DR Charles J Bell and Associates
DR Charles J Bell and Associates was paid $390K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is 99215, doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDR CHARLES J BELL AND ASSOCIATES
TUSKEGEE, AL 36083
TUSKEGEE, AL 36083
33aNPI1063572360assigned 12/10/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$390K
24GClaims11,890
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#60 of 346
Median peer was paid$59K
This provider vs. median6.6×
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 | 982 | $24K | |
| 2019 | 3,127 | $107K | |
| 2020 | 1,586 | $50K | |
| 2021 | 1,775 | $59K | |
| 2022 | 1,673 | $45K | |
| 2023 | 1,444 | $49K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,303 | $57K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 39% | 1,839 | 1,743 | $154K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | 26% | 945 | 860 | $103K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 12% | 3,086 | 2,855 | $48K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 7.2% | 3,610 | 3,331 | $28K |
| 92250 | 5.1% | 1,371 | 856 | $20K | |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 4.3% | 258 | 233 | $17K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 2.9% | 248 | 230 | $11K |
| 92225 | 1.1% | 253 | 229 | $4K | |
| 92226 | <1% | 240 | 225 | $4K | |
| 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 | <1% | 27 | 26 | $1K |
| 92020 | <1% | 13 | 12 | $168.84 |
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 officialBELL, CHARLES (PRESIDENT)