What is Ray Van Metre's specialty?

Ray Van Metre (NPI 1881798148) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Otolaryngology in Lexington, KY.

Where does Ray Van Metre practice?

Ray Van Metre practices in Lexington, KY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1881798148.

How much does Medicare pay Ray Van Metre?

Ray Van Metre (NPI 1881798148) received approximately $86K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 666 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1881798148

Ray Van MetreMD

OtolaryngologyLexington, KYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,137

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,922

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$78K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 116 Otolaryngology providers in KY — top quintile (cohort median 890).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,618

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$92K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

5.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Ipratropium Bromide876 claims

Betamethasone Valerate154 claims

Ofloxacin73 claims

Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride69 claims

Omeprazole47 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$471

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$471

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$471

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ray Van Metre's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 11 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
New Lexington Clinic, Psc Clinical Laboratory · Lexington, KY	65	185
Tiffany Brewer Audiologist · Georgetown, KY	26	31
Kenneth Hughes Otolaryngology · Lexington, KY	23	59
SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	22	37
Keith Alexander Otolaryngology · Lexington, KY	21	63
Alberto Laureano Otolaryngology · Lexington, KY	19	55
Shailendra Chopra Diagnostic Radiology · Lexington, KY	14	26
RICE, NELSON	14	21
HOWARD, SHARON	13	35
Shardan Radmanesh Diagnostic Radiology · Huntington, WV	11	22
SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	11	62

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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