James W. Bedsole PC, Pell City: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1710159728
- Legal business name
- James W. Bedsole , Inc.
- Registered trading name
- James W. Bedsole PC
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Practice location
- 2020 Martin St S
Pell City, AL 35128-2326 - Phone on the record
- (205) 884-2020
- NPI issued
- March 31, 2008
- Record last updated by the practice
- November 9, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Birmingham, AL
- County
- St. Clair County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name James W. Bedsole , Inc. and registered James W. Bedsole PC 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 November 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 27 of 231 records were updated in 2024 or later and 126 predate 2020.
For local context: Pell City holds 3 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 3 of them optometry and 0 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 35128. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses in Pell City, 2.8 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.
Nearest registered practices
48 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 231, 2 of them elsewhere in Pell City. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses | Pell City | Optometry | 2.8 mi | (205) 473-3981 |
| Eye Health Professionals, Inc | Pell City | Optometry | 3.0 mi | (205) 338-5318 |
| Downey Eyecare | Lincoln | Optometry | 9.2 mi | (205) 763-2015 |
| Lincoln Eye Center LLC | Lincoln | Optometry | 9.2 mi | (901) 827-5925 |
| Cheaha Eye Associates PC | Talladega | Optometry | 12.9 mi | (256) 362-5800 |
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 James W. Bedsole PC, and independent optometry practices do not publish fee schedules. Customers report paying $120 to $200 at this kind of practice without insurance, which is a reported band rather than a published price. The nearest published figure is $95, the median starting fee across the 1,280 US retail optical stores that print one (30 September 2026), and Medicare pays $149.64 for a comprehensive new-patient exam (CPT 92004). Ask James W. Bedsole PC for its self-pay price.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses (the median published contact-lens fee is $129). A comprehensive exam is $80 to $120 at the middle half of stores that print a price. If price is the deciding factor, the 231 practices on the Birmingham page give you the full local field to call around.