Hummel Eye Associates, Oklahoma City: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1194713578
- Legal business name
- J Chris Hummel MD PC
- Registered trading name
- Hummel Eye Associates
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 4205 McAuley Blvd
Oklahoma City, OK 73120-8347 - Phone on the record
- (405) 755-6111
- NPI issued
- October 11, 2005
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 11, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Oklahoma City, OK
- County
- Oklahoma County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name J Chris Hummel MD PC and registered Hummel 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 refreshed in September 2024, putting it among the 50 of 247 Oklahoma City records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Oklahoma