Physician
Bechtel, Robert
Bechtel, Robert was paid $546K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 32% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBECHTEL, ROBERT
ALTOONA, PA 16602
ALTOONA, PA 16602
33aNPI1952374472assigned 02/08/2006
33bProvider typeOphthalmology Physician
28Total paid$546K
24GClaims13,307
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ophthalmology Physician providers in Pennsylvania
Rank by total paid#17 of 288
Median peer was paid$7K
This provider vs. median79×
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 | 53 | $1K | |
| 2019 | 13 | $335.64 | |
| 2020 | 367 | $16K | |
| 2021 | 2,702 | $107K | |
| 2022 | 3,357 | $135K | |
| 2023 | 3,614 | $150K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,201 | $136K |
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 | 32% | 3,257 | 3,244 | $172K |
| 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 | 23% | 1,352 | 1,350 | $125K |
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 20% | 1,207 | 1,187 | $112K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 18% | 2,852 | 2,788 | $97K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 6.5% | 4,588 | 4,570 | $36K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | <1% | 39 | 38 | $3K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | <1% | 12 | 12 | $596.80 |
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.