Optometric Care Associates, Atascadero: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1336616481
- Legal business name
- Wells and Hile OD an Optometric Corporation
- Registered trading name
- Optometric Care Associates
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Practice location
- 8105 Morro Rd Ste A
Atascadero, CA 93422-3911 - Phone on the record
- (805) 466-6939
- NPI issued
- October 26, 2018
- Record last updated by the practice
- November 22, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Wells and Hile OD an Optometric Corporation and registered Optometric Care Associates as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was refreshed in November 2024, putting it among the 12 of 51 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Atascadero holds 3 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 3 of them optometry and 0 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 93422. 2 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Lens Masters of Atascadero Inc in Atascadero, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lens Masters of Atascadero Inc | Optometry | June 2016 |
Nearest registered practices
46 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles metro itself there are 51, 2 of them elsewhere in Atascadero. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lens Masters of Atascadero Inc | Atascadero | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (805) 466-6939 |
| Primary Eyecare Center an Optometric Practice | Atascadero | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (805) 466-3777 |
| San Luis Obispo Eye Associates, A Medical Group Inc | Templeton | Ophthalmology | 6.2 mi | (805) 434-5970 |
| California Retina Consultants | Templeton | Retina | 6.3 mi | (805) 434-5450 |
| Pacific Eye Surgeons, A California Professional Medical Corporation | Templeton | Ophthalmology | 6.3 mi | (805) 434-5450 |
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 Optometric Care Associates. 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 51 practices on the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles page give you the full local field to call around.