Joe D Hester MD PA

Joe D Hester MD PA was paid $20K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Aug 2023, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 65% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoJOE D HESTER MD PA
MAGNOLIA, AR 71753

33aNPI1992813554assigned 08/25/2006

33bProvider typeOphthalmology Physician

28Total paid$20K

24GClaims647

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Aug 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Ophthalmology Physician providers in Arkansas

Rank by total paid#25 of 51

Median peer was paid$20K

This provider vs. median1.0×

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	220	$6K
2019	230	$6K
2020	48	$2K
2021	31	$1K
2022	89	$4K
2023	29	$1K

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	65%	396	377	$13K
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	27%	206	184	$5K
92004	Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient	7.1%	30	25	$1K
92134		<1%	15	15	$187.43

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.

From NPPES

Who's on the registration

Authorized officialHESTER, JOE (PRESIDENT)