Fry Eye Associates PA, Garden City: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1124049499
- Legal business name
- Fry Eye Associates PA
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 502 College Street
Garden City, KS 67846-6183 - Phone on the record
- (620) 275-7248
- NPI issued
- July 22, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- July 8, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Garden City, KS
- County
- Finney County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was last refreshed in July 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 0 of 7 records were updated in 2024 or later and 3 predate 2020.
For local context: Garden City holds 7 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 6 of them optometry and 1 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 67846. 2 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Dr Matthew Johannes OD, LLC in Garden City, 0.1 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 Kansas boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
6 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Garden City metro itself there are 7, 6 of them elsewhere in Garden City. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Matthew Johannes OD, LLC | Garden City | Optometry | 0.1 mi | (620) 275-2222 |
| Garden City Vision Source | Garden City | Optometry | 0.1 mi | (620) 275-2222 |
| Hopkins, Ackerman, & Drees Optometrists | Garden City | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (620) 275-5375 |
| Garden City Optometrists, P.A. | Garden City | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (620) 276-3381 |
| Western Kansas Low Vision Associates PA | Garden City | Low vision rehabilitation | 1.2 mi | (620) 275-4938 |
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 Fry Eye Associates PA. 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 6 optometry practices on the Garden City page if you only need a prescription.