Tukel Eye Center, Dearborn: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1316675598
- Legal business name
- Blue Sky Vision Eye Care, PC
- Registered trading name
- Tukel Eye Center
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 1922 Monroe St
Dearborn, MI 48124-2917 - Phone on the record
- (313) 274-7540
- NPI issued
- August 15, 2022
- Record last updated by the practice
- January 10, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- County
- Wayne County
- Duplicate registrations at this address
- 1 additional NPI for the same name and address, folded into this record
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Blue Sky Vision Eye Care, PC and registered Tukel 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 last refreshed in January 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 98 of 658 records were updated in 2024 or later and 334 predate 2020.
For local context: Dearborn holds 22 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 12 of them optometry and 10 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 48124. 19 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Premier Eye Center PLLC in Dearborn, 0.4 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 Michigan boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
497 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro itself there are 658, 21 of them elsewhere in Dearborn. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Eye Center PLLC | Dearborn | Optometry | 0.4 mi | (313) 244-4444 |
| Seen Vision Care | Dearborn | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (313) 278-7336 |
| Mobile Physician Group, PLLC | Dearborn | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (734) 729-2300 |
| Akler Eye Center | Dearborn | Ophthalmology | 0.6 mi | (888) 914-3937 |
| Childrens Eye Care PC | Dearborn | Ophthalmology | 0.6 mi | (313) 561-1777 |
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 Tukel Eye Center, 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 Tukel Eye Center 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 469 optometry practices on the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn page if you only need a prescription.