The University of Alabama at Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham was paid $894K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 42% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTHE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35294
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35294
33aNPI1487677811assigned 07/26/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$894K
24GClaims39,032
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#22 of 346
Median peer was paid$59K
This provider vs. median15×
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 | 7,808 | $173K | |
| 2019 | 11,371 | $237K | |
| 2020 | 4,272 | $104K | |
| 2021 | 4,411 | $104K | |
| 2022 | 5,383 | $124K | |
| 2023 | 3,971 | $104K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,816 | $48K |
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 | 42% | 6,635 | 6,192 | $379K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 16% | 1,937 | 1,795 | $141K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 14% | 7,789 | 7,368 | $129K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 12% | 13,870 | 12,862 | $109K |
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 6.8% | 2,929 | 2,714 | $61K |
| V2784 | Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens | 4.6% | 2,802 | 2,607 | $41K |
| 92065 | 1.7% | 774 | 293 | $15K | |
| S0621 | Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; established patient | <1% | 317 | 307 | $8K |
| 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% | 116 | 97 | $4K |
| V2103 | Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens | <1% | 1,282 | 1,197 | $4K |
| S0620 | Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; new patient | <1% | 70 | 69 | $2K |
| 92341 | <1% | 25 | 25 | $450.00 |
3 more codes
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 officialMORTON, MELENDI (CLINIC OPERATIONS MANAGER)