Karalekas, Christopher
Karalekas, Christopher was paid $44K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2023, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 53% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoKARALEKAS, CHRISTOPHER
LOWELL, MA 01851
LOWELL, MA 01851
33aNPI1043212087assigned 08/10/2005
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$44K
24GClaims1,399
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#216 of 629
Median peer was paid$15K
This provider vs. median2.9×
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 | 595 | $19K | |
| 2019 | 717 | $24K | |
| 2020 | 17 | $212.67 | |
| 2021 | 27 | $326.85 | |
| 2022 | 29 | $362.79 | |
| 2023 | 14 | $175.14 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 53% | 404 | 404 | $23K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 30% | 207 | 207 | $13K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 18% | 788 | 788 | $8K |
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.