Pelmutter Eye Center, Albany: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1508138884
- Legal business name
- Lawrence Perlmutter Mdpc
- Registered trading name
- Pelmutter Eye Center
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist; Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 35 Hackett Blvd Ste 236
Albany, NY 12208-3420 - Phone on the record
- (518) 472-9111
- NPI issued
- February 2, 2012
- Record last updated by the practice
- November 20, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 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 Lawrence Perlmutter Mdpc and registered Pelmutter Eye Center 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 and Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in November 2025, 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: Albany holds 22 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 7 of them optometry and 15 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 12208. 17 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is David Perlmutter Physician PC in Albany, 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
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.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Perlmutter Physician PC | Albany | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (518) 472-9111 |
| Albany Medical College Dept of Ophthalmology | Albany | Ophthalmology | 0.5 mi | (518) 262-2520 |
| Stephen J. Sills, M.D. | Albany | Ophthalmology | 1.5 mi | (518) 489-8409 |
| Kenneth L. Stack Optometrist, PC | Albany | Optometry | 2.3 mi | (518) 438-6669 |
| Northeast Vitreo Retinal Assoc PC | Albany | Ophthalmology | 2.3 mi | (518) 465-1069 |
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 Pelmutter Eye Center, 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 Pelmutter Eye Center 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.