Cataract and Laser Institute Fort Wayne #26, Fort Wayne: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1366199192
- Legal business name
- Midwest Eye Consultants, P.C.
- Registered trading name
- Cataract and Laser Institute Fort Wayne #26
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 7755 W Jefferson Blvd
Fort Wayne, IN 46804-4135 - Phone on the record
- (260) 459-8400
- NPI issued
- March 2, 2022
- Record last updated by the practice
- March 2, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Fort Wayne, IN
- County
- Allen County
- Locations under this name
- 49 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Midwest Eye Consultants, P.C. and registered Cataract and Laser Institute Fort Wayne #26 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. 49 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 March 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 15 of 87 records were updated in 2024 or later and 49 predate 2020.
For local context: Fort Wayne holds 76 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 54 of them optometry and 22 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 46804. 64 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Cataract & Laser Institute in Fort Wayne, 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 Indiana boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
95 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Fort Wayne metro itself there are 87, 75 of them elsewhere in Fort Wayne. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cataract & Laser Institute | Fort Wayne | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (260) 459-8444 |
| The Retinal Institute | Fort Wayne | Retina | 0.0 mi | (260) 569-9550 |
| Vision Care Associates PC | Fort Wayne | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (260) 459-9595 |
| Vision Care | Fort Wayne | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (260) 459-9595 |
| Aboite Family Eyecare Center, Inc. | Fort Wayne | Optometry | 0.1 mi | (260) 432-1231 |
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 Cataract and Laser Institute Fort Wayne #26, and ophthalmology practices do not publish fee schedules. Customers report paying $150 to $300 or more at this kind of practice without insurance, which is a reported band rather than a published price. The nearest published figure is $95, the median starting fee across the 1,280 US retail optical stores that print one (30 September 2026), and Medicare pays $149.64 for a comprehensive new-patient exam (CPT 92004). Ask Cataract and Laser Institute Fort Wayne #26 for its self-pay price.
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 65 optometry practices on the Fort Wayne page if you only need a prescription.