Estes Eye Care PLLC, Downers Grove: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1194656728
- Legal business name
- Estes Eye Care PLLC
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 4958 Forest Ave
Downers Grove, IL 60515-3508 - Phone on the record
- (630) 737-1001
- NPI issued
- May 25, 2026
- Record last updated by the practice
- May 25, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- County
- DuPage County
- 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 refreshed in May 2026, putting it among the 195 of 1,321 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Downers Grove holds 13 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 10 of them optometry and 3 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 60515. 12 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Downers Grove Eye Center, PC in Downers Grove, 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 Illinois boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Also registered at this address
1 other organization holds an NPI at the same street address. Shared suites and multi-specialty buildings are common, and it is worth knowing which entity you are actually booking with.
| Organization | Registered as | Record updated |
|---|---|---|
| Downers Grove Eye Center, PC | Optometry | April 2016 |
Nearest registered practices
1,065 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro itself there are 1,321, 12 of them elsewhere in Downers Grove. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downers Grove Eye Center, PC | Downers Grove | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (630) 737-1001 |
| Dupage Eye Center | Downers Grove | Ophthalmology | 0.8 mi | (630) 963-3937 |
| Downers Grove | Downers Grove | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (630) 969-0405 |
| Pearle Vision | Downers Grove | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (708) 482-7744 |
| Myeyedr. | Downers Grove | Optometry | 1.4 mi | (630) 517-2000 |
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 Estes Eye Care PLLC. 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 1,037 optometry practices on the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin page if you only need a prescription.