Cu Eye Center - Boulder, Boulder: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1366800856
- Legal business name
- University Physicians Incorporated
- Registered trading name
- Cu Eye Center - Boulder
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 385 Broadway St
Boulder, CO 80305 - Phone on the record
- (303) 449-3770
- NPI issued
- January 29, 2016
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 29, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Boulder, CO
- County
- Boulder County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name University Physicians Incorporated and registered Cu Eye Center - Boulder 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 August 2024, putting it among the 17 of 85 Boulder records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Boulder holds 42 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 30 of them optometry and 12 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 80305. 23 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Marilyn Dougherty MD., PC. in Boulder, 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 Colorado boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Also registered at this address
2 other organizations hold 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marilyn Dougherty MD., PC. | Ophthalmology | September 2011 |
| William A Roberts MD., PC. | Ophthalmology | August 2011 |
Nearest registered practices
323 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Boulder metro itself there are 85, 41 of them elsewhere in Boulder. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marilyn Dougherty MD., PC. | Boulder | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (303) 449-3770 |
| William A Roberts MD., PC. | Boulder | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (303) 449-3770 |
| William B Britt | Boulder | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (303) 494-4449 |
| Dr. Paula Postma, Optometrist | Boulder | Optometry | 1.7 mi | (303) 443-2020 |
| Flatirons Ophthalmology | Boulder | Ophthalmology | 2.3 mi | (303) 402-1000 |
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 Cu Eye Center - Boulder. 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 66 optometry practices on the Boulder page if you only need a prescription.