Cargus by Brookstone, Bessemer: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1447875919
- Legal business name
- Brookstone Optical LLC
- Registered trading name
- Cargus by Brookstone
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Practice location
- 1201 Powder Plant Rd Unit 15
Bessemer, AL 35022-5247 - Phone on the record
- (205) 477-0229
- NPI issued
- June 10, 2020
- Record last updated by the practice
- July 14, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Birmingham, AL
- County
- Jefferson County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Brookstone Optical LLC and registered Cargus by Brookstone as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was last refreshed in July 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 26 of 230 records were updated in 2024 or later and 126 predate 2020.
For local context: Bessemer holds 11 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 10 of them optometry and 1 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 35022. 8 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Cargus in the Community LLC in Bessemer, 0.0 miles away.
None of this is a licensing check. CMS issues an NPI so a provider can be identified in billing transactions, and states plainly that issuance does not ensure or validate that the holder is licensed or credentialed. The Alabama boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Also registered at this address
1 other organization holds an NPI at the same street address. Shared suites and multi-specialty buildings are common, and it is worth knowing which entity you are actually booking with.
| Organization | Registered as | Record updated |
|---|---|---|
| Cargus in the Community LLC | Optometry | January 2024 |
Nearest registered practices
171 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Birmingham metro itself there are 230, 10 of them elsewhere in Bessemer. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargus in the Community LLC | Bessemer | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (205) 477-0229 |
| Eagle Vision Eye Care, Inc. | Bessemer | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (205) 424-2733 |
| Eagle Vision Optometry | Bessemer | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (205) 424-2733 |
| Bessemer Family Eye Care LLC | Bessemer | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (205) 424-2733 |
| James C Rains Jr MD PC | Bessemer | Ophthalmology | 1.5 mi | (205) 481-7840 |
Distances are straight line between registered practice locations, not driving distance. Records placed at a ZIP centroid rather than a matched street address are excluded from this comparison.
What to expect to pay at an optometry practice like this
The NPI registry holds no prices, so nothing here is a quote from Cargus by Brookstone. Based on this site's own price research, an independent optometry practice typically charges $120 to $200 for an exam without insurance, against a national average of about $136 and roughly $25 once a vision plan pays its share.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses, since that takes a visit to $150 to $370. A comprehensive exam is $100 to $250. If price is the deciding factor, the 230 practices on the Birmingham page give you the full local field to call around.