Jacobs & Crabtree Dctrs of Optometry, Carbondale: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1558352641
- Legal business name
- Crabtree and Merriman Dctrs of Optometry
- Registered trading name
- Jacobs & Crabtree Dctrs of Optometry
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management (152WC0802X)
- Practice location
- 1001 N Beadle Dr, Ste 40
Carbondale, IL 62901-1018 - Phone on the record
- (618) 529-4817
- NPI issued
- October 29, 2005
- Record last updated by the practice
- December 6, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Carbondale, IL
- County
- Jackson County
- Locations under this name
- 2 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Crabtree and Merriman Dctrs of Optometry and registered Jacobs & Crabtree Dctrs of Optometry as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. 2 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 December 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 0 of 3 records were updated in 2024 or later and 2 predate 2020.
For local context: Carbondale holds 3 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 3 of them optometry and 0 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 62901. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Clear Vision Family Eye Care in Carbondale, 2.7 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 Illinois boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
20 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Carbondale metro itself there are 3, 2 of them elsewhere in Carbondale. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Vision Family Eye Care | Carbondale | Optometry | 2.7 mi | (618) 529-3451 |
| Complete Family Eyecare of Carbondale, PC | Carbondale | Optometry | 3.5 mi | (618) 942-5465 |
| Jackson Vision & Laser Centers | Herrin | Ophthalmology | 12.4 mi | (618) 351-8900 |
| Complete Family Eyecare, PC | Herrin | Optometry | 12.8 mi | (618) 942-5465 |
| Jacobs & Crabtree Dctrs of Optometry | Herrin | Corneal and contact lens management | 13.3 mi | (618) 942-6887 |
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 Jacobs & Crabtree Dctrs of Optometry. 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 3 practices on the Carbondale page give you the full local field to call around.