Charles E Lyon, MD, Apmc, Shreveport: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1689789562
- Legal business name
- Charles E Lyon, MD, Apmc
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 836 Olive St
Shreveport, LA 71104-2102 - Phone on the record
- (318) 222-8421
- NPI issued
- August 20, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 11, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
- County
- Caddo Parish
- Former legal name
- VITREO-RETINAL ASSOCIATES
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Ophthalmology, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in September 2025, putting it among the 10 of 46 Shreveport-Bossier 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: Shreveport holds 27 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 11 of them optometry and 16 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 71104. 6 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Michael A Holy MD in Shreveport, 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 Louisiana boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
41 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Shreveport-Bossier City metro itself there are 46, 26 of them elsewhere in Shreveport. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael A Holy MD | Shreveport | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (318) 424-1617 |
| Eyecare Specialists of Louisiana | Shreveport | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (318) 841-3937 |
| Shreveport Eye Specialists, LLC | Shreveport | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (318) 489-5949 |
| George M Bakowski OD PC | Shreveport | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (318) 221-8445 |
| Steen-Hall Eye Institute | Shreveport | Ophthalmology | 1.9 mi | (318) 631-2020 |
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 Charles E Lyon, MD, Apmc. 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 46 practices on the Shreveport-Bossier City page give you the full local field to call around.