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Associates in Eye Care, INC.

Associates in Eye Care, INC. was paid $538K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 32% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoASSOCIATES IN EYE CARE, INC.
SOMERSET, KY 42501

33aNPI1649377177assigned 09/19/2006

33bProvider typeOptometrist

28Total paid$538K

24GClaims15,863

24DCodes billed14

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Optometrist providers in Kentucky

Rank by total paid#88 of 683

Median peer was paid$123K

This provider vs. median4.4×

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	71	$889.68
2019	528	$9K
2020	374	$5K
2021	1,822	$52K
2022	5,113	$178K
2023	5,508	$196K
2024incomplete	2,447	$98K

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%	3,784	3,333	$172K
92004	Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient	30%	2,094	1,935	$163K
92340	Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal	22%	2,467	2,322	$118K
92015	Determination of refractive state	10%	6,086	5,606	$56K
V2020	Frames, purchases	2.5%	646	637	$13K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	1.4%	236	186	$8K
99309	Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity	<1%	73	65	$3K
92012	Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient	<1%	317	270	$1K
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	<1%	35	29	$1K
92065		<1%	33	12	$981.30
V2103	Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens	<1%	27	25	$752.00
92370		<1%	28	26	$696.00

2 more codes

V2100	Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens	<1%	24	$602.00
V2784	Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens	<1%	13	$288.00

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 officialUPCHURCH, GARY (PRESIDENT AND AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL)

Same official

Other billing entities under UPCHURCH, GARY

Full network →

Provider	Location	Paid
Associates in Eye Care, INC.	Oneida, TN	$872K
Associates in Eye Care, INC.	Jacksboro, TN	$726K
Associates in Eye Care, INC.	Albany, KY	$598K
Associates in Eye Care, INC.	Williamsburg, KY	$441K
Associates in Eye Care, INC.	Jellico, TN	$81K
Associates in Eye Care, INC.	Whitley City, KY	$33K

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