Children's Optical, Fort Collins: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1295435881
- Legal business name
- Children's Optical of Northern Colorado LLC
- Registered trading name
- Children's Optical
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist (207WX0110X)
- Practice location
- 2121 E Harmony Rd Unit 350A
Fort Collins, CO 80528-3404 - Phone on the record
- (970) 214-8175
- NPI issued
- March 3, 2023
- Record last updated by the practice
- March 3, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
- County
- Larimer County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Children's Optical of Northern Colorado LLC and registered Children's Optical 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 March 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 14 of 88 records were updated in 2024 or later and 42 predate 2020.
For local context: Fort Collins holds 48 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 37 of them optometry and 11 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 80528. 40 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Eye and Laser Center of Fort Collins in Fort Collins, 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
146 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Fort Collins-Loveland metro itself there are 88, 47 of them elsewhere in Fort Collins. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eye and Laser Center of Fort Collins | Fort Collins | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (970) 224-2020 |
| Children's Eye Care of Northern Colorado PC | Fort Collins | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (970) 214-8175 |
| Eye Center of Northern Colorado, P.C. | Fort Collins | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (970) 221-2222 |
| Eye Center Optical of Northern Colorado LLC | Fort Collins | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (970) 221-2222 |
| Eyecare Associates, P.C. | Fort Collins | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (970) 221-4811 |
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 Children's Optical. 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 67 optometry practices on the Fort Collins-Loveland page if you only need a prescription.