Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Hea Clinic PA

Hea Clinic PA was paid $3.89M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 34% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoHEA CLINIC PA
HOUSTON, TX 77025
33aNPI1467420240assigned 03/09/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$3.89M
24GClaims71,222
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Optometrist providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#3 of 1,408
Median peer was paid$30K
This provider vs. median128×

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

$0$50K$100K$150K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2018990$12K
2019480$9K
20208,789$479K
202120,519$1.19M
202217,520$937K
202314,016$813K
2024incomplete8,908$442K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
92014 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient 34% 15,251 14,620 $1.31M
92004 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient 22% 7,724 7,492 $874K
92060 14% 10,799 10,288 $535K
92012 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient 11% 6,502 6,187 $432K
99233 Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m 4.8% 2,949 1,574 $185K
92015 Determination of refractive state 4.7% 18,240 17,771 $181K
99223 Prolong inpt eval add15 m 3.9% 1,181 1,169 $151K
92201 2.7% 6,158 3,751 $103K
67311 1.7% 134 83 $66K
92134 <1% 1,491 1,421 $20K
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% 276 266 $10K
67028 Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent <1% 309 235 $9K
7 more codes
92133 <1% 54 $2K
99204 Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) <1% 14 $1K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) <1% 32 $1K
92285 <1% 39 $686.79
92083 <1% 12 $534.51
92202 <1% 26 $318.33
92226 0% 31 $0.00

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 officialMERKLE, THOMAS (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER)
Same official

Other billing entities under MERKLE, THOMAS

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
Houston Optic, PLLCHouston, TX$799K
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Hea Clinic PAPearland, TX$49K
Hea Gramercy Surgery Center, PLLCHouston, TX$28K
Hea Clinic, PALeague City, TX$4K
Houston Optic, PLLCHouston, TX$0.00
Houston Optic, PLLCHouston, TX$0.00
Houston Optic, PLLCHouston, TX$0.00
Houston Optic, PLLCKingwood, TX$0.00
Houston Optic, PLLCPasadena, TX$0.00

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.