Apex Eye Associates, Cary: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1225754419
- Legal business name
- Apex Eye Associates, PLLC
- Registered trading name
- Apex Eye Associates
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 300 Ashville Ave Ste 280
Cary, NC 27518-8682 - Phone on the record
- (919) 568-1782
- NPI issued
- October 18, 2022
- Record last updated by the practice
- March 12, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Raleigh-Cary, NC
- County
- Wake County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Apex Eye Associates, PLLC and registered Apex Eye Associates as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was last refreshed in March 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 35 of 242 records were updated in 2024 or later and 123 predate 2020.
For local context: Cary holds 42 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 32 of them optometry and 10 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 27518. 36 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Swamy Pediatric Eye Care, PLLC in Cary, 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.
Also registered at this address
1 other organization holds an NPI at the same street address. Shared suites and multi-specialty buildings are common, and it is worth knowing which entity you are actually booking with.
| Organization | Registered as | Record updated |
|---|---|---|
| Swamy Pediatric Eye Care, PLLC | Pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus | September 2023 |
Nearest registered practices
275 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Raleigh-Cary metro itself there are 242, 41 of them elsewhere in Cary. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swamy Pediatric Eye Care, PLLC | Cary | Pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus | 0.0 mi | (919) 752-7335 |
| Western Wake Eye Center PA | Cary | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (919) 233-2020 |
| Vistacare Optometry, PA | Cary | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (919) 852-1563 |
| Cary Optometry | Cary | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (919) 852-1563 |
| Eye Care Associates OD PA | Cary | Optometry | 0.4 mi | (919) 851-9995 |
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 Apex Eye Associates. 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 192 optometry practices on the Raleigh-Cary page if you only need a prescription.