Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates, Inc., Boston: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1932574332
- Legal business name
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates, Inc.
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 12 additional taxonomy codes outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 243 Charles St
Boston, MA 02114-3002 - Phone on the record
- (617) 523-7900
- NPI issued
- December 10, 2015
- Record last updated by the practice
- November 28, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- County
- Suffolk County
- Locations under this name
- 2 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 2 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 November 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 103 of 632 records were updated in 2024 or later and 355 predate 2020.
For local context: Boston holds 61 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 39 of them optometry and 22 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 02114. 47 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Bostonia Tech Corp in Boston, 0.2 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
562 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, 60 of them elsewhere in Boston. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bostonia Tech Corp | Boston | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (774) 240-6719 |
| Mohandas M. Kini, MD, PC | Boston | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (617) 742-0838 |
| Rabkin Optometry LLC | Boston | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (617) 431-6944 |
| Charles Street Eyecare LLC | Boston | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (617) 431-6944 |
| Daniel J. Townsend, MD, PC | Boston | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (617) 723-3937 |
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 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates, Inc.. 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.