Supplier
Gefen Optical, LLC
Gefen Optical, LLC was paid $355K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is V2784, Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens — 43% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoGEFEN OPTICAL, LLC
LAKEWOOD, NJ 08701
LAKEWOOD, NJ 08701
33aNPI1891936027assigned 03/18/2009
33bProvider typeEyewear Supplier
28Total paid$355K
24GClaims24,078
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Eyewear Supplier providers in New Jersey
Rank by total paid#5 of 70
Median peer was paid$25K
This provider vs. median14×
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 | 3,954 | $102K | |
| 2019 | 1,860 | $40K | |
| 2020 | 2,759 | $39K | |
| 2021 | 3,049 | $40K | |
| 2022 | 3,610 | $44K | |
| 2023 | 5,033 | $50K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,813 | $39K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2784 | Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens | 43% | 6,880 | 6,581 | $154K |
| V2100 | Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens | 27% | 7,954 | 7,688 | $97K |
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 27% | 8,539 | 8,234 | $96K |
| V2520 | Contact lens, hydrophilic, spherical, per lens | 1.7% | 495 | 493 | $6K |
| V2200 | Sphere, bifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d, per lens | <1% | 169 | 168 | $2K |
| V2300 | Sphere, trifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d, per lens | <1% | 16 | 15 | $93.00 |
| V2781 | Progressive lens, per lens | 0% | 25 | 25 | $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 officialBLUMENKRANTZ, ESTHER (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Howell Eye Center LLC | Howell, NJ | $91K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.