Paul Bigelow OD, 230 W Mallard Dr Ste A, Boise: NPI Registry Record
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1548786098
- Legal business name
- Ada Vision Center East PLLC
- Registered trading name
- Paul Bigelow OD
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Practice location
- 230 W Mallard Dr Ste A
Boise, ID 83706-3995 - Phone on the record
- (208) 342-4841
- NPI issued
- August 16, 2017
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 1, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Boise City, ID
- County
- Ada County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Ada Vision Center East PLLC and registered Paul Bigelow OD as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was refreshed in August 2024, putting it among the 27 of 118 Boise City records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Boise holds 55 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 42 of them optometry and 13 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 83706. 40 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Francois D Trotta MD PA in Boise, 0.1 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 Idaho boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
105 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Boise City metro itself there are 118, 54 of them elsewhere in Boise. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francois D Trotta MD PA | Boise | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (208) 323-8660 |
| Hollingshead Eye Center, PC | Boise | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (208) 336-8700 |
| Paul Bigelow OD PC | Boise | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (208) 342-4841 |
| Elevate Eye Care PLLC | Boise | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (208) 210-4832 |
| Big Blue Optics, PC | Boise | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (208) 433-1410 |
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 optometry practice like this
The NPI registry holds no prices, so nothing here is a quote from Paul Bigelow OD. Based on this site's own price research, an independent optometry practice typically charges $120 to $200 for an exam without insurance, against a national average of about $136 and roughly $25 once a vision plan pays its share.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses, since that takes a visit to $150 to $370. A comprehensive exam is $100 to $250. If price is the deciding factor, the 118 practices on the Boise City page give you the full local field to call around.