Chavez, Michaela
Chavez, Michaela was paid $41K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Jul 2023, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 92004, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient — 48% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHAVEZ, MICHAELA
SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062
SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062
33aNPI1083055750assigned 07/10/2013
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$41K
24GClaims2,308
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Jul 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in California
Rank by total paid#768 of 1,899
Median peer was paid$23K
This provider vs. median1.8×
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 | 514 | $9K | |
| 2019 | 528 | $9K | |
| 2020 | 235 | $4K | |
| 2021 | 373 | $5K | |
| 2022 | 362 | $6K | |
| 2023 | 296 | $7K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 48% | 654 | 654 | $20K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 39% | 1,494 | 1,494 | $16K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 14% | 160 | 160 | $6K |
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.