Crown Optical, 111 E 4TH St Ste 440, Alton: NPI Registry Record
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1295737294
- Legal business name
- Nu-Crown, LLC
- Registered trading name
- Crown Optical
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Practice location
- 111 E 4TH St Ste 440
Alton, IL 62002-6206 - Phone on the record
- (618) 462-9818
- NPI issued
- August 10, 2005
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 8, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- St. Louis, MO-IL
- County
- Madison County
- Locations under this name
- 22 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Nu-Crown, LLC and registered Crown Optical as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. 22 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 August 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 29 of 113 records were updated in 2024 or later and 66 predate 2020.
For local context: Alton holds 13 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 13 of them optometry and 0 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 62002. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Mark D. Wade O D P C in Alton, 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
6 other organizations hold 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mark D. Wade O D P C | Optometry | July 2023 |
| Aeg Delaware Professional PA | Optometry | May 2024 |
| Aeg Washington Dc Professional PLLC | Optometry | June 2024 |
| Aeg Connecticut Professional PLLC | Optometry | June 2024 |
| Aeg Kentucky Professional, PLLC | Optometry | June 2024 |
| Aeg Louisiana Professional PC | Optometry | October 2025 |
Nearest registered practices
228 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the St. Louis metro itself there are 113, 12 of them elsewhere in Alton. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark D. Wade O D P C | Alton | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (618) 462-9818 |
| Aeg Delaware Professional PA | Alton | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (618) 462-9818 |
| Aeg Washington Dc Professional PLLC | Alton | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (618) 462-9818 |
| Aeg Connecticut Professional PLLC | Alton | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (618) 462-9818 |
| Aeg Kentucky Professional, PLLC | Alton | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (618) 462-9818 |
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 Crown Optical. 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 113 practices on the St. Louis page give you the full local field to call around.