Papale Eye Center, Springfield: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1467649715
- Legal business name
- Center for Eye Excellence
- Registered trading name
- Papale Eye Center
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 1515 Allen St, Suite E
Springfield, MA 01118-1803 - Phone on the record
- (413) 782-0030
- NPI issued
- October 1, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- February 21, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Springfield, MA
- County
- Hampden County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Center for Eye Excellence and registered Papale Eye Center 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 February 2024, putting it among the 9 of 56 Springfield records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Springfield holds 25 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 13 of them optometry and 12 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 01118. 15 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Baystate Eye Care in Springfield, 0.3 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
150 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Springfield metro itself there are 56, 24 of them elsewhere in Springfield. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baystate Eye Care | Springfield | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (413) 783-3100 |
| Robert M Berger MD, PC | Springfield | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (413) 783-3100 |
| John C Holdsworth PC | Springfield | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (413) 783-3100 |
| Oculoplastics, LLC | Springfield | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (413) 783-3100 |
| Baystate Eye Group | Springfield | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (413) 783-3100 |
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 Papale Eye Center. 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 36 optometry practices on the Springfield page if you only need a prescription.