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

Empire Vision Center INC was paid $545K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is V2100, Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens — 48% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoEMPIRE VISION CENTER INC
MEDFORD, NY 11763
33aNPI1982667390assigned 04/07/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$545K
24GClaims42,178
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Optometrist providers in New York

Rank by total paid#191 of 1,605
Median peer was paid$29K
This provider vs. median19×

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
20183,448$24K
20195,708$43K
20204,669$39K
20217,061$107K
20228,179$145K
20239,485$132K
2024incomplete3,628$55K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
V2100 Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens 48% 18,111 9,188 $259K
V2020 Frames, purchases 17% 10,612 10,324 $94K
92004 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient 15% 3,335 3,315 $81K
92014 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient 11% 2,658 2,648 $62K
V2200 Sphere, bifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d, per lens 6.9% 1,688 872 $37K
92250 <1% 1,240 1,226 $4K
V2784 Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens <1% 3,912 1,925 $3K
S0620 Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; new patient <1% 89 89 $2K
92340 Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal <1% 130 130 $2K
92225 0% 264 264 $0.00
V2797 Vision supply, accessory and/or service component of another hcpcs vision code 0% 15 13 $0.00
92310 0% 124 123 $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

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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.