Southtowns Eye Center, Orchard Park: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1619407517
- Legal business name
- Southtowns Ophthalmology PC
- Registered trading name
- Southtowns Eye Center
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 3151 Southwestern Blvd
Orchard Park, NY 14127-1212 - Phone on the record
- (716) 674-6030
- NPI issued
- June 14, 2017
- Record last updated by the practice
- July 21, 2022
- 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
The practice bills under the legal name Southtowns Ophthalmology PC and registered Southtowns Eye Center as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was last refreshed in July 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 26 of 108 records were updated in 2024 or later and 55 predate 2020.
For local context: Orchard Park holds 3 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 1 of them optometry and 2 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 14127. 2 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Park Sher Optical Co of Buffalo Ny Inc in West Seneca, 0.6 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
100 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, 2 of them elsewhere in Orchard Park. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Sher Optical Co of Buffalo Ny Inc | West Seneca | Optometry | 0.6 mi | (716) 674-4110 |
| Wny Eye Center | Orchard Park | Ophthalmology | 1.2 mi | (716) 677-6500 |
| Southgate Optical | West Seneca | Optometry | 2.1 mi | (716) 674-6060 |
| John M. Brzezicki, Jr., O.D. | Orchard Park | Optometry | 2.2 mi | (716) 662-4525 |
| Maria D. Bruno, M.D. LLC | West Seneca | Ophthalmology | 2.3 mi | (716) 675-5000 |
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 Southtowns Eye Center. 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.