Merckle, Stephen
Merckle, Stephen was paid $111K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Dec 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is S0620, Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; new patient — 38% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMERCKLE, STEPHEN
ROLESVILLE, NC 27571
ROLESVILLE, NC 27571
33aNPI1780637496assigned 05/17/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$111K
24GClaims3,579
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#215 of 636
Median peer was paid$41K
This provider vs. median2.7×
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 | 374 | $10K | |
| 2019 | 411 | $9K | |
| 2020 | 193 | $3K | |
| 2021 | 477 | $9K | |
| 2022 | 230 | $7K | |
| 2023 | 357 | $16K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,537 | $56K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S0620 | Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; new patient | 38% | 572 | 437 | $42K |
| S0621 | Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; established patient | 34% | 580 | 469 | $38K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 19% | 1,073 | 1,049 | $21K |
| 92370 | 8.4% | 1,277 | 1,250 | $9K | |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | <1% | 32 | 25 | $250.11 |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | <1% | 45 | 31 | $184.40 |
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.