Eckel, Stephen
Eckel, Stephen was paid $51K by Medicaid between Feb 2023 and Dec 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is S0620, Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; new patient — 76% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoECKEL, STEPHEN
MINT HILL, NC 28227
MINT HILL, NC 28227
33aNPI1437585163assigned 09/26/2013
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$51K
24GClaims1,432
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2023 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#294 of 636
Median peer was paid$41K
This provider vs. median1.2×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 533 | $20K | |
| 2024incomplete | 899 | $31K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S0620 | Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; new patient | 76% | 404 | 390 | $39K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 17% | 541 | 477 | $9K |
| 92370 | 5.6% | 475 | 461 | $3K | |
| S0621 | Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; established patient | 2.0% | 12 | 12 | $1K |
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.