Eyecarecenter OD PA, North Wilkesboro: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1154739563
- Legal business name
- Eyecarecenter OD PA
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Practice location
- 190 Independence Ave Ste A
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659-4270 - Phone on the record
- (336) 667-6782
- NPI issued
- July 29, 2014
- Record last updated by the practice
- February 24, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- North Wilkesboro, NC
- County
- Wilkes 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
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 refreshed in February 2025, putting it among the 2 of 9 North Wilkesboro records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: North Wilkesboro holds 5 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 2 of them optometry and 3 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 28659. 2 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is John G Oliver MD Professional Associates in North Wilkesboro, 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
18 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the North Wilkesboro metro itself there are 9, 4 of them elsewhere in North Wilkesboro. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John G Oliver MD Professional Associates | North Wilkesboro | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (336) 838-5121 |
| Davis Ophthalmology, PLLC | North Wilkesboro | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (336) 838-5121 |
| Gary C Nash OD | Wilkesboro | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (336) 838-4801 |
| Boone Trail Optometric Eye Care, PLLC | North Wilkesboro | Optometry | 0.9 mi | (336) 667-3288 |
| Graystone Eye | North Wilkesboro | Ophthalmology | 0.9 mi | (336) 667-3288 |
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 OD PA. 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 9 practices on the North Wilkesboro page give you the full local field to call around.