Blaydes, Stephen

Blaydes, Stephen was paid $376K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is 66984, Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis — 55% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoBLAYDES, STEPHEN
BLUEFIELD, WV 24701

33aNPI1437181054assigned 07/06/2006

33bProvider typeOphthalmology Physician

28Total paid$376K

24GClaims7,642

24DCodes billed12

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Ophthalmology Physician providers in West Virginia

Rank by total paid#5 of 27

Median peer was paid$73K

This provider vs. median5.2×

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	795	$64K
2019	1,349	$112K
2020	1,307	$52K
2021	756	$24K
2022	800	$19K
2023	1,700	$56K
2024incomplete	935	$49K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
66984	Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis	55%	1,785	694	$205K
92004	Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient	17%	1,249	1,073	$65K
92012	Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient	9.7%	1,331	1,114	$37K
92136		8.9%	1,464	932	$33K
92014	Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient	6.2%	696	629	$23K
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%	70	67	$3K
92015	Determination of refractive state	<1%	798	691	$2K
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%	33	31	$2K
92134		<1%	111	102	$2K
99212	Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward	<1%	49	48	$1K
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%	44	39	$1K
99203	Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity	<1%	12	12	$929.12

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.