Empire Surgery Center
Empire Surgery Center was paid $1.39M by Medicaid between Jan 2019 and Oct 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 66984, Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis — 96% of everything it billed.
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93309
Next to other Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center providers in California
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 18 | $22K | |
| 2020 | 70 | $75K | |
| 2021 | 318 | $362K | |
| 2022 | 254 | $311K | |
| 2023 | 271 | $279K | |
| 2024incomplete | 310 | $341K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66984 | Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis | 96% | 1,176 | 960 | $1.33M |
| 65426 | 4.1% | 65 | 58 | $58K |
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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Ace Eyecare INC | Bakersfield, CA | $3.77M |
| Mateo Gennette Crna INC | Bakersfield, CA | $2K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.