Associated Ophthalmologists, PC, Des Moines: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1588622278
- Legal business name
- Associated Ophthalmologists, PC
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 1212 Pleasant St, Ste 202
Des Moines, IA 50309-1414 - Phone on the record
- (515) 243-1580
- NPI issued
- May 2, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 11, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
- County
- Polk County
- Locations under this name
- 2 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Ophthalmology, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 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 September 2025, putting it among the 22 of 116 Des Moines-West Des Moines records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Des Moines holds 23 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 20 of them optometry and 3 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 50309. 1 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Des Moines Retina Associates PLC in Des Moines, 0.7 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
104 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Des Moines-West Des Moines metro itself there are 116, 22 of them elsewhere in Des Moines. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Retina Associates PLC | Des Moines | Ophthalmology | 0.7 mi | (515) 282-4393 |
| Preferred Eye Care PC | Des Moines | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (641) 745-9729 |
| Westrum Optometry PLC | Des Moines | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (515) 282-5005 |
| Chris K Denouden, D.O., P.C. | Des Moines | Ophthalmology | 1.7 mi | (515) 266-5353 |
| Whylie Eye Care Centers | Des Moines | Optometry | 1.7 mi | (515) 279-2020 |
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 Associated Ophthalmologists, PC, and independent optometry practices do not publish fee schedules. Customers report paying $120 to $200 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 Associated Ophthalmologists, PC for its self-pay price.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses (the median published contact-lens fee is $129). A comprehensive exam is $80 to $120 at the middle half of stores that print a price. If price is the deciding factor, the 116 practices on the Des Moines-West Des Moines page give you the full local field to call around.