State University of Iowa, Iowa City: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1629219498
- Legal business name
- State University of Iowa
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Practice location
- 200 Hawkins Dr
Iowa City, IA 52242-1009 - Phone on the record
- (319) 356-1616
- NPI issued
- March 9, 2009
- Record last updated by the practice
- May 8, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Iowa City, IA
- County
- Johnson County
- Parent organization
- State University of Iowa
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
CMS records this location as a subpart of State University of Iowa, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. The entry was refreshed in May 2024, putting it among the 6 of 25 Iowa City records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Iowa City holds 11 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 9 of them optometry and 2 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 52242. 3 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Advanced Eye Care LLC in Iowa City, 0.8 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
37 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Iowa City metro itself there are 25, 10 of them elsewhere in Iowa City. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Eye Care LLC | Iowa City | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (319) 338-7952 |
| Bradley C Parsons OD PC | Iowa City | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (319) 337-4995 |
| Jensen Eyecare Center PLLC | Iowa City | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (319) 338-6700 |
| McDonald Optical Dispensary Inc | Iowa City | Optometry | 1.3 mi | (319) 337-3737 |
| McDonald Optical | Iowa City | Optometry | 1.3 mi | (319) 359-3307 |
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 State University of Iowa. Based on this site's own price research, an independent optometry practice typically charges $120 to $200 for an exam without insurance, against a national average of about $136 and roughly $25 once a vision plan pays its share.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses, since that takes a visit to $150 to $370. A comprehensive exam is $100 to $250. If price is the deciding factor, the 25 practices on the Iowa City page give you the full local field to call around.