Physician
Makdessian, Ara
Makdessian, Ara was paid $3.40M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is 95165, Professional services for the supervision of preparation and provision of antigens for allergen immunotherapy, multiple dose vials — 23% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMAKDESSIAN, ARA
WINCHESTER, KY 40391
WINCHESTER, KY 40391
33aNPI1598752248assigned 09/27/2005
33bProvider typeOtolaryngology Physician
28Total paid$3.40M
24GClaims61,085
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Otolaryngology Physician providers in Kentucky
Rank by total paid#1 of 17
Median peer was paid$37K
This provider vs. median91×
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 | 9,986 | $522K | |
| 2019 | 10,630 | $551K | |
| 2020 | 8,864 | $460K | |
| 2021 | 9,365 | $443K | |
| 2022 | 8,366 | $494K | |
| 2023 | 8,357 | $521K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,517 | $407K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95165 | Professional services for the supervision of preparation and provision of antigens for allergen immunotherapy, multiple dose vials | 23% | 6,003 | 5,567 | $793K |
| 95004 | Percutaneous tests with allergenic extracts, immediate type reaction | 19% | 3,469 | 3,164 | $655K |
| 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 | 13% | 8,178 | 7,373 | $439K |
| 99243 | 10% | 4,285 | 4,015 | $355K | |
| 95024 | 7.8% | 2,853 | 2,590 | $265K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 7.2% | 7,097 | 6,342 | $245K |
| 95117 | 4.7% | 14,927 | 6,191 | $160K | |
| 69436 | Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), general anesthesia | 3.2% | 719 | 658 | $110K |
| 92557 | 2.8% | 3,252 | 2,992 | $95K | |
| 92587 | 1.8% | 1,597 | 1,514 | $63K | |
| 92567 | 1.5% | 3,940 | 3,650 | $52K | |
| 31231 | 1.5% | 1,002 | 854 | $51K |
12 more codes
| 42820 | Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy; younger than age 12 | <1% | 177 | $32K |
| 31575 | <1% | 866 | $30K | |
| 95115 | <1% | 1,790 | $18K | |
| 99244 | Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity | <1% | 120 | $15K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | <1% | 223 | $10K |
| 92579 | <1% | 157 | $3K | |
| 92555 | <1% | 232 | $2K | |
| 94060 | <1% | 50 | $2K | |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) | <1% | 48 | $1K |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | <1% | 54 | $688.76 |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 15 | $453.48 |
| 92552 | <1% | 31 | $335.28 |
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.