Physician
Aref, Ahmad
Aref, Ahmad was paid $893K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 29% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoAREF, AHMAD
CHICAGO, IL 60612
CHICAGO, IL 60612
33aNPI1053522540assigned 05/25/2007
33bProvider typeOphthalmology Physician
28Total paid$893K
24GClaims18,313
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ophthalmology Physician providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#33 of 431
Median peer was paid$34K
This provider vs. median26×
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 | 2,436 | $98K | |
| 2019 | 3,246 | $145K | |
| 2020 | 2,497 | $149K | |
| 2021 | 2,173 | $72K | |
| 2022 | 2,191 | $62K | |
| 2023 | 2,859 | $196K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,911 | $171K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 29% | 4,860 | 4,388 | $259K |
| 66984 | Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis | 24% | 369 | 343 | $215K |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 18% | 3,554 | 3,362 | $165K |
| 92133 | 7.8% | 2,977 | 2,594 | $70K | |
| 92250 | 5.0% | 1,565 | 1,281 | $45K | |
| 92083 | 4.4% | 1,947 | 1,655 | $39K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 2.9% | 342 | 324 | $26K |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | 2.0% | 261 | 240 | $18K |
| 92020 | 1.8% | 942 | 857 | $16K | |
| 92134 | 1.5% | 419 | 358 | $13K | |
| 92012 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient | 1.3% | 140 | 118 | $12K |
| 92136 | <1% | 265 | 197 | $5K |
5 more codes
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | <1% | 28 | $4K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | <1% | 187 | $3K |
| 92025 | <1% | 142 | $1K | |
| 76514 | <1% | 300 | $1K | |
| G2211 | Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's single, serious condition or a complex condition. (add-on code, list separately in addition to office/outpatient evaluation and management visit, new or established) | <1% | 15 | $78.11 |
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.