Supplier
Howards Optical INC
Howards Optical INC was paid $79K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and May 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is V2020, Frames, purchases — 57% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHOWARDS OPTICAL INC
WICHITA, KS 67212
WICHITA, KS 67212
33aNPI1568574093assigned 08/31/2006
33bProvider typeEyewear Supplier
28Total paid$79K
24GClaims2,571
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – May 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Eyewear Supplier providers in Kansas
Rank by total paid#2 of 9
Median peer was paid$8K
This provider vs. median9.6×
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.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
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
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 364 | $8K | |
| 2019 | 440 | $14K | |
| 2020 | 355 | $10K | |
| 2021 | 281 | $8K | |
| 2022 | 466 | $15K | |
| 2023 | 398 | $14K | |
| 2024incomplete | 267 | $10K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 57% | 1,094 | 1,016 | $45K |
| V2760 | Scratch resistant coating, per lens | 21% | 1,077 | 1,001 | $16K |
| V2100 | Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens | 13% | 239 | 214 | $10K |
| V2784 | Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens | 8.6% | 161 | 139 | $7K |
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 officialNORDYKE, MARK (MANAGING DIRECTOR)