Physician

Douglas B. Babel, M.D.

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Douglas Babel, M.D. (NPI: 1285705491) practices ophthalmology in the Erie, PA market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from Erie, PA. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is ERIE RETINAL SURGERY, INC. (NPI: 1457313868; TIN: 251462552) and primary practice location at 16507-1427.

Babel's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 1,282 traditional Medicare patients, billed 17,382 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $1,223,809 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 99214 (Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more). Part D data shows 644 prescription claims across 239 beneficiaries totaling $17,708 in drug costs, led by Prednisolone Acetate (Prednisolone Acetate). No Open Payments records. You can download detailed data with all billing codes (2015-2024). For more recent data, please contact us.

Over the past 10 years, this provider's Medicare Part B carrier billing has moved up and down with repeated peaks and valleys, starting at $844,111 and ending at $1,223,809. Concurrently, Part D prescription costs have moved up and down with repeated peaks and valleys, starting at $15,425 and ending at $17,708. For DME billing, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and claim lines in the table.

Year	Patients	Clm Lines	Payment
2015	1,065	7,223	$844,111
2016	1,244	9,352	$1,048,930
2017	1,334	10,671	$1,090,214
2018	1,419	12,123	$1,258,333
2019	963	5,958	$506,449
2020	850	4,396	$426,184
2021	937	5,124	$399,430
2022	995	5,245	$498,796
2023	927	9,385	$799,550
2024	1,282	17,382	$1,223,809

Part D Events Trend

Drug cost trend, with N of patients and prescription claims in the table.

Year	Patients	Claims	Drug Cost
2015	127	295	$15,425
2016	158	374	$21,205
2017	143	392	$22,315
2018	171	452	$20,302
2019	153	483	$24,754
2020	163	533	$18,189
2021	205	571	$28,834
2022	211	642	$28,796
2023	203	571	$21,898
2024	239	644	$17,708

DME Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and DME claim records in the table.

No connected DME records

* / # = suppressed by CMS; 0 = reported zero; N/R = not reported or blank.

Top 5 Part B carrier billing codes in 2024

By total payments.

Code	Description	Patients	Clm Lines	Total Payment
99214	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	238	304	$93
92014	Established patient complete exam of visual system	927	1,074	$91
67028	Injection of drug into eye	299	820	$84
92134	Imaging of retina	613	1,073	$30
92250	Photography of the retina	804	932	$28

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

Drug	Generic	Claims	Total Day Supply	Total Drug Cost
Prednisolone Acetate	Prednisolone Acetate	171	12,178	$8,029
Latanoprost	Latanoprost	318	12,485	$2,275
Timolol Maleate	Timolol Maleate	71	6,129	$608
Dorzolamide-Timolol	Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat	11	730	$147

Top 5 DME services in 2024

No connected or detailed DME service-level records for 2024.

Open Payments Summary

No connected Open Payments records were found for this physician in General Payments, Research Payments, or Ownership / Investment Interests.

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FAQ

What Medicare data is available for Douglas B. Babel, M.D.?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Douglas B. Babel, M.D. (NPI 1285705491), including provider identity, specialty, market context, Medicare Part B activity, Part D prescribing, DME records, Open Payments where available, billing organization details, and ACO affiliation signals where available. Profile data covers 2015-2024, with current attribution based on 2025 claims where available.

Does Douglas B. Babel, M.D. have ACO affiliation data?

No ACO affiliation record is shown in the available Tedicare data for this profile.

What billing organization is linked to Douglas B. Babel, M.D.?

Douglas B. Babel, M.D. is linked to ERIE RETINAL SURGERY, INC. (billing NPI 1457313868) in the available physician profile data.

Does Douglas B. Babel, M.D. have Open Payments data?

No connected Open Payments records are shown for this physician in the available General Payments, Research Payments, or Ownership / Investment Interests data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

Yes. Tedicare provides sample physician export data and paid custom physician data exports for research, planning, outreach, and market analysis. Exports can include physician profile fields, market and specialty context, billing organization details, ACO affiliation signals where available, and Medicare utilization data.