DR. Kenneth R. Braun PA
DR. Kenneth R. Braun PA was paid $308K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2023, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 50% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDR. KENNETH R. BRAUN PA
AIKEN, SC 29801
AIKEN, SC 29801
33aNPI1427220805assigned 03/26/2008
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$308K
24GClaims8,475
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#42 of 425
Median peer was paid$22K
This provider vs. median14×
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 | 1,369 | $46K | |
| 2019 | 1,136 | $38K | |
| 2020 | 1,082 | $41K | |
| 2021 | 1,961 | $73K | |
| 2022 | 2,632 | $99K | |
| 2023 | 295 | $10K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 50% | 2,001 | 1,987 | $156K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 19% | 3,041 | 3,023 | $59K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 17% | 608 | 601 | $54K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 13% | 2,825 | 2,810 | $41K |
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 officialBRAUN, HEATHER (OPTOMETRIC ASST.)