Tupelo Eye Clinic, Tupelo: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1447468368
- Legal business name
- Joseph J. Chappell, Jr., M.D., P.A.
- Registered trading name
- Tupelo Eye Clinic
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 610 Brunson Dr
Tupelo, MS 38801-4947 - Phone on the record
- (662) 844-7211
- NPI issued
- May 21, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 25, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Tupelo, MS
- County
- Lee County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Joseph J. Chappell, Jr., M.D., P.A. and registered Tupelo Eye Clinic as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in September 2024, putting it among the 8 of 24 Tupelo records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Tupelo holds 16 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 11 of them optometry and 5 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 38801. 4 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is North Mississippi Retina Center in Tupelo, 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 Mississippi boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
28 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Tupelo metro itself there are 24, 15 of them elsewhere in Tupelo. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Mississippi Retina Center | Tupelo | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (662) 377-3340 |
| North Mississippi Eye Care | Tupelo | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (662) 377-3837 |
| North Mississippi Eye Care Tupelo | Tupelo | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (662) 377-3937 |
| Eyedeal Optical Tupelo | Tupelo | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (662) 842-3328 |
| Ms Eye PLLC | Tupelo | Ophthalmology | 1.3 mi | (601) 672-4228 |
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 Tupelo Eye Clinic. 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 19 optometry practices on the Tupelo page if you only need a prescription.