Ridge Eye Care Inc, Chico: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1699078030
- Legal business name
- Ridge Eye Care Inc
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 1700 Bruce Rd
Chico, CA 95928-7941 - Phone on the record
- (530) 891-1900
- NPI issued
- December 7, 2010
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 2, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Chico, CA
- County
- Butte County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was last refreshed in September 2022. 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. 10 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Chcio Retina Center 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chcio Retina Center | Chico | Retina | 0.1 mi | (530) 899-2251 |
| Firstsigjt Vision Services, Inc. | Chico | Optometry | 0.9 mi | (530) 899-8175 |
| Chico Vision Care Optometry Group | Chico | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (530) 342-9644 |
| Chico Vision Care | Chico | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (530) 342-9644 |
| Eye Life Institute | Chico | Ophthalmology | 1.1 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 Ridge Eye Care Inc, and ophthalmology practices do not publish fee schedules. Customers report paying $150 to $300 or more 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 Ridge Eye Care Inc for its self-pay price.
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.