Med Center Health Eye Care, Bowling Green: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1407478035
- Legal business name
- Commonwealth Health Corporation, Inc
- Registered trading name
- Med Center Health Eye Care
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 825 2ND Ave Ste A5
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1789 - Phone on the record
- (270) 796-3533
- NPI issued
- May 18, 2020
- Record last updated by the practice
- June 6, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Bowling Green, KY
- County
- Warren County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Commonwealth Health Corporation, Inc and registered Med Center Health Eye Care as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. 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 refreshed in June 2026, putting it among the 5 of 20 Bowling Green records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Bowling Green holds 15 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 10 of them optometry and 5 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 42101. 13 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Lowell C. Ware Eyecare, Inc. in Bowling Green, 0.3 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 Kentucky boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
22 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Bowling Green metro itself there are 20, 14 of them elsewhere in Bowling Green. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell C. Ware Eyecare, Inc. | Bowling Green | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (270) 781-2220 |
| Mayes and Ware Eyecare | Bowling Green | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (270) 781-2220 |
| Joe C. Tucker, O.D., P.C.s | Bowling Green | Optometry | 1.8 mi | (270) 843-3904 |
| John E Downing PSC | Bowling Green | Ophthalmology | 2.1 mi | (270) 799-2259 |
| James M Rynerson MD PSC | Bowling Green | Ophthalmology | 2.2 mi | (270) 393-0005 |
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 Med Center Health Eye Care. 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 15 optometry practices on the Bowling Green page if you only need a prescription.