Eyecarecenter, Albermarle: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1013549302
- Legal business name
- Eyecarecenter OD PA
- Registered trading name
- Eyecarecenter
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Practice location
- 303 Salisbury Ave.
Albermarle, NC 28001-3359 - Phone on the record
- (704) 982-6011
- NPI issued
- February 5, 2020
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 29, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Albemarle, NC
- County
- Stanly County
- Parent organization
- Eyecarecenter OD PA
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Locations under this name
- 42 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Eyecarecenter OD PA and registered Eyecarecenter as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. CMS records this location as a subpart of Eyecarecenter OD PA, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. 42 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 last refreshed in September 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 1 of 8 records were updated in 2024 or later and 5 predate 2020.
For local context: Albermarle holds 1 registered eye care practice in this snapshot, 1 of them optometry and 0 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 28001. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Dunlap Vision Center in Albemarle, 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 North Carolina boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
25 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Albemarle metro itself there are 8. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunlap Vision Center | Albemarle | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (704) 982-6011 |
| Carolina Eye Associates PA | Albemarle | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (704) 982-1000 |
| Larry P Jenkins MD PA | Albemarle | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (704) 983-1102 |
| Academy Eye Center Optometry, PA | Albemarle | Optometry | 1.5 mi | (704) 983-2431 |
| Cel O.D. PLLC | Albemarle | Optometry | 2.0 mi | (704) 983-2769 |
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 Eyecarecenter. 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 8 practices on the Albemarle page give you the full local field to call around.