Ponakala, B

Ponakala, B was paid $356K by Medicaid between Mar 2018 and Dec 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is 66984, Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis — 62% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPONAKALA, B
CHICAGO, IL 60638

33aNPI1457432742assigned 10/17/2006

33bProvider typeOphthalmology Physician

28Total paid$356K

24GClaims4,939

24DCodes billed15

24AFirst – last monthMar 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Ophthalmology Physician providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#64 of 431

Median peer was paid$34K

This provider vs. median10×

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	12	$215.52
2019	1,048	$45K
2020	487	$41K
2021	1,029	$58K
2022	753	$37K
2023	752	$137K
2024incomplete	858	$38K

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	62%	318	258	$221K
92014	Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient	14%	1,498	1,398	$51K
92012	Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient	8.1%	1,211	1,069	$29K
92004	Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient	7.6%	613	534	$27K
92133		2.4%	451	420	$8K
92250		2.3%	255	233	$8K
92340	Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal	1.1%	158	120	$4K
92015	Determination of refractive state	<1%	167	134	$2K
V2025	Deluxe frame	<1%	96	67	$2K
92136		<1%	39	37	$1K
92134		<1%	41	39	$571.47
V2103	Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens	<1%	40	16	$390.00

3 more codes

92083		<1%	13	$376.24
92020		<1%	12	$215.03
V2784	Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens	<1%	27	$125.20

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.