Pamel Vision and Laser Group, Astoria: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1790959674
- Legal business name
- Pamel Vision and Laser Group
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 2308 30TH Ave, 5TH Floor
Astoria, NY 11102-3397 - Phone on the record
- (718) 278-3800
- NPI issued
- April 22, 2008
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 12, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- County
- Queens County
- Parent organization
- Pamel Vision and Laser Group
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
CMS records this location as a subpart of Pamel Vision and Laser Group, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. The entry was refreshed in September 2025, putting it among the 357 of 2,166 New York-Newark-Jersey City records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Astoria holds 30 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 19 of them optometry and 11 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 11102. 14 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Ophthalmic Consultant of New York, PLLC in Astoria, 0.1 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
2,482 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro itself there are 2,166, 29 of them elsewhere in Astoria. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ophthalmic Consultant of New York, PLLC | Astoria | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (718) 757-0564 |
| Peter Condax, M.D. PC | Astoria | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (718) 204-5250 |
| Astoria Park Eyecare | Astoria | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (718) 734-2509 |
| John Pilavas, MD | Astoria | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (718) 204-5100 |
| John A. Pilavas MD PLLC | Astoria | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (718) 204-5100 |
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 Pamel Vision and Laser Group. 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 1,447 optometry practices on the New York-Newark-Jersey City page if you only need a prescription.