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John Costello, O.D.

NPI 1518031798ActiveIndividual· Optometrist· Howell, NJ

Optometrist (O.D.) in Howell, New Jersey, licensed in NJ, with an NPI issued in November 2006. In 2024 Medicare paid $11,463 for 135 patients, and Part D covered 118 of their prescriptions, 75% of them generic. Abbott Laboratories was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2024, $1,699 in all, mostly travel and lodging.

Overview

NPI1518031798
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialO.D.
Sole proprietorYes
NPI issuedNov 20, 2006
Last updated in NPPESApr 9, 2008

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Optometrist Primary152W00000X27OA00518500NJ

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Optometry (NJ)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients135
Services billed210 across 9 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$11,463

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)118 · 224 30-day fills
Patients39
Total drug cost$16,790
Generic share75% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2024$1,699 · 10 payments from 2 companies

Top paying companies in 2024

CompanyAmountPayments
Abbott Laboratories$1,5909
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$108.481

What the 2024 payments were for

  • Travel and Lodging$1,421 · 8 payments
  • Food and Beverage$277.31 · 2 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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