Kang, Sam
Kang, Sam was paid $702K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99204, doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) — 36% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoKANG, SAM
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52404
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52404
33aNPI1922088038assigned 01/17/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$702K
24GClaims9,203
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#4 of 521
Median peer was paid$28K
This provider vs. median25×
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 | 1,163 | $106K | |
| 2019 | 1,135 | $95K | |
| 2020 | 1,136 | $98K | |
| 2021 | 1,368 | $107K | |
| 2022 | 1,461 | $109K | |
| 2023 | 1,635 | $103K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,305 | $83K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | 36% | 2,201 | 2,185 | $253K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 25% | 2,943 | 2,928 | $173K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 23% | 1,900 | 1,892 | $164K |
| 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 | 12% | 1,277 | 1,234 | $84K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 2.1% | 188 | 188 | $15K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 1.3% | 598 | 596 | $9K |
| 92250 | <1% | 69 | 68 | $3K | |
| 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% | 27 | 25 | $1K |
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.