Guarente, Augustus
Guarente, Augustus was paid $140K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Aug 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is V2020, Frames, purchases — 57% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoGUARENTE, AUGUSTUS
KINGSTON, NY 12401
KINGSTON, NY 12401
33aNPI1144312885assigned 09/29/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$140K
24GClaims2,156
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in New York
Rank by total paid#472 of 1,605
Median peer was paid$29K
This provider vs. median4.8×
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 | 389 | $21K | |
| 2019 | 307 | $24K | |
| 2020 | 243 | $20K | |
| 2021 | 296 | $22K | |
| 2022 | 335 | $19K | |
| 2023 | 396 | $22K | |
| 2024incomplete | 190 | $12K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 57% | 1,386 | 1,374 | $80K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 38% | 425 | 424 | $53K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 3.2% | 238 | 237 | $5K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 1.5% | 15 | 15 | $2K |
| V2100 | Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens | <1% | 41 | 41 | $165.00 |
| V2784 | Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens | <1% | 37 | 37 | $65.00 |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 0% | 14 | 14 | $0.00 |
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.