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Houston Optic, PLLC

Houston Optic, PLLC was paid $799K by Medicaid between Oct 2020 and Dec 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is S0620, Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; new patient — 30% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoHOUSTON OPTIC, PLLC
HOUSTON, TX 77025
33aNPI1558476788assigned 08/20/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$799K
24GClaims44,295
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthOct 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Optometrist providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#51 of 1,408
Median peer was paid$30K
This provider vs. median26×

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$20K$40K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20201,303$31K
20218,157$121K
202211,354$191K
202313,578$259K
2024incomplete9,903$197K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
S0620 Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; new patient 30% 7,122 6,017 $240K
V2020 Frames, purchases 24% 14,907 13,074 $192K
S0621 Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; established patient 21% 4,836 4,248 $172K
V2103 Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens 13% 7,687 6,521 $101K
V2100 Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens 5.9% 3,683 3,275 $48K
V2784 Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens 5.2% 3,955 3,649 $42K
V2025 Deluxe frame <1% 122 112 $3K
V2104 Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, 2.12 to 4.00d cylinder, per lens <1% 90 87 $1K
V2750 Anti-reflective coating, per lens <1% 168 153 $820.86
92015 Determination of refractive state <1% 232 186 $125.50
92340 Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal 0% 1,493 709 $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

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