Melara, Candice
Melara, Candice was paid $98K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 92004, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient — 56% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMELARA, CANDICE
ABERDEEN, WA 98520
ABERDEEN, WA 98520
33aNPI1902916703assigned 08/30/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$98K
24GClaims4,255
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Washington
Rank by total paid#154 of 565
Median peer was paid$23K
This provider vs. median4.2×
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 | 540 | $14K | |
| 2019 | 289 | $5K | |
| 2020 | 47 | $1K | |
| 2021 | 420 | $14K | |
| 2022 | 682 | $24K | |
| 2023 | 1,201 | $23K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,076 | $17K |
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 | 56% | 971 | 938 | $54K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 17% | 473 | 447 | $17K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 8.9% | 1,162 | 1,131 | $9K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 8.4% | 824 | 795 | $8K |
| 92250 | 6.3% | 511 | 456 | $6K | |
| 92083 | 3.8% | 301 | 250 | $4K | |
| 92134 | <1% | 13 | 12 | $148.08 |
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.