Eye Care of Maine, Waterville: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1710953336
- Legal business name
- Maine Eye Care Associates
- Registered trading name
- Eye Care of Maine
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 325A Kennedy Memorial Dr
Waterville, ME 04901-4517 - Phone on the record
- (207) 873-2731
- NPI issued
- February 24, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- July 10, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Augusta-Waterville, ME
- County
- Kennebec County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Maine Eye Care Associates and registered Eye Care of Maine as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was refreshed in July 2024, putting it among the 3 of 17 Augusta-Waterville records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Waterville holds 6 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 3 of them optometry and 3 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 04901. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Eye Center of Central Maine in Waterville, 0.4 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 Maine boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
19 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Augusta-Waterville metro itself there are 17, 5 of them elsewhere in Waterville. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eye Center of Central Maine | Waterville | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (207) 873-6048 |
| Maine Eye Doctors PA | Oakland | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (207) 314-5728 |
| Mid State Eye Associates | Oakland | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (207) 465-9500 |
| Poulin & Associates Eye Center | Waterville | Optometry | 1.1 mi | (207) 873-3500 |
| Pine Tree Eye Associates, PA | Waterville | Optometry | 1.1 mi | (207) 873-3500 |
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 Eye Care of Maine, and ophthalmology practices do not publish fee schedules. Customers report paying $150 to $300 or more at this kind of practice without insurance, which is a reported band rather than a published price. The nearest published figure is $95, the median starting fee across the 1,280 US retail optical stores that print one (30 September 2026), and Medicare pays $149.64 for a comprehensive new-patient exam (CPT 92004). Ask Eye Care of Maine for its self-pay price.
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 12 optometry practices on the Augusta-Waterville page if you only need a prescription.