Branson, Lester
Branson, Lester was paid $3K by Medicaid between Jan 2020 and Sep 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 92004, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient — 48% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBRANSON, LESTER
DENTON, MD 21629
DENTON, MD 21629
33aNPI1770568677assigned 12/13/2005
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$3K
24GClaims2,273
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2020 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Maryland
Rank by total paid#270 of 345
Median peer was paid$27K
This provider vs. median0.1×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 538 | $882.82 | |
| 2021 | 622 | $1K | |
| 2022 | 442 | $671.04 | |
| 2023 | 500 | $347.69 | |
| 2024incomplete | 171 | $140.00 |
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 | 48% | 313 | 277 | $2K |
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 39% | 824 | 719 | $1K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 6.5% | 942 | 825 | $209.22 |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 4.3% | 102 | 75 | $140.00 |
| V2100 | Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens | 1.5% | 29 | 15 | $49.76 |
| V2784 | Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens | <1% | 63 | 52 | $24.00 |
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.