Northwest Eye Center, 4855 Ward Rd, Wheat Ridge: NPI Registry Record
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1093447237
- Legal business name
- Eye Center of Northern Colorado, P.C.
- Registered trading name
- Northwest Eye Center
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 4855 Ward Rd
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1951 - Phone on the record
- (303) 467-0500
- NPI issued
- June 27, 2022
- Record last updated by the practice
- July 18, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
- County
- Jefferson County
- Locations under this name
- 14 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Eye Center of Northern Colorado, P.C. and registered Northwest Eye Center 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 Optometrist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 14 locations nationally are registered under the same name, so pricing and policies are likely to be set at group level rather than at this office. The entry was last refreshed in July 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 126 of 488 records were updated in 2024 or later and 183 predate 2020.
For local context: Wheat Ridge holds 12 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 6 of them optometry and 6 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 80033. 9 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Northwest Eye Center PC in Wheat Ridge, 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eye Center Optical of Northern Colorado LLC | Optometry | March 2022 |
Nearest registered practices
519 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 488, 11 of them elsewhere in Wheat Ridge. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Eye Center PC | Wheat Ridge | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (303) 467-0500 |
| Eye Center Optical of Northern Colorado LLC | Wheat Ridge | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (303) 467-0502 |
| Colorado Family Eye Center | Wheat Ridge | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (303) 456-9456 |
| Eyeglass World | Wheat Ridge | Optometry | 1.3 mi | (303) 728-0960 |
| Creekside Eyecare | Wheat Ridge | Optometry | 1.6 mi | (303) 810-4375 |
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 Northwest Eye Center. 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 382 optometry practices on the Denver-Aurora-Centennial page if you only need a prescription.