Fante Eye and Face Centre, Denver: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1174702575
- Legal business name
- Robert G. Fante MD, PC
- Registered trading name
- Fante Eye and Face Centre
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 4500 Cherry Creek Dr. S., Suite 550
Denver, CO 80246-1524 - Phone on the record
- (303) 839-1616
- NPI issued
- November 1, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- April 25, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
- County
- Arapahoe County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Robert G. Fante MD, PC and registered Fante Eye and Face Centre as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was last refreshed in April 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 131 of 491 records were updated in 2024 or later and 182 predate 2020.
For local context: Denver holds 122 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 83 of them optometry and 39 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 80246. 29 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Denver Retina Center PC in Denver, 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.
Nearest registered practices
508 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro itself there are 491, 121 of them elsewhere in Denver. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Retina Center PC | Denver | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (303) 220-0393 |
| Colorado Oculofacial Plastic Surgery | Denver | Oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery | 0.2 mi | (303) 839-1616 |
| Dr. George Goodman, Inc. | Denver | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (303) 607-0174 |
| Rocky Mountain Uveitis, LLC | Denver | Uveitis and ocular inflammatory disease | 0.3 mi | (303) 261-1600 |
| Ophthalmic Consultants of Colorado, Prof. LLC. | Denver | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (303) 780-7377 |
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 Fante Eye and Face Centre, 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 Fante Eye and Face Centre 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 385 optometry practices on the Denver-Aurora-Centennial page if you only need a prescription.