Children's Eyes Albany, Latham: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1851865513
- Legal business name
- Capital Region Pediatric Medical Eye Consultant, PLLC
- Registered trading name
- Children's Eyes Albany
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist
- Practice location
- 920 Albany Shaker Rd Ste 101
Latham, NY 12110-1468 - Phone on the record
- (518) 533-6502
- NPI issued
- January 16, 2019
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 1, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
- County
- Albany County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Capital Region Pediatric Medical Eye Consultant, PLLC and registered Children's Eyes Albany 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 Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist, 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 11 of 87 Albany-Schenectady-Troy records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Latham holds 9 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 3 of them optometry and 6 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 12110. 7 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Albany Eye Physicians and Surgeons PC in Latham, 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 New York boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
90 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro itself there are 87, 8 of them elsewhere in Latham. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Eye Physicians and Surgeons PC | Latham | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (518) 220-1400 |
| Mabel M P Cheng, MD, PLLC | Latham | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (518) 782-7777 |
| Dr Elisa Perreault Optometrist PC | Latham | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (518) 785-1199 |
| Mabel M.P. Cheng MD PLLC | Niskayuna | Ophthalmology | 1.2 mi | (518) 782-7777 |
| Northeast Ophthalmology PLLC | Latham | Neuro-ophthalmology | 1.7 mi | (518) 690-7020 |
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 Children's Eyes Albany. 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 40 optometry practices on the Albany-Schenectady-Troy page if you only need a prescription.