Ghannam, Sami
Ghannam, Sami was paid $445K by Medicaid between Mar 2018 and Nov 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 35% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoGHANNAM, SAMI
LAUREL, MD 20707
LAUREL, MD 20707
33aNPI1942311774assigned 08/31/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$445K
24GClaims19,954
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthMar 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Maryland
Rank by total paid#24 of 345
Median peer was paid$27K
This provider vs. median16×
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 | $146.08 | |
| 2019 | 12 | $538.00 | |
| 2020 | 4,723 | $100K | |
| 2021 | 4,574 | $111K | |
| 2022 | 4,201 | $89K | |
| 2023 | 3,589 | $81K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,843 | $64K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 35% | 3,633 | 3,454 | $157K |
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 20% | 4,759 | 4,416 | $88K |
| V2100 | Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens | 10% | 2,610 | 2,422 | $45K |
| S0621 | Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; established patient | 8.7% | 1,962 | 1,772 | $39K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 5.8% | 567 | 560 | $26K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 5.6% | 2,039 | 1,916 | $25K |
| V2103 | Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens | 3.0% | 933 | 872 | $13K |
| V2520 | Contact lens, hydrophilic, spherical, per lens | 2.8% | 114 | 113 | $12K |
| S0620 | Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; new patient | 2.6% | 544 | 503 | $12K |
| V2784 | Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens | 2.3% | 2,004 | 1,858 | $10K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 1.6% | 485 | 399 | $7K |
| 92310 | 1.6% | 126 | 112 | $7K |
3 more codes
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.