Tallman Eye Bidco, Lawrence: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1033419072
- Legal business name
- Tallman Eye Bidco
- Registered trading name
- Tallman Eye Bidco
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 360 Merrimack St, Bldg 9, Entrance I
Lawrence, MA 01863-1764 - Phone on the record
- (978) 688-6182
- NPI issued
- October 25, 2010
- Record last updated by the practice
- May 13, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- County
- Essex County
- Parent organization
- Tallman Eye Associates, PC
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
CMS records this location as a subpart of Tallman Eye Associates, PC, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. The entry was refreshed in May 2025, putting it among the 109 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: Lawrence holds 11 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 2 of them optometry and 9 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 01863. 3 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Tallman Eye Associates, PC in Lawrence, 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
418 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, 10 of them elsewhere in Lawrence. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallman Eye Associates, PC | Lawrence | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (978) 688-6182 |
| Tallman Eye Lowell | Lawrence | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (978) 688-6182 |
| Tallman Eye Steward | Lawrence | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (978) 688-6182 |
| Tallman Eye Whittier | Lawrence | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (978) 688-6182 |
| Boston Laser Eye Institute PC | Lawrence | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (978) 685-5366 |
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 Tallman Eye Bidco, 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 Tallman Eye Bidco 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 447 optometry practices on the Boston-Cambridge-Newton page if you only need a prescription.