Fichte-Endl & Elmer Eye Surgery, PC, Amherst: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1063459808
- Legal business name
- Fichte-Endl & Elmer Eye Surgery, PC
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 2825 Niagara Falls Blvd, Suite 130
Amherst, NY 14228-2046 - Phone on the record
- (716) 564-2020
- NPI issued
- June 1, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- February 28, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
- County
- Erie County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
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 February 2024, putting it among the 26 of 108 Buffalo-Cheektowaga records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Amherst holds 8 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 4 of them optometry and 4 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 14228. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Amherst Eye Care in Amherst, 1.0 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
105 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro itself there are 108, 7 of them elsewhere in Amherst. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst Eye Care | Amherst | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (716) 688-8127 |
| Vision Care Center | Tonawanda | Optometry | 1.3 mi | (716) 693-4606 |
| Optometric Vision Care PLLC | Tonawanda | Optometry | 1.3 mi | (716) 693-4606 |
| Svs Vision Inc | Amherst | Optometry | 2.4 mi | (716) 832-6172 |
| Thomas Turtle Opticians Inc. | North Tonawanda | Optometry | 2.5 mi | (716) 693-1280 |
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 Fichte-Endl & Elmer Eye Surgery, PC. 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 76 optometry practices on the Buffalo-Cheektowaga page if you only need a prescription.