Gateway Ophthalmology, Jamestown: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1659187177
- Legal business name
- Community Eye Care Specialists P C
- Registered trading name
- Gateway Ophthalmology
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 27 Porter Ave
Jamestown, NY 14701-6221 - Phone on the record
- (716) 483-2020
- NPI issued
- December 9, 2024
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 1, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY
- County
- Chautauqua County
- Locations under this name
- 3 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Community Eye Care Specialists P C and registered Gateway Ophthalmology as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. 3 locations nationally are registered under the same name, so pricing and policies are likely to be set at group level rather than at this office. The entry was refreshed in August 2025, putting it among the 5 of 17 Jamestown-Dunkirk records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Jamestown holds 8 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 5 of them optometry and 3 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 14701. 7 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Seneca Eye Surgeons, Inc. in Jamestown, 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.
Also registered at this address
2 other organizations hold an NPI at the same street address. Shared suites and multi-specialty buildings are common, and it is worth knowing which entity you are actually booking with.
| Organization | Registered as | Record updated |
|---|---|---|
| Seneca Eye Surgeons, Inc. | Ophthalmology | November 2009 |
| Gateway Ophthalmology, P.L.L.c | Ophthalmology | December 2015 |
Nearest registered practices
19 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Jamestown-Dunkirk metro itself there are 17, 7 of them elsewhere in Jamestown. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seneca Eye Surgeons, Inc. | Jamestown | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (716) 483-2020 |
| Gateway Ophthalmology, P.L.L.c | Jamestown | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (716) 483-2020 |
| Council Optometric Center | Jamestown | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (716) 488-1147 |
| Chautauqua Eyecare | Jamestown | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (716) 488-1147 |
| Spectrum Eyecare | Jamestown | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (716) 664-7601 |
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 Gateway Ophthalmology. 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 11 optometry practices on the Jamestown-Dunkirk page if you only need a prescription.