Treatment Tracker

The Doctors and Services in Medicare Part B

This database was last updated in December 2017. It should only be used as a historical snapshot. More recent data is available via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ lookup tool.

How This Provider Compares

This Provider

Avg in State & Specialty

Providers in this state and specialty were reimbursed, on average, $444 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 4 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.

Number of
Patients
670
Rank: 149th
out of 244 providers in this state & specialty
Services
Performed
12,855
Rank: 7th
out of 244 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Services
Per Patient
19.2 This Provider is in the top 10%
Avg 4.1
Total Paid
by Medicare
$2.77M
Rank: 2nd
out of 244 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Paid
Per Patient
$4,139 This Provider is in the top 10%
Avg $444

Note: About 77% of this provider’s Medicare payments were for drugs administered in his office.
This is intended to reimburse the provider for purchasing the drugs, plus an additional percentage for overhead.

How This Provider’s Patients Compare

Doctors often say their patients are sicker or more complex than those of their peers. The measure displayed below, used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, takes into account patients’ characteristics to estimate whether they are expected to have above-average Medicare spending. It considers patients’ age, sex, diagnoses from the past year and other factors. This provider’s score below takes into account all of his Part B patients.

This Provider's Patients
Expected to have lower spending
Expected to have higher spending

This Provider's Services

This provider performed 34 different services in 2015
(17 were redacted as they were performed on less than 11 patients)

All Services

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Drug Services
Medical Services
CATEGORY
Description of Service
Times Performed (or Units) This Service's Rank Patients Unique Visits
Per Patient
Billed to Medicare Payments from Medicare
medical
EYE

Injection of drug into eye

Service Code: 67028
Performed in an office
3,168
times performed,
25% of his services

1st 4th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

352
patients got this service, 53% of his patients
9
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 4.2)
$2,059,200.00an average of $650.00 per time performed $227,810.88
an average of $71.91 per time performed
medical
MEDICINE

Diagnostic imaging of retina

Service Code: 92134
Performed in an office
3,032
times performed,
24% of his services

2nd 3rd

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

546
patients got this service, 81% of his patients
5.6
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2.2)
$212,240.00an average of $70.00 per time performed $96,599.52
an average of $31.86 per time performed
drug

Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg

Service Code: J0178
Performed in an office
2,767
times performed,
22% of his services

3rd 12th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

156
patients got this service, 23% of his patients
8.9
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 4.1)
$3,182,050.00an average of $1,150.00 per time performed $2,126,467.17
an average of $768.51 per time performed
medical
DRUGS

Unclassified biologics

Service Code: J3590
Performed in an office
1,688
times performed,
13% of his services

4th 9th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

214
patients got this service, 32% of his patients
7.9
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 3.6)
$112,944.08an average of $66.91 per time performed $66,270.88
an average of $39.26 per time performed
medical
MEDICINE

Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, ... +

Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, established patient ×

Service Code: 92012
Performed in an office
1,521
times performed,
12% of his services

5th 8th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

486
patients got this service, 73% of his patients
3.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$155,142.00an average of $102.00 per time performed $91,183.95
an average of $59.95 per time performed
medical
MEDICINE

Examination of retinal blood vessels by ophthalmoscope

Service Code: 92235
Performed in an office
147
times performed,
1% of his services

6th 23rd

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

84
patients got this service, 13% of his patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$42,559.44an average of $289.52 per time performed $11,682.09
an average of $79.47 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typ... +

Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes ×

Service Code: 99214
Performed in an office
90
times performed,
0.7% of his services

7th 7th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

77
patients got this service, 11% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$15,120.00an average of $168.00 per time performed $6,857.10
an average of $76.19 per time performed
medical
ANESTHESIA

Anesthesia for retinal surgery

Service Code: 00145
Performed in a facility
89
times performed,
0.69% of his services

8th Alert

most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in IN perform this service

80
patients got this service, 12% of his patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
$65,754.98an average of $738.82 per time performed $12,088.87
an average of $135.83 per time performed
drug
DRUGS

Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specif... +

Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg ×

Service Code: J3301
Performed in an office
49
times performed,
0.38% of his services

9th 48th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

17
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
2.9
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.7)
$1,960.00an average of $40.00 per time performed $66.64
an average of $1.36 per time performed
medical
EYE

Removal of membrane from the retina

Service Code: 67041
Performed in a facility
39
times performed,
0.3% of his services

10th 89th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

38
patients got this service, 6% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$158,145.00an average of $4,055.00 per time performed $33,986.16
an average of $871.44 per time performed
medical
EYE

Laser destruction of retinal growth, 1 or more sessions

Service Code: 67210
Performed in an office
31
times performed,
0.24% of his services

11th 50th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

21
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1.5
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$69,836.80an average of $2,252.80 per time performed $11,862.15
an average of $382.65 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 4... +

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes ×

Service Code: 99204
Performed in an office
25
times performed,
0.19% of his services

12th 13th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

25
patients got this service, 4% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$5,650.00an average of $226.00 per time performed $3,088.00
an average of $123.52 per time performed
medical
EYE

Removal of eye fluid (vitreous) between the lens and retina +

Removal of eye fluid (vitreous) between the lens and retina ×

Service Code: 67036
Performed in a facility
20
times performed,
0.16% of his services

13th 86th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

19
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$23,082.60an average of $1,154.13 per time performed $13,372.60
an average of $668.63 per time performed
medical
EYE

Removal of membrane from the retina, pars plana approach +

Removal of membrane from the retina, pars plana approach ×

Service Code: 67042
Performed in a facility
19
times performed,
0.15% of his services

14th 90th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

19
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$97,080.50an average of $5,109.50 per time performed $16,039.99
an average of $844.21 per time performed
medical
EYE

Laser destruction of eye fluid (vitreous) between the len... +

Laser destruction of eye fluid (vitreous) between the lens and retina ×

Service Code: 67040
Performed in a facility
19
times performed,
0.15% of his services

15th Alert

most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in IN perform this service

18
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
$104,688.10an average of $5,509.90 per time performed $13,919.78
an average of $732.62 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 3... +

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes ×

Service Code: 99203
Performed in an office
18
times performed,
0.14% of his services

16th 25th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

18
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$2,862.00an average of $159.00 per time performed $1,349.82
an average of $74.99 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typ... +

Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes ×

Service Code: 99213
Performed in an office
16
times performed,
0.12% of his services

17th 1st

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

11
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1.5
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.5)
$1,632.00an average of $102.00 per time performed $711.36
an average of $44.46 per time performed

Office Visits

Medicare reimburses office visits using a five-point scale, with five being the most intensive and costly. The chart below shows what percentage of this provider’s office visits were reimbursed at each level. A higher than average proportion of costly visits is not necessarily an indication of a problem, but it may be worth asking about.

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This provider did not bill Medicare for any 5’s.

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Average for Ophthalmology Providers in Indiana

Notes: Medicare redacted this data for any services provided to fewer than 11 patients. The contact information listed above is the most current we have for this provider. The services listed on this page may have been delivered at a previous address or as part of a different practice.

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Sources: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, American Medical Association

Services that begin with a letter come from CMS. All other codes and descriptions of the medical procedures are from the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set, copyright 2015 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Where practical, AMA’s consumer friendly translation of the CPT descriptor was used. ProPublica has received permission from the AMA to use these codes on this site.

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