Eye Physicians of Washington, Washington: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1477659977
- Legal business name
- Helfgott, Hargett & Pluznik, M.D., P.C.
- Registered trading name
- Eye Physicians of Washington
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 1155 21ST St NW Ste M400
Washington, DC 20036-3336 - Phone on the record
- (202) 296-4900
- NPI issued
- September 15, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 3, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- County
- District of Columbia
- Duplicate registrations at this address
- 1 additional NPI for the same name and address, folded into this record
- Former legal name
- Helfgott & Fine
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Helfgott, Hargett & Pluznik, M.D., P.C. and registered Eye Physicians of Washington 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 August 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 14 of 81 records were updated in 2024 or later and 35 predate 2020.
For local context: Washington holds 81 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 52 of them optometry and 29 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 20036. 6 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Andrew J Adelson, MD in Washington, 0.2 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 District of Columbia boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
776 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro itself there are 81, 80 of them elsewhere in Washington. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew J Adelson, MD | Washington | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (202) 496-9181 |
| Capital Eye Care LLC | Washington | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (202) 833-1668 |
| Keener Vision | Washington | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (810) 964-2579 |
| Sterling Optical | Washington | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (202) 728-1041 |
| Dosik & Katz Inc | Washington | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (202) 659-3646 |
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 Eye Physicians of Washington. 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 52 optometry practices on the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria page if you only need a prescription.