Dr. Andrew Blitzer , MD
Specialist โข Hackensack, NJ
20 Prospect Ave Ste 613
Hackensack, NJ 076011962
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NPI assigned on September 15, 2006; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 13,610 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- J0585 โ Injection, onabotulinumtoxina, 1 unit: 13,400 service units.
- 64617 โ Injection of chemical for paralysis of nerve muscles on side of voice box: 99 service units.
- 31579 โ Exam to assess movement of vocal cord flaps using an endoscope: 43 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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See all 6 records in the table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 19 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2018.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ by Provider and Drug, 2018. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2018:
- Metformin Hcl โ 19 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ by Provider and Drug, 2018. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See the full table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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More Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Specialist in Hackensack, NJ (2024, 13 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,329. Middle half: 893 to 5,250.
More Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Specialist in New Jersey (2024, 454 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,216. Middle half: 379 to 3,335.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 13,370 in 2020 to 13,610 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2020โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
20 Prospect Ave Ste 613
Hackensack, NJ 076011962
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
1973
What Public CMS Data Show
Specialist: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
83 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $126,956 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $99,279 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
30-day fills
27 standardized 30-day fills in 2018
CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.
What this does not show: 30-day fills
It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.
Part D drug cost
$114 in 2018
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2018, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.
It shows the total spending on drugs this clinician prescribed, not what any one patient paid.
What this does not show: Part D drug cost
A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ by Provider and Drug, 2018.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $206.48 across 5 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $206.48 across 5 records.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 4)
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC: $105.26 across 1 record.
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC: $39.75 across 2 records.
- ABBVIE INC.: $34.28 across 1 record.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
53 years (graduated 1973)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1973 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2006
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, โDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Blitzer has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Dr. Blitzer as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Hackensack and New Jersey
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Specialist in Hackensack, NJ (2024, 13 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,329. Middle half: 893 to 5,250.
More Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Specialist in New Jersey (2024, 454 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,216. Middle half: 379 to 3,335.
Medicare-allowed amount
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Specialist in Hackensack, NJ (2024, 13 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $213,186. Middle half: $83,151 to $317,254.
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Specialist in New Jersey (2024, 454 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $102,518. Middle half: $34,749 to $219,553.
Paid by Medicare
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Specialist in Hackensack, NJ (2024, 13 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $160,839. Middle half: $60,124 to $238,721.
A higher Medicare payment amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Specialist in New Jersey (2024, 454 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $77,614. Middle half: $27,413 to $166,417.
Medicare Part D
Comparisons use 2024 data. The latest CMS data for Dr. Blitzer are from 2018.
30 active clinicians are listed under Specialist with a practice address in Hackensack, NJ (1,641 in New Jersey).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Hackensack
20% of these 30 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
40% of these 30 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services varied from year to year: 13,370 in 2020 and 13,610 in 2024.
- 2020: 13,370
- 2021: 16,056.5
- 2022: 17,064
- 2023: 18,441.2
- 2024: 13,610
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 17% from $152,924 in 2020 to $126,956 in 2024.
- 2020: $152,924
- 2021: $191,733
- 2022: $200,563
- 2023: $178,871
- 2024: $126,956
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 17% from $119,711 in 2020 to $99,279 in 2024.
- 2020: $119,711
- 2021: $151,251
- 2022: $157,323
- 2023: $140,363
- 2024: $99,279
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions went from 18 in 2013 to 19 in 2018.
- 2013: 18
- 2014: 23
- 2015: 16
- 2017: 11
- 2018: 19
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30-day fills
30-day fills increased 35% from 20 in 2013 to 27 in 2018.
- 2013: 20
- 2014: 23
- 2015: 20
- 2017: 16
- 2018: 27
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost decreased 98% from $6,373 in 2013 to $114 in 2018.
- 2013: $6,373
- 2014: $411
- 2015: $154
- 2017: $49
- 2018: $114
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $47.11 in 2021 to $206.48 in 2025.
- 2021: $47.11
- 2022: $960.73
- 2023: $208.81
- 2024: $2,098.70
- 2025: $206.48
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2018), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 โ December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $206.48.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Xeomin | General | $105.26 |
| ABBVIE INC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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โ | General | $34.28 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Restrata Wound Matrix | General | $27.19 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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KEYTRUDA | General | $20.00 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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KEYTRUDA QLEX | General | $19.75 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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J0585
Injection, onabotulinumtoxina, 1 unit
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13,400 | 54 | $10.01 | $6.26 |
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64617
Injection of chemical for paralysis of nerve muscles on side of voice box
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99 | 42 | $795.45 | $247.14 |
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31579
Exam to assess movement of vocal cord flaps using an endoscope
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43 | 29 | $500.00 | $210.36 |
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99213
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
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27 | 15 | $150.00 | $99.89 |
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64612
Injection of chemical for paralysis of nerve muscles on side of face
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25 | 12 | $738.00 | $196.46 |
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99203
New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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16 | 16 | $225.00 | $121.96 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications
Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2018.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Metformin Hcl | Metformin Hcl | 19 | 810 | $114.08 | โ |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2018; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2024-01-31NUCC Taxonomy Code: 174400000X
An individual educated and trained in an applied knowledge discipline used in the performance of work at a level requiring knowledge and skills beyond or apart from that provided by a general education or liberal arts degree.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207Y00000X
An otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon provides comprehensive medical and surgical care for patients with diseases and disorders that affect the ears, nose, throat, the respiratory and upper alimentary systems and related structures of the head and neck. An otolaryngologist diagnoses and provides medical and/or surgical therapy or prevention of diseases, allergies, neoplasms, deformities, disorders and/or injuries of the ears, nose, sinuses, throat, respiratory and upper alimentary systems, face, jaws and the other head and neck systems. Head and neck oncology, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and the treatment of disorders of hearing and voice are fundamental areas of expertise.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207Y00000X
An otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon provides comprehensive medical and surgical care for patients with diseases and disorders that affect the ears, nose, throat, the respiratory and upper alimentary systems and related structures of the head and neck. An otolaryngologist diagnoses and provides medical and/or surgical therapy or prevention of diseases, allergies, neoplasms, deformities, disorders and/or injuries of the ears, nose, sinuses, throat, respiratory and upper alimentary systems, face, jaws and the other head and neck systems. Head and neck oncology, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and the treatment of disorders of hearing and voice are fundamental areas of expertise.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - OTOLARYNGOLOGY
I20231031002469
NJ
0840362505
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Dentist - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Doctor of Dental Medicine
Audiologist
Otolaryngology - Otology & Neurotology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Specialist
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Otolaryngology
BSCMBBSMPHILFRACS
Specialist
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 20 PROSPECT AVE STE 613, HACKENSACK, NJ 076011962 (Tel: 2122624444)
Registered at 20 PROSPECT AVE STE 613, HACKENSACK, NJ 076011962 (Tel: 2122629500)
Otolaryngology (license number reported to NPPES: NJ W23126514C)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 425 W 59TH ST, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 100191104 (Tel: 2122624444)
Registered at PO BOX 20988, COLUMBUS CIRCLE STATION, NEW YORK, NY 100231490 (Tel: 2122624444)
Recorded as ANDREW BLITZER, M.D.
Specialist (license number reported to NPPES: NY 120296)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Specialists in Hackensack
- Dr. Allen Sapadin, MD
- Dr. Ali Sedarat, MD
- Dr. Michael Silverstein, MD
- Dr. William Boss, MD
- Dr. Gregory Rauscher, MD
- Dr. Sarika Sharma, MD
Mailing Address
20 Prospect Ave Ste 613
Hackensack, NJ 076011962
Phone: 2122629500