Eye Care Specialists PC, Norwood: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1871777565
- Legal business name
- Eye Care Specialists PC
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management; Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Specialist; Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist
- Practice location
- 825 Washington St, Guild Medical Building, Suite 230
Norwood, MA 02062-3441 - Phone on the record
- (781) 769-8880
- NPI issued
- December 18, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- October 21, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- County
- Norfolk County
- Locations under this name
- 5 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management, Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Specialist and Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 5 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 refreshed in October 2024, putting it among the 103 of 632 Boston-Cambridge-Newton records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Norwood holds 12 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 5 of them optometry and 7 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 02062. 4 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Suburban Eye Specialists PC in Norwood, 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 Massachusetts boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
553 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro itself there are 632, 11 of them elsewhere in Norwood. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suburban Eye Specialists PC | Norwood | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (781) 769-2508 |
| Norwood Eye Care Specialists, LLC | Norwood | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (781) 769-8880 |
| Groden Eye Care PC | Norwood | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (781) 769-0987 |
| Groden Eye Care, P.C. | Norwood | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (781) 769-0987 |
| Modern Eyes LLC | Norwood | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (614) 284-3362 |
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 Specialists PC. 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 447 optometry practices on the Boston-Cambridge-Newton page if you only need a prescription.