Ticho Eye Associates, Chicago Ridge: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1043794506
- Legal business name
- Suburban Eye Specialists
- Registered trading name
- Ticho Eye Associates
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 10436 Southwest Hwy Ste 101
Chicago Ridge, IL 60415-2282 - Phone on the record
- (708) 586-4922
- NPI issued
- September 20, 2018
- Record last updated by the practice
- October 7, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- County
- Cook 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 Suburban Eye Specialists and registered Ticho Eye Associates 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 refreshed in October 2024, 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: Chicago Ridge holds 9 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 4 of them optometry and 5 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 60415. 6 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is The Eye Specialists Center LLC in Chicago Ridge, 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.
Nearest registered practices
941 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, 8 of them elsewhere in Chicago Ridge. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Eye Specialists Center LLC | Chicago Ridge | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (708) 423-4070 |
| The Eye Specialists Center, L.L.C. | Chicago Ridge | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (708) 423-4070 |
| Ep Mann MD Ltd | Chicago Ridge | Ophthalmology | 0.6 mi | (708) 425-2466 |
| Sblendorio Vision Care Inc | Chicago Ridge | Optometry | 0.9 mi | (708) 422-9721 |
| For Eyes Optical Company of PA | Chicago Ridge | Optometry | 0.9 mi | (708) 422-9390 |
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 Ticho Eye Associates. 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.