Ragusa, Nikola

Ragusa, Nikola was paid $427K by Medicaid between Jan 2019 and Dec 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is 92004, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient — 17% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoRAGUSA, NIKOLA
BRONX, NY 10461

33aNPI1568625192assigned 07/03/2008

33bProvider typeGlaucoma Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician

28Total paid$427K

24GClaims11,475

24DCodes billed18

24AFirst – last monthJan 2019 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Glaucoma Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician providers in New York

Rank by total paid#2 of 29

Median peer was paid$28K

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
2019	1,677	$52K
2020	785	$29K
2021	1,280	$37K
2022	327	$11K
2023	3,232	$125K
2024incomplete	4,174	$172K

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	17%	1,047	1,038	$72K
92014	Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient	14%	1,276	1,264	$61K
66984	Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis	13%	332	273	$58K
92012	Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient	11%	1,566	1,480	$45K
92250		10%	1,851	1,837	$45K
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	9.6%	714	697	$41K
92083		7.2%	1,090	1,081	$31K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	4.6%	502	493	$20K
92133		4.1%	1,021	1,013	$17K
92136		2.7%	428	417	$11K
92020		2.3%	951	935	$10K
68761		1.3%	83	61	$6K

6 more codes

99212	Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward	1.1%	217	$5K
99204	Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)	<1%	56	$4K
92134		<1%	81	$1K
76514		<1%	220	$1K
92226		<1%	15	$194.30
92202		<1%	25	$135.50

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.