Physician
Palmetto Retina Center LLC
Palmetto Retina Center LLC was paid $10.55M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is J0178, Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg — 66% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPALMETTO RETINA CENTER LLC
WEST COLUMBIA, SC 29169
WEST COLUMBIA, SC 29169
33aNPI1255322806assigned 11/02/2005
33bProvider typeOphthalmology Physician
28Total paid$10.55M
24GClaims55,006
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ophthalmology Physician providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#1 of 64
Median peer was paid$15K
This provider vs. median689×
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 | 9,777 | $1.35M | |
| 2019 | 9,370 | $1.44M | |
| 2020 | 7,535 | $1.50M | |
| 2021 | 7,484 | $1.63M | |
| 2022 | 7,284 | $1.83M | |
| 2023 | 7,044 | $1.64M | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,512 | $1.15M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J0178 | Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg | 66% | 6,548 | 5,735 | $6.94M |
| J2778 | Injection, ranibizumab, 0.1 mg | 20% | 3,948 | 2,706 | $2.14M |
| 67028 | Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent | 6.7% | 14,668 | 11,563 | $702K |
| 92134 | 2.7% | 18,502 | 16,036 | $283K | |
| 92012 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient | 2.5% | 6,977 | 5,865 | $262K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | <1% | 2,338 | 2,055 | $105K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | <1% | 693 | 428 | $51K |
| J9035 | Injection, bevacizumab, 10 mg | <1% | 549 | 503 | $32K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 449 | 387 | $13K |
| 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 | <1% | 166 | 145 | $12K |
| 99253 | <1% | 108 | 106 | $9K | |
| 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% | 29 | 27 | $2K |
1 more codes
| 92250 | <1% | 31 | $553.60 |
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 officialWELLS, JOHN (MANAGING MEMBER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| John R. Wells, D.M.D., P. S. C. | Brownsburg, IN | $853K |
| Family Empowerment Services LLC | Saint Joseph, MI | $40K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.