Stephanie Handal, DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY
Pediatric Optometrist · Houston, TX 77030 · NPI 1871177196
44%of Medicare
BCBSTX pays Stephanie Handal, DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY $42.66 for a 99213 — Office visit, established patient, low complexity. Medicare pays $96.33 for the same service in this locality. Commercial insurance is widely assumed to pay above Medicare.
Negotiated rates vs Medicare
| Service | BCBSTX | Medicare | % of Medicare | Among Houston pediatric optometrists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213Office visit, established patient, low complexity | $42.66 | $96.33 | 44% | above 13% of 24,819 all Houston clinicians |
| 99214Office visit, established patient, moderate complexity | $65.75 | $137.41 | 48% | above 13% of 24,759 all Houston clinicians |
Also contracted — outside this specialty’s usual billing
| Service | BCBSTX | Medicare | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70553MRI brain, with and without contrast | $252.85 | $317.92 | 80% | not typically billed by pediatric optometrists |
A payer’s file carries a rate for every code in the contract’s fee class, whether or not the clinician will ever bill it. These rows are real, and they are how the fee class shows through — but they are not evidence that Stephanie Handal, DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY performs these services, and they are kept out of the benchmark above.