Buck, Stephen
Buck, Stephen was paid $154K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Oct 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 32% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBUCK, STEPHEN
SUMTER, SC 29150
SUMTER, SC 29150
33aNPI1649289539assigned 08/07/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$154K
24GClaims9,255
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#91 of 425
Median peer was paid$22K
This provider vs. median7.0×
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 | 243 | $3K | |
| 2019 | 660 | $10K | |
| 2020 | 1,401 | $29K | |
| 2021 | 2,433 | $34K | |
| 2022 | 2,503 | $39K | |
| 2023 | 898 | $20K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,117 | $19K |
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 | 32% | 936 | 933 | $49K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 24% | 1,905 | 1,888 | $37K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 13% | 376 | 376 | $21K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 12% | 1,869 | 1,859 | $19K |
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 7.4% | 1,065 | 1,061 | $11K |
| V2103 | Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens | 5.9% | 1,094 | 714 | $9K |
| V2784 | Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens | 3.2% | 1,777 | 1,062 | $5K |
| V2760 | Scratch resistant coating, per lens | 1.1% | 198 | 168 | $2K |
| 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% | 18 | 14 | $698.75 |
| 92250 | <1% | 17 | 16 | $602.61 |
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.