Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Empire Vision Center INC

Empire Vision Center INC was paid $1.49M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is V2100, Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens — 40% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoEMPIRE VISION CENTER INC
SYRACUSE, NY 13224
33aNPI1568426534assigned 04/14/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$1.49M
24GClaims77,842
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Optometrist providers in New York

Rank by total paid#50 of 1,605
Median peer was paid$29K
This provider vs. median51×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official THROWER, ALAN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$20K$40K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20186,055$150K
20197,684$210K
20206,535$167K
202110,013$257K
202213,355$211K
202318,272$234K
2024incomplete15,928$258K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
V2100 Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens 40% 28,832 16,450 $600K
92014 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient 26% 9,554 9,536 $382K
V2020 Frames, purchases 20% 20,162 19,272 $295K
V2200 Sphere, bifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d, per lens 7.8% 3,916 2,324 $116K
92004 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient 2.1% 1,111 1,100 $31K
92250 1.9% 1,020 1,019 $28K
92340 Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal <1% 1,095 1,088 $13K
V2784 Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens <1% 11,559 5,714 $11K
S0620 Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; new patient <1% 202 201 $8K
V2300 Sphere, trifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d, per lens <1% 124 110 $2K
92310 <1% 134 133 $650.00
92341 <1% 19 18 $260.00
2 more codes
92225 0% 36 $0.00
V2781 Progressive lens, per lens 0% 78 $0.00

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 officialTHROWER, ALAN (SVP)
Parent organizationEMPIRE VISION CENTER INC
Same official

Other billing entities under THROWER, ALAN

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
Empire Vision Center INCSyracuse, NY$8.20M
Empire Vision Center INCSyracuse, NY$1.82M
Empire Vision Center INCSchenectady, NY$1.74M
Empire Vision Center INCQueensbury, NY$1.42M
Empire Vision Center INCSaratoga Springs, NY$1.37M
Empire Vision Center INCAmsterdam, NY$1.22M
Empire Vision Center INCUtica, NY$1.11M
Empire Vision Center INCOswego, NY$1.05M
Empire Vision Center INCElmira, NY$1.05M
Empire Vision Center INCCortland, NY$1.02M
Empire Vision Center INCAuburn, NY$899K
Empire Vision Center INCKingston, NY$895K
Empire Vision Center INCOneonta, NY$862K
Empire Vision Center INCLatham, NY$807K
Empire Vision Center INCClifton Park, NY$726K
Empire Vision Center INCVestal, NY$697K
Empire Vision Center INCPotsdam, NY$678K
Empire Vision Center INCNew Hartford, NY$665K
Empire Vision Center INCPoughkeepsie, NY$639K
Empire Vision Center INCOneida, NY$636K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.