Williamson Eye Center, Lutcher: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1033858501
- Legal business name
- Williamson Eye Center
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist; Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 2468 Louisiana Ave
Lutcher, LA 70071-5411 - Phone on the record
- (225) 869-5043
- NPI issued
- June 2, 2022
- Record last updated by the practice
- June 2, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- New Orleans-Metairie, LA
- County
- St. James Parish
- Locations under this name
- 10 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist and Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 10 locations nationally are registered under the same name, so pricing and policies are likely to be set at group level rather than at this office. The entry was last refreshed in June 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 15 of 119 records were updated in 2024 or later and 72 predate 2020.
For local context: Lutcher holds 1 registered eye care practice in this snapshot, 0 of them optometry and 1 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 70071. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Aslett Kurica Eye Clinic in La Place, 12.1 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 Louisiana boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
17 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the New Orleans-Metairie metro itself there are 119. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aslett Kurica Eye Clinic | La Place | Ophthalmology | 12.1 mi | (985) 652-6066 |
| The Laplace Optometry Group | La Place | Optometry | 12.3 mi | (985) 652-4097 |
| D M Ostrick O D LLC | La Place | Optometry | 12.3 mi | (985) 652-4097 |
| Williamson Eye Center | Gonzales | Ophthalmology | 17.5 mi | (225) 644-7525 |
| Devjani Lahiri-Munir, A Professional Corporation | Donaldsonville | Vision therapy | 17.8 mi | (225) 473-3124 |
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 Williamson Eye Center. 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 75 optometry practices on the New Orleans-Metairie page if you only need a prescription.