Ratchford Eye Center LLC, Berlin: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1003995077
- Legal business name
- Ratchford Eye Center LLC
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 1166 Farmington Ave.
Berlin, CT 06037-2302 - Phone on the record
- (860) 829-8939
- NPI issued
- November 2, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- December 16, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was last refreshed in December 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 27 of 185 records were updated in 2024 or later and 98 predate 2020.
For local context: Berlin holds 2 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 1 of them optometry and 1 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 06037. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Visionary Eyecare of Kensington in Kensington, 0.7 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 Connecticut boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
276 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro itself there are 185, 1 of them elsewhere in Berlin. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visionary Eyecare of Kensington | Kensington | Optometry | 0.7 mi | (860) 829-1020 |
| Iris Eyes Optometry LLC | Berlin | Optometry | 0.7 mi | (860) 829-1020 |
| Dr. Lisa M. Arciero OD LLC | Kensington | Optometry | 1.7 mi | (860) 829-9090 |
| Doctor Pavano & Associates | New Britain | Optometry | 3.1 mi | (860) 223-7900 |
| Ijaz Shafi, MD, PC | New Britain | Ophthalmology | 3.3 mi | (860) 224-7159 |
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 Ratchford Eye Center LLC. 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 141 optometry practices on the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford page if you only need a prescription.