Eye Center of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1194148247
- Legal business name
- Eye Center of Grand Rapids-PLC
- Registered trading name
- Eye Center of Grand Rapids
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 1000 E Paris Ave SE, Suite 218
Grand Rapids, MI 49546-3691 - Phone on the record
- (616) 719-3821
- NPI issued
- January 27, 2014
- Record last updated by the practice
- June 14, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
- County
- Kent County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Eye Center of Grand Rapids-PLC and registered Eye Center of Grand Rapids 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 June 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 22 of 202 records were updated in 2024 or later and 119 predate 2020.
For local context: Grand Rapids holds 86 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 67 of them optometry and 19 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 49546. 56 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Verdier Eye Center, PLC in Grand Rapids, 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 Michigan boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
167 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro itself there are 202, 85 of them elsewhere in Grand Rapids. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdier Eye Center, PLC | Grand Rapids | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (616) 949-2001 |
| Smeelink Optical | Grand Rapids | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (616) 956-9742 |
| Marko Habekovic MD, PLLC | Grand Rapids | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (616) 222-4111 |
| Associated Retinal Consultants, PC | Grand Rapids | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (616) 942-2406 |
| Cascade Ophthalmology PC | Grand Rapids | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (616) 575-8200 |
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 Center of Grand Rapids. 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 174 optometry practices on the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood page if you only need a prescription.