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Albany, NY - NPI registry record

Gabrielseyemds, Albany: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context

Gabrielseyemds holds NPI 1326239112, registered with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as an ophthalmology organization under taxonomy code 207W00000X (Ophthalmology). The practice location on the record is 960 Western Ave, Albany, NY 12203, inside the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan statistical area area. The NPI was issued in August 2007, 19 years ago, and the practice last updated its own entry in December 2023.

What the registry record says

NPI number
1326239112
Legal business name
Gabrielseyemds
Registered trading name
Gabrielseyemds
Primary registered specialty
Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
Practice location
960 Western Ave
Albany, NY 12203-2512
Phone on the record
(518) 482-4459
NPI issued
August 6, 2007
Record last updated by the practice
December 7, 2023
Registry status
NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
County
Albany County
Location precision
Street address matched by the US Census geocoder

Reading this record

The entry was last refreshed in December 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 11 of 87 records were updated in 2024 or later and 62 predate 2020.

For local context: Albany holds 22 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 7 of them optometry and 15 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 12203. 10 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Kenneth L. Stack Optometrist, PC in Albany, 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 York boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.

Nearest registered practices

79 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, 21 of them elsewhere in Albany. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.

PracticeCityRegistered asDistancePhone on record
Kenneth L. Stack Optometrist, PCAlbanyOptometry0.4 mi(518) 438-6669
Michael B WhalenAlbanyOphthalmology0.9 mi(518) 465-7172
Peter J. Duffy, MDAlbanyOphthalmology0.9 mi(518) 465-7172
Michael B Whalen, MDAlbanyOphthalmology0.9 mi(518) 465-7172
Capital Ophthalmology PLLCAlbanyOphthalmology0.9 mi(518) 465-7172

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 Gabrielseyemds, 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 Gabrielseyemds 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 40 optometry practices on the Albany-Schenectady-Troy page if you only need a prescription.

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Source and provenance. CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), NPI data dissemination file, August 2026 (October 2026, published October 2026 file). CMS NPI downloadable files. Licence: US federal public data, FOIA-disclosable, no charge; CMS deactivated-NPI display guidance honoured. NPI registry records from the CMS NPPES monthly file. An NPI is a billing identifier, not a licence: CMS does not verify that the holder is licensed or credentialed. Registry contact details are self-reported and are often years out of date. This directory lists organizations only. Individual practitioner records are never published here.

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