Prime Optics LLC, Astoria: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1013796754
- Legal business name
- Prime Optics LLC
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management; Optometrist, Low Vision Rehabilitation; Optometrist, Pediatrics
- Practice location
- 3250 Vernon Blvd
Astoria, NY 11106-4927 - Phone on the record
- (718) 267-3687
- NPI issued
- September 22, 2023
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 22, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- County
- Queens County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management, Optometrist, Low Vision Rehabilitation and Optometrist, Pediatrics, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was last refreshed in September 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 357 of 2,166 records were updated in 2024 or later and 1,248 predate 2020.
For local context: Astoria holds 30 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 19 of them optometry and 11 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 11106. 29 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Ophthalmic Consultant of New York, PLLC in Astoria, 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
2,489 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 | 0.6 mi | (718) 757-0564 |
| John Pilavas, MD | Astoria | Ophthalmology | 0.7 mi | (718) 204-5100 |
| John A. Pilavas MD PLLC | Astoria | Ophthalmology | 0.7 mi | (718) 204-5100 |
| Anthony I Pilavas M D | Astoria | Ophthalmology | 0.7 mi | (718) 204-5100 |
| Pamel Vision and Laser Group | Astoria | Ophthalmology | 0.7 mi | (718) 278-3800 |
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 optometry practice like this
The NPI registry holds no prices, so nothing here is a quote from Prime Optics LLC. Based on this site's own price research, an independent optometry practice typically charges $120 to $200 for an exam without insurance, against a national average of about $136 and roughly $25 once a vision plan pays its share.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses, since that takes a visit to $150 to $370. A comprehensive exam is $100 to $250. If price is the deciding factor, the 2,166 practices on the New York-Newark-Jersey City page give you the full local field to call around.