · $11,831 in drug cost.
Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.
Largest Part D drug costs
Tobramycin-Dexamethasone
12
$995
$71
Erythromycin
34
$323
$9
Year by year
Part D prescribing by year
2024
83
50
0% (0)
16%
$11,831
2023
103
65
0% (0)
16%
$8,550
2022
114
67
0% (0)
15%
$10,494
2021
118
63
0% (0)
21%
$13,743
2020
82
45
0% (0)
28%
$9,188
2019
55
39
0% (0)
35%
$4,909
2018
64
37
0% (0)
39%
$6,795
2017
96
47
0% (0)
34%
$5,022
2016
75
48
0% (0)
37%
$5,241
2015
43
32
0% (0)
40%
$3,227
2014
58
46
0% (0)
40%
$6,000
2013
49
38
0% (0)
55%
$5,477
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.