Physician
Eyes of the Southwest, PC
Eyes of the Southwest, PC was paid $466K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is 92004, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient — 54% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoEYES OF THE SOUTHWEST, PC
LAS CRUCES, NM 88011
LAS CRUCES, NM 88011
33aNPI1780853549assigned 02/26/2008
33bProvider typeOphthalmology Physician
28Total paid$466K
24GClaims7,247
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ophthalmology Physician providers in New Mexico
Rank by total paid#9 of 15
Median peer was paid$511K
This provider vs. median0.9×
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 | 1,199 | $97K | |
| 2019 | 1,887 | $109K | |
| 2020 | 1,838 | $95K | |
| 2021 | 946 | $59K | |
| 2022 | 485 | $18K | |
| 2023 | 313 | $27K | |
| 2024incomplete | 579 | $59K |
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 | 54% | 2,566 | 2,526 | $251K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 28% | 2,094 | 2,039 | $130K |
| 92250 | 9.4% | 913 | 894 | $44K | |
| 92012 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient | 5.3% | 412 | 383 | $25K |
| 66984 | Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis | 1.1% | 28 | 24 | $5K |
| 92136 | <1% | 118 | 108 | $4K | |
| 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% | 59 | 56 | $2K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | <1% | 915 | 914 | $2K |
| 99072 | <1% | 116 | 111 | $2K | |
| 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% | 13 | 13 | $800.55 |
| 92133 | <1% | 13 | 13 | $356.84 |
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 officialHERNANDEZ, EDWARD (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Centro Obstetrico Area Sur Este | Guayama, PR | $451K |
| Edward P. & Diane M. Hernandez | La Puente, CA | $310K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.