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Optum Medical Care of New Jersey PC

Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies·Secaucus, NJ·NPI: 1578665048SharePrint Report

Red Flags Explained

Each flag represents a statistical test that identified unusual billing patterns. Here's what each flag on this provider means in plain English:

Rate Outlier

Rate Outlier means this provider charges above the 90th percentile for multiple different procedure codes simultaneously. While one high-cost code could reflect specialization, consistently high rates across many codes may indicate systematic overbilling.

These flags are statistical indicators only. Many flagged providers have legitimate explanations for their billing patterns. Learn more about our methodology.

Risk Assessment

Bills $147.71 per claim for 93970 (Duplex scan of extremity veins, complete, bilateral) — 3.4× the national median of $43.07.

Bills $22.22 per claim for 90461 (Immunization admin, additional vaccine, counseling) — 3.2× the national median of $6.93.

Billing above the 90th percentile for 2 procedure codes simultaneously.

This is a statistical summary, not an accusation. See our methodology.

Compared to Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies Peers

Total spending distribution among 35 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $218.8M is at the 50th percentile among 35 Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies providers.

Active Billing Period:2018-012024-12(84 months)
Sharp billing drop in final month

Total Paid

$218.8M

$218,818,427

Total Claims

4.3M

Beneficiaries

3.9M

1.1 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$51

#392 of 618K providers by total spending(top <0.1%)

🔍 Analysis

Provider Overview

Optum Medical Care of New Jersey PC is a Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies provider based in Secaucus, NJ. From the 2018–2024 period, this provider received $218.8M in Medicaid payments across 4.3M claims.

Why This Matters

This provider received $218.8M in taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments — enough to fund healthcare for approximately 27,352 Medicaid beneficiaries for a full year at average per-enrollee costs.

10% growthsince first billing year

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$22.2M
+2%
2019
$22.7M
+34%
2020
$30.4M
+29%
2021
$39.4M
+9%
2022
$42.8M
-13%
2023
$37.0M
-34%
2024
$24.4M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 30 distinct procedure codes. The top code (99214 (Office/outpatient visit, est. patient, mod-high complexity)) accounts for 30% of total spending.

99214Top 25%

Office/outpatient visit, est. patient, mod-high complexity

$65.2M

810K claims · 29.8%

Your Cost: $80.51/claim|Median: $53.41
1.5× median
99213Top 25%

Office/outpatient visit, est. patient, low-mod complexity

$54.1M

919K claims · 24.7%

Your Cost: $58.87/claim|Median: $37.81
1.6× median
99204Top 25%

Office/outpatient visit, new patient, mod-high complexity

$6.1M

48K claims · 2.8%

Your Cost: $128.12/claim|Median: $84.03
1.5× median
90460Normal range

Immunization administration, first vaccine/toxoid, with counseling

$5.8M

216K claims · 2.6%

Your Cost: $26.67/claim|Median: $17.85
1.5× median
99393Top 25%

Preventive medicine, established patient, age 5-11

$4.9M

51K claims · 2.3%

Your Cost: $96.79/claim|Median: $74.82
1.3× median
87635Normal range

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 amplified probe detection

$4.7M

110K claims · 2.2%

Your Cost: $42.97/claim|Median: $39.70
1.1× median
99392Top 25%

Preventive medicine, established patient, age 1-4

$4.5M

46K claims · 2.0%

Your Cost: $96.66/claim|Median: $75.18
1.3× median
93306Top 25%

Echocardiography, transthoracic, complete, with Doppler

$4.1M

26K claims · 1.9%

Your Cost: $158.31/claim|Median: $54.68
2.9× median
99203Top 25%

Office/outpatient visit, new patient, low-mod complexity

$3.7M

43K claims · 1.7%

Your Cost: $86.28/claim|Median: $57.85
1.5× median
99394Top 25%

Preventive medicine, established patient, age 12-17

$3.6M

35K claims · 1.7%

Your Cost: $104.98/claim|Median: $80.15
1.3× median
99391Top 25%

Preventive medicine, established patient, infant (under 1)

$2.8M

32K claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $88.08/claim|Median: $69.35
1.3× median
L3000Normal range

Foot insert, removable, molded to patient model

$2.6M

12K claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $208.25/claim|Median: $205.41
1.0× median
99395Top 25%

Preventive medicine, established patient, age 18-39

$2.5M

24K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $102.07/claim|Median: $72.71
1.4× median
99396Top 25%

Preventive medicine, established patient, age 40-64

$2.4M

23K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $107.12/claim|Median: $76.06
1.4× median
87880Normal range

Streptococcus, Group A, rapid antigen detection

$2.4M

224K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $10.71/claim|Median: $11.48
0.9× median
99212Normal range

Office/outpatient visit, low complexity

$2.4M

65K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $36.68/claim|Median: $25.06
1.5× median
43239Top 25%

Upper GI endoscopy with biopsy

$2.4M

9K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $278.39/claim|Median: $151.68
1.8× median
95810Top 25%

Polysomnography, sleep study, 6+ hours

$2.1M

4K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $557.96/claim|Median: $233.73
2.4× median
99244Top 25%

Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate complexity

$2.1M

13K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $165.25/claim|Median: $121.58
1.4× median
78452Top 25%

Myocardial perfusion imaging, SPECT, multiple studies

$2.0M

7K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $304.10/claim|Median: $106.14
2.9× median
92552Top 10%

Pure tone audiometry, air only, each ear

$1.7M

60K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $28.82/claim|Median: $12.63
2.3× median
87804Normal range

Influenza virus detection, rapid test

$1.7M

123K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $13.43/claim|Median: $12.59
1.1× median
90792Top 10%

Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services

$1.6M

6K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $254.54/claim|Median: $108.91
2.3× median
45380Normal range

Colonoscopy with biopsy

$1.5M

5K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $287.97/claim|Median: $200.68
1.4× median
93970Top 25%

Duplex scan of extremity veins, complete, bilateral

$1.3M

9K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $147.71/claim|Median: $43.07
3.4× median
90461Top 25%

Immunization admin, additional vaccine, counseling

$1.2M

55K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $22.22/claim|Median: $6.93
3.2× median
99232Normal range

Subsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity

$1.0M

36K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $28.99/claim|Median: $23.99
1.2× median
90832Top 25%

Psychotherapy, 30 minutes

$953K

16K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $59.13/claim|Median: $41.28
1.4× median
99243Top 25%

Office or other outpatient consultation, low complexity

$905K

8K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $109.87/claim|Median: $82.43
1.3× median
99215Normal range

Office/outpatient visit, high complexity

$872K

9K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $94.03/claim|Median: $74.09
1.3× median