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

Empire Vision Center INC was paid $505K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2020, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is V2100, Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens — 46% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoEMPIRE VISION CENTER INC
SCHENECTADY, NY 12304
33aNPI1669435376assigned 04/11/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$505K
24GClaims18,369
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2020
Compared with peers

Next to other Optometrist providers in New York

Rank by total paid#204 of 1,605
Median peer was paid$29K
This provider vs. median17×

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$10K$20K$30K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20187,527$208K
20197,322$205K
20203,520$92K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
V2100 Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens 46% 7,069 4,208 $230K
V2020 Frames, purchases 20% 5,945 5,898 $101K
V2200 Sphere, bifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d, per lens 17% 2,177 1,249 $87K
92004 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient 9.7% 1,547 1,542 $49K
92014 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient 4.9% 625 625 $25K
S0620 Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; new patient 1.6% 215 215 $8K
V2784 Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens 1.0% 372 280 $5K
92225 <1% 419 419 $0.01

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

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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 INCSyracuse, NY$1.49M
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

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