Polster, Phillip
Polster, Phillip was paid $50K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2020, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 92004, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient — 55% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPOLSTER, PHILLIP
PORTERVILLE, CA 93257
PORTERVILLE, CA 93257
33aNPI1528162823assigned 09/08/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$50K
24GClaims2,355
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in California
Rank by total paid#716 of 1,899
Median peer was paid$23K
This provider vs. median2.2×
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 | 668 | $12K | |
| 2019 | 1,286 | $29K | |
| 2020 | 401 | $9K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 55% | 697 | 694 | $27K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 26% | 371 | 370 | $13K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 19% | 1,287 | 1,283 | $9K |
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.