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Steven I Bench Od, PC

Steven I Bench Od, PC was paid $680K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is V2020, Frames, purchases — 22% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSTEVEN I BENCH OD, PC
BUFFALO, NY 14213
33aNPI1174700793assigned 01/25/2008
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$680K
24GClaims22,755
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Optometrist providers in New York

Rank by total paid#145 of 1,605
Median peer was paid$29K
This provider vs. median23×

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

$0$10K$20K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20181,248$67K
20193,267$106K
20203,458$96K
20214,214$121K
20223,947$93K
20234,307$117K
2024incomplete2,314$79K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
V2020 Frames, purchases 22% 5,155 5,067 $147K
V2100 Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens 21% 4,633 2,872 $145K
92004 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient 19% 1,965 1,955 $130K
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 17% 1,301 1,291 $119K
92014 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient 10% 1,503 1,486 $69K
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 4.2% 415 394 $28K
V2200 Sphere, bifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d, per lens 3.5% 786 404 $24K
V2103 Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens <1% 276 138 $6K
92341 <1% 234 233 $5K
V2784 Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens <1% 6,333 3,157 $4K
V2203 Spherocylinder, bifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens <1% 48 27 $2K
92340 Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal <1% 53 53 $795.00
3 more codes
92015 Determination of refractive state <1% 27 $342.67
S0580 Polycarbonate lens (list this code in addition to the basic code for the lens) <1% 13 $260.00
2022F 0% 13 $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.

From NPPES

Who's on the registration

Authorized officialBENCH, STEVEN (OWNER)
Parent organizationSTEVEN I BENCH OD, PC