Blanchard Eye Care, LLC, Franklinton: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1023880044
- Legal business name
- Blanchard Eye Care, LLC
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist, Low Vision Rehabilitation
- Practice location
- 803 Riverside Dr
Franklinton, LA 70438-3635 - Phone on the record
- (985) 839-5633
- NPI issued
- October 23, 2023
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 30, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Bogalusa, LA
- County
- Washington Parish
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, Low Vision Rehabilitation, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in August 2024, putting it among the 1 of 4 Bogalusa records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Franklinton holds 2 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 1 of them optometry and 1 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 70438. 1 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Surgical Eye Associates in Franklinton, 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 Louisiana boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Also registered at this address
1 other organization holds 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Surgical Eye Associates | Ophthalmology | February 2019 |
Nearest registered practices
7 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Bogalusa metro itself there are 4, 1 of them elsewhere in Franklinton. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical Eye Associates | Franklinton | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (985) 839-5633 |
| Eye Surgery Center of Louisiana | Bogalusa | Ophthalmology | 17.2 mi | (985) 735-8137 |
| Can, Inc. | Bogalusa | Optometry | 17.6 mi | (985) 732-4900 |
| Bond Wroten Eye Clinic | Amite | Optometry | 21.2 mi | (985) 748-8096 |
| Thomas Eye Care and Associates | Amite | Optometry | 22.4 mi | (985) 748-8750 |
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 Blanchard Eye Care, LLC. 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 4 practices on the Bogalusa page give you the full local field to call around.