Talley Eye Institute, Evansville: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1154319143
- Legal business name
- Talley Medical-Surgical Eye Care Associates PC
- Registered trading name
- Talley Eye Institute
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 6149 E Columbia St
Evansville, IN 47715 - Phone on the record
- (812) 424-2020
- NPI issued
- October 12, 2005
- Record last updated by the practice
- November 20, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Evansville, IN
- County
- Vanderburgh County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Talley Medical-Surgical Eye Care Associates PC and registered Talley Eye Institute as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. 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 November 2025, putting it among the 9 of 54 Evansville records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Evansville holds 49 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 33 of them optometry and 16 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 47715. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Charles A Brizius OD Inc in Evansville, 1.0 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 Indiana boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
63 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Evansville metro itself there are 54, 48 of them elsewhere in Evansville. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles A Brizius OD Inc | Evansville | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (812) 477-8696 |
| Professional Eye Care of Evansville | Evansville | Ophthalmology | 1.0 mi | (812) 476-6907 |
| Eyefinery Optical Boutique | Evansville | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (812) 550-1087 |
| Hayden Vision LLC | Evansville | Ophthalmology | 1.4 mi | (812) 477-3937 |
| Eyeglass World | Evansville | Optometry | 1.5 mi | (812) 479-5025 |
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 Talley Eye Institute. 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 37 optometry practices on the Evansville page if you only need a prescription.