Valley Eye Institute, Fresno: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1700332442
- Legal business name
- Emile Sharifi MD A Medical Corporation
- Registered trading name
- Valley Eye Institute
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology, Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Disease; Ophthalmology, Cornea and External Diseases Specialist
- Practice location
- 1680 E Herndon Ave Ste 101
Fresno, CA 93720-3384 - Phone on the record
- (559) 432-4200
- NPI issued
- September 1, 2016
- Record last updated by the practice
- October 30, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Fresno, CA
- County
- Fresno County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Emile Sharifi MD A Medical Corporation and registered Valley Eye Institute 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, Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Disease and Ophthalmology, Cornea and External Diseases Specialist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was last refreshed in October 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 12 of 73 records were updated in 2024 or later and 41 predate 2020.
For local context: Fresno holds 47 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 31 of them optometry and 16 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 93720. 36 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Csreder Md,inc in Fresno, 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 California boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
69 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Fresno metro itself there are 73, 46 of them elsewhere in Fresno. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Csreder Md,inc | Fresno | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (559) 432-4200 |
| Duane Y Nii MD Inc | Fresno | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (559) 432-2111 |
| Fogg Remington Eyecare Inc | Fresno | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (559) 449-5010 |
| Eye-Q Vision Care | Fresno | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (559) 486-2000 |
| Roger A. Hayashi O.D., Inc. | Fresno | Optometry | 0.4 mi | (559) 439-3937 |
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 Valley Eye Institute. 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 50 optometry practices on the Fresno page if you only need a prescription.