Jhu - Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1588654289
- Legal business name
- Johns Hopkins University
- Registered trading name
- Jhu - Wilmer Eye Institute
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist; Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Ophthalmology, Neuro-ophthalmology; Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist; Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Specialist; Ophthalmology, Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Disease; Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist; Ophthalmology, Cornea and External Diseases Specialist
- Practice location
- 600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21264-0001 - Phone on the record
- (410) 614-5115
- NPI issued
- October 24, 2005
- Record last updated by the practice
- October 11, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- County
- Baltimore city
- Parent organization
- Johns Hopkins University
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Locations under this name
- 24 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Johns Hopkins University and registered Jhu - Wilmer Eye Institute 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, Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Ophthalmology, Neuro-ophthalmology, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. CMS records this location as a subpart of Johns Hopkins University, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. 24 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 October 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 205 of 499 records were updated in 2024 or later and 207 predate 2020.
For local context: Baltimore holds 137 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 78 of them optometry and 59 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 21264. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Jhu - Wilmer Eye Institure/Od's in Baltimore, 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 Maryland boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
491 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro itself there are 499, 136 of them elsewhere in Baltimore. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jhu - Wilmer Eye Institure/Od's | Baltimore | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (410) 955-5080 |
| Jhu - 1800 Orleans St - Provider Type: 12 - Vision | Baltimore | Vision therapy | 0.2 mi | (410) 955-5000 |
| Penn Optical Co. Ltd | Baltimore | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (410) 327-7070 |
| Jhu - 601 N Caroline St - Provider Type: 12 - Vision | Baltimore | Optometry | 0.4 mi | (410) 955-5000 |
| Saint Paul Place Specialists, Inc. | Baltimore | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (410) 332-9500 |
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 Jhu - Wilmer Eye Institute, 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 Jhu - Wilmer Eye Institute 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 317 optometry practices on the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson page if you only need a prescription.