Chcio Retina Center, Chico: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1184717167
- Legal business name
- Vitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc.
- Registered trading name
- Chcio Retina Center
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist (207WX0107X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 2460 Beacon St
Chico, CA 95928-9224 - Phone on the record
- (530) 899-2251
- NPI issued
- October 2, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- October 6, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Chico, CA
- County
- Butte County
- Locations under this name
- 17 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Vitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc. and registered Chcio Retina Center as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. Beyond the primary code the record carries Ophthalmology, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 17 locations nationally are registered under the same name, so pricing and policies are likely to be set at group level rather than at this office. The entry was last refreshed in October 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 3 of 28 records were updated in 2024 or later and 15 predate 2020.
For local context: Chico holds 15 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 7 of them optometry and 8 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 95928. 6 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Ridge Eye Care Inc in Chico, 0.1 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 California boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
29 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Chico metro itself there are 28, 14 of them elsewhere in Chico. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Eye Care Inc | Chico | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (530) 891-1900 |
| Firstsigjt Vision Services, Inc. | Chico | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (530) 899-8175 |
| Chico Vision Care Optometry Group | Chico | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (530) 342-9644 |
| Chico Vision Care | Chico | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (530) 342-9644 |
| Eye Life Institute | Chico | Ophthalmology | 0.9 mi | (530) 892-2020 |
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 ophthalmology practice like this
The NPI registry holds no prices, so nothing here is a quote from Chcio Retina Center. Based on this site's own price research, an ophthalmology practice typically charges $150 to $300 or more for an exam without insurance, against a national average of about $136 and roughly $25 once a vision plan pays its share.
Ophthalmology visits are usually medical rather than routine, which changes who pays: medical insurance and Medicare Part B cover a medically necessary exam, while a routine refraction for glasses is normally not covered. Ask whether the visit will be billed as medical or routine before you book, and compare with the 13 optometry practices on the Chico page if you only need a prescription.