Elizabeth A Brown MD, West Des Moines: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1639324031
- Legal business name
- Elizabeth A Brown MD PC
- Registered trading name
- Elizabeth A Brown MD
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 2101 Westown Pkwy
West Des Moines, IA 50265-1542 - Phone on the record
- (515) 225-2566
- NPI issued
- November 26, 2008
- Record last updated by the practice
- October 12, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
- County
- Polk County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Elizabeth A Brown MD PC and registered Elizabeth A Brown MD 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 October 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 21 of 115 records were updated in 2024 or later and 69 predate 2020.
For local context: West Des Moines holds 29 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 17 of them optometry and 12 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 50265. 11 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Downtown Eye Care in West Des Moines, 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 Iowa boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Also registered at this address
3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth A Brown, M.D. | Ophthalmology | November 2007 |
| Jeffrianne S Young, MD | Ophthalmology | November 2008 |
| Physicians Eye Clinic | Ophthalmology | September 2020 |
Nearest registered practices
106 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 115, 28 of them elsewhere in West Des Moines. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Eye Care | West Des Moines | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (515) 225-2566 |
| Elizabeth A Brown, M.D. | West Des Moines | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (515) 225-2566 |
| Jeffrianne S Young, MD | West Des Moines | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (515) 225-2566 |
| Physicians Eye Clinic | West Des Moines | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (515) 225-2566 |
| Valerie Kounkel DO | West Des Moines | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (515) 225-2566 |
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 Elizabeth A Brown MD. 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 97 optometry practices on the Des Moines-West Des Moines page if you only need a prescription.