Carolina Eye Associates PA, Fayetteville: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1265587828
- Legal business name
- Carolina Eye Associates Inc
- Registered trading name
- Carolina Eye Associates PA
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 1991 Fordham Dr, Suite 301
Fayetteville, NC 28304-3773 - Phone on the record
- (910) 485-2020
- NPI issued
- January 24, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- November 21, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Fayetteville, NC
- County
- Cumberland County
- Locations under this name
- 15 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Carolina Eye Associates Inc and registered Carolina Eye Associates PA as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 15 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 November 2025, putting it among the 12 of 38 Fayetteville records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Fayetteville holds 30 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 21 of them optometry and 9 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 28304. 10 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Carolina Vision Center in Fayetteville, 0.4 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
46 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Fayetteville metro itself there are 38, 29 of them elsewhere in Fayetteville. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Vision Center | Fayetteville | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (910) 485-3937 |
| Aesthetic Facial & Ocular Plastic Surgery Center, PA | Fayetteville | Oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery | 0.4 mi | (919) 590-4432 |
| George L Cooper MD | Fayetteville | Ophthalmology | 0.5 mi | (910) 323-2002 |
| Valley Eye Clinic, PLLC | Fayetteville | Ophthalmology | 0.5 mi | (910) 323-2002 |
| Cape Fear Eye Associates PA | Fayetteville | Ophthalmology | 0.6 mi | (910) 484-2284 |
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 Carolina Eye Associates PA, and ophthalmology practices do not publish fee schedules. Customers report paying $150 to $300 or more at this kind of practice without insurance, which is a reported band rather than a published price. The nearest published figure is $95, the median starting fee across the 1,280 US retail optical stores that print one (30 September 2026), and Medicare pays $149.64 for a comprehensive new-patient exam (CPT 92004). Ask Carolina Eye Associates PA for its self-pay price.
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 28 optometry practices on the Fayetteville page if you only need a prescription.