Supplier
Research Optical Service, INC.
Research Optical Service, INC. was paid $134K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is V2020, Frames, purchases — 61% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoRESEARCH OPTICAL SERVICE, INC.
KANSAS CITY, MO 64132
KANSAS CITY, MO 64132
33aNPI1003974122assigned 12/04/2006
33bProvider typeEyewear Supplier
28Total paid$134K
24GClaims5,387
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Eyewear Supplier providers in Missouri
Rank by total paid#9 of 31
Median peer was paid$22K
This provider vs. median6.2×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,208 | $21K | |
| 2019 | 350 | $9K | |
| 2020 | 192 | $5K | |
| 2021 | 546 | $14K | |
| 2022 | 978 | $22K | |
| 2023 | 1,135 | $26K | |
| 2024incomplete | 978 | $36K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 61% | 3,086 | 2,875 | $82K |
| V2203 | Spherocylinder, bifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens | 21% | 1,029 | 556 | $28K |
| V2784 | Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens | 14% | 1,008 | 507 | $18K |
| V2103 | Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens | 3.8% | 264 | 163 | $5K |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialBILLINGSLEY, JAMES (PRESIDENT)