Mountain Eye Associates, Waynesville: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1033411848
- Legal business name
- Mountain Eye Associates PLLC
- Registered trading name
- Mountain Eye Associates
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 1898 S Main St
Waynesville, NC 28786-2158 - Phone on the record
- (828) 456-2015
- NPI issued
- November 30, 2010
- Record last updated by the practice
- October 27, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Waynesville, NC
- County
- Haywood County
- Locations under this name
- 3 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Mountain Eye Associates PLLC and registered Mountain Eye Associates 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. 3 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 October 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 0 of 6 records were updated in 2024 or later and 4 predate 2020.
For local context: Waynesville holds 4 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 3 of them optometry and 1 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 28786. 2 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Haywood Family Eye Care OD PLLC in Waynesville, 0.9 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 Waynesville metro itself there are 6, 3 of them elsewhere in Waynesville. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haywood Family Eye Care OD PLLC | Waynesville | Optometry | 0.9 mi | (828) 456-8361 |
| Haywood Optometric Care PA | Waynesville | Optometry | 1.8 mi | (828) 456-8361 |
| Mountain Eye Associates, PLLC. | Clyde | Ophthalmology | 5.1 mi | (828) 452-5816 |
| Mountain Eye Associates | Canton | Ophthalmology | 10.3 mi | (828) 648-2483 |
| Mountain Eye Associates | Sylva | Ophthalmology | 12.4 mi | (828) 477-4572 |
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 Mountain 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 3 optometry practices on the Waynesville page if you only need a prescription.