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Christopher J Kavanagh, OD

Optometry · Milpitas

NPI 1932179959

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Plans that list them
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Office
1

Offices

1 location · Milpitas Optometric Group · 6 clinicians in this group

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Original Medicare doctor bills

$4,087

Medicare paid this office $4,087 for 27 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)17$2,056$114

Who their Medicare patients are

27 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Women 56% · Health risk score 0.83. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0.97.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 41%.

The office billed $6,797, Medicare allowed $5,797 and paid $4,087; for 54 services of 10 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

Year by year

Original Medicare by year
20242754750.83$6,797$4,087
20233145730.67$5,255$2,799
20223654730.85$6,394$3,598
20214051730.97$5,253$3,453
20203147740.76$4,663$2,440
20193657710.69$5,785$3,277
20183659761.09$6,126$3,287
20174072751.00$7,060$4,255
20164192731.04$9,035$5,376
20153784741.02$8,127$4,700
20144591740.87$8,644$5,530
20132024761.17$2,695$1,843

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

See the services billed each year

2023: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)17$1,706$100

2022: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)22$2,400$100

2021: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)14$1,159$83
Short return visit (20+ min)11$828$64
Photography of the retina11$375$34

2020: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Return visit (30+ min)18$1,317$73

2019: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Short return visit (20+ min)20$1,341$61
Photography of the retina15$565$38

2018: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Return visit (30+ min)15$1,137$76

2017: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Return visit (30+ min)16$1,427$89
Short return visit (20+ min)19$1,130$54
Photography of the retina14$903$65

2016: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Short return visit (20+ min)23$1,699$55
Photography of the retina16$988$62
Imaging of optic nerve11$458$35

2015: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Short return visit (20+ min)22$1,535$59
Return visit (30+ min)15$1,113$74

2014: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Short return visit (20+ min)28$2,233$62
Photography of the retina12$847$71

Money from drug and device companies

$413 in 2025

Industry payments by year
2025610None$413
2024415None$451
2023412None$426
2022615None$611
202149None$204
202025None$227
2019711None$229

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
Visioneering TechnologiesNone$164
1 payment
  • Meals · 2025-03-12 · $164
CooperVisionMyday Contact Lens$107
3 payments
  • Meals for Myday Contact Lens · 2025-04-30 · $28
  • Meals for Myday Contact Lens · 2025-02-26 · $45
  • Meals for Paragon Crt · 2025-01-08 · $34
Alcon VisionDailies Total1$62
3 payments
  • Meals for Dailies Total1 · 2025-11-10 · $25
  • Meals for Precision7 · 2025-09-19 · $16
  • Meals for Dailies Total1 · 2025-04-16 · $21
Johnson & Johnson Vision CareNone$32
1 payment
  • Meals · 2025-08-27 · $32
Bausch & Lomb AmericasInfuse$25
1 payment
  • Meals for Infuse · 2025-03-17 · $25
OptosNfc-700$24
1 payment
  • Entertainment for Nfc-700 · 2025-11-17 · $24
See all 10 published payments
Every published payment
OptosEntertainment · 2025-11-17Nfc-700$24
Alcon VisionMeals · 2025-11-10Dailies Total1$25
Alcon VisionMeals · 2025-09-19Precision7$16
Johnson & Johnson Vision CareMeals · 2025-08-27None$32
CooperVisionMeals · 2025-04-30Myday Contact Lens$28
Alcon VisionMeals · 2025-04-16Dailies Total1$21
Bausch & Lomb AmericasMeals · 2025-03-17Infuse$25
Visioneering TechnologiesMeals · 2025-03-12None$164
CooperVisionMeals · 2025-02-26Myday Contact Lens$45
CooperVisionMeals · 2025-01-08Paragon Crt$34
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)

2024: $451

Payments by company in 2024
Johnson & Johnson Vision CareNone$273
7 payments
  • Meals · 2024-07-31 · $28
  • Meals · 2024-07-17 · $146
  • Meals · 2024-03-27 · $14
  • Meals · 2024-03-27 · $2
  • Meals · 2024-02-21 · $30
  • Meals · 2024-02-01 · $30
  • Meals · 2024-01-11 · $23
Alcon VisionDailies Total1$134
6 payments
  • Meals for Dailies Total1 · 2024-09-04 · $12
  • Meals for Total30 · 2024-08-08 · $29
  • Meals · 2024-07-10 · $27
  • Meals · 2024-04-25 · $21
  • Meals · 2024-03-28 · $22
  • Meals for Dailies Total1 · 2024-01-17 · $23
OptosNfc-700$25
1 payment
  • Entertainment for Nfc-700 · 2024-08-14 · $25
Bausch & Lomb AmericasInfuse$19
1 payment
  • Meals for Infuse · 2024-09-18 · $19

