Advocare Pediatric Ophthalmology Associates, Cedar Knolls: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1104162726
- Legal business name
- Advocare, LLC
- Registered trading name
- Advocare Pediatric Ophthalmology Associates
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 218 Ridgedale Ave, Suite 100
Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927-2109 - Phone on the record
- (973) 326-8895
- NPI issued
- December 31, 2012
- Record last updated by the practice
- May 31, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- County
- Morris County
- Parent organization
- Advocare , LLC
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Locations under this name
- 4 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Advocare, LLC and registered Advocare Pediatric Ophthalmology Associates as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. CMS records this location as a subpart of Advocare , LLC, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. 4 locations nationally are registered under the same name, so pricing and policies are likely to be set at group level rather than at this office. The entry was last refreshed in May 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 163 of 1,021 records were updated in 2024 or later and 629 predate 2020.
For local context: Cedar Knolls holds 4 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 2 of them optometry and 2 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 07927. 2 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Retina Associates of Northwest New Jersey, P.A. in Cedar Knolls, 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 New Jersey boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
901 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro itself there are 1,021, 3 of them elsewhere in Cedar Knolls. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retina Associates of Northwest New Jersey, P.A. | Cedar Knolls | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (973) 539-3600 |
| Khanna Eye Associates, LLC | Cedar Knolls | Optometry | 0.6 mi | (215) 450-4239 |
| Greater Morristown Eye Care & Wear, LLC | Cedar Knolls | Optometry | 0.6 mi | (215) 450-4239 |
| America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses | Morristown | Optometry | 0.7 mi | (973) 775-4431 |
| Jc Reiss Eye Care & Wear LLC | Morristown | Optometry | 1.7 mi | (973) 538-5287 |
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 Advocare Pediatric Ophthalmology Associates. 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 717 optometry practices on the New York-Newark-Jersey City page if you only need a prescription.