Iowa Eye Center, Cedar Rapids: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1952356982
- Legal business name
- Iowa Eye PC
- Registered trading name
- Iowa Eye Center
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 1650 1ST Ave NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-5431 - Phone on the record
- (319) 362-3937
- NPI issued
- May 25, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 1, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- County
- Linn County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Iowa Eye PC and registered Iowa Eye Center as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was last refreshed in August 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 6 of 40 records were updated in 2024 or later and 29 predate 2020.
For local context: Cedar Rapids holds 22 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 20 of them optometry and 2 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 52402. 2 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Eastern Iowa Health Center in Cedar Rapids, 0.6 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 Iowa boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
60 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Cedar Rapids metro itself there are 40, 21 of them elsewhere in Cedar Rapids. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Iowa Health Center | Cedar Rapids | Optometry | 0.6 mi | (319) 730-7300 |
| Iowa Eyecare PC | Cedar Rapids | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (319) 365-2868 |
| Linn County Eye Care PLC | Cedar Rapids | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (319) 365-2868 |
| Optometric Associates of Cedar Rapids,P.C. | Cedar Rapids | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (319) 365-8621 |
| Fox Eye Laser & Cosmetic Institute PC | Cedar Rapids | Ophthalmology | 0.9 mi | (319) 362-9855 |
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 Iowa Eye Center. 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 38 optometry practices on the Cedar Rapids page if you only need a prescription.