2023: $426

Payments by company in 2023
Johnson & Johnson Vision CareAcuvue$240
4 payments
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2023-06-29 · $197
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2023-03-22 · $15
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2023-03-21 · $2
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2023-02-01 · $27
Alcon VisionTotal30$83
4 payments
  • Meals · 2023-09-21 · $23
  • Meals for Dailies Total1 · 2023-07-17 · $22
  • Meals for Dailies · 2023-04-03 · $16
  • Meals for Total30 · 2023-01-11 · $23
Bausch & Lomb AmericasInfuse$56
2 payments
  • Meals for Infuse · 2023-08-18 · $31
  • Meals for Infuse · 2023-05-15 · $25
CooperVisionMyday Contact Lens$46
2 payments
  • Meals for Myday Contact Lens · 2023-03-20 · $28
  • Meals for Onefit Contact Lens · 2023-01-30 · $17

2022: $611

Payments by company in 2022
Johnson & Johnson Vision CareAcuvue$477
9 payments
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2022-12-20 · $34
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2022-10-18 · $27
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2022-09-01 · $157
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2022-08-17 · $22
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2022-04-24 · $28
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2022-04-13 · $25
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2022-03-23 · $125
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2022-02-23 · $29
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2022-01-24 · $30
CooperVisionParagon Crt$47
2 payments
  • Meals for Myday Contact Lens · 2022-03-02 · $20
  • Meals for Paragon Crt · 2022-01-27 · $26
Visioneering TechnologiesNone$30
1 payment
  • Meals · 2022-02-09 · $30
Oyster Point PharmaTyrvaya$24
1 payment
  • Meals for Tyrvaya · 2022-05-11 · $24
Bausch & Lomb AmericasInfuse$20
1 payment
  • Meals for Infuse · 2022-02-22 · $20
Alcon VisionTotal30$13
1 payment
  • Meals for Total30 · 2022-01-19 · $13

2021: $204

Payments by company in 2021
Johnson & Johnson Vision CareAcuvue$111
4 payments
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2021-11-09 · $18
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2021-10-20 · $29
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2021-08-25 · $25
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2021-05-26 · $38
Alcon VisionTotal30$49
3 payments
  • Meals for Total30 · 2021-10-25 · $13
  • Meals · 2021-08-04 · $13
  • Meals · 2021-06-30 · $24
Visioneering TechnologiesNone$25
1 payment
  • Meals · 2021-03-17 · $25
Sun Pharmaceutical IndustriesCequa$19
1 payment
  • Meals for Cequa · 2021-05-19 · $19

2020: $227

Payments by company in 2020
Johnson & Johnson Vision CareAcuvue$200
4 payments
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2020-09-21 · $30
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2020-06-24 · $20
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2020-03-12 · $122
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2020-01-29 · $28
Alcon VisionDailies$27
1 payment
  • Meals for Dailies · 2020-01-13 · $27

2019: $229

Payments by company in 2019
Johnson & Johnson Vision CareAcuvue$110
5 payments
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2019-09-25 · $17
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2019-08-26 · $33
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2019-05-09 · $11
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2019-03-18 · $26
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2019-02-11 · $23
MeniconNone$25
1 payment
  • Meals · 2019-01-21 · $25
Plexus OptixUnity Biosync Contact Lens With Hydramist$22
1 payment
  • Meals for Unity Biosync Contact Lens With Hydramist · 2019-11-25 · $22
OptosP200dtx$22
1 payment
  • Entertainment for P200dtx · 2019-02-20 · $22
Alcon VisionDailies$21
1 payment
  • Meals for Dailies · 2019-02-25 · $21
CooperVisionMultiple Brands Contact Lens$17
1 payment
  • Meals for Multiple Brands Contact Lens · 2019-04-22 · $17
ABB Con-Cise Optical GroupContact Lens$13
1 payment
  • Meals for Contact Lens · 2019-04-15 · $13

Professional record

NPI
1932179959
Licence
CA 9674T
Trained
University of California - School of Optometry, 1991
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 152W00000X (152W00000X)
Mailing address
1301 E Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA, 95035
NPI first listed
2006-01-23
NPI last updated
2026-07-13

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.