Wichter, Melvin

Wichter, Melvin was paid $29K by Medicaid between Oct 2018 and Oct 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 46% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWICHTER, MELVIN
PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463

33aNPI1871503623assigned 08/08/2006

33bProvider typeNeurology Physician

28Total paid$29K

24GClaims705

24DCodes billed6

24AFirst – last monthOct 2018 – Oct 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Neurology Physician providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#157 of 371

Median peer was paid$18K

This provider vs. median1.6×

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	12	$207.00
2019	78	$2K
2020	85	$3K
2021	40	$1K
2022	25	$955.31
2023	293	$11K
2024incomplete	172	$9K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
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	46%	236	224	$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	32%	280	264	$9K
99203	Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity	12%	85	85	$3K
99223	Prolong inpt eval add15 m	8.2%	58	57	$2K
99232	Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity	1.1%	32	26	$323.70
99212	Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward	<1%	14	13	$275.15

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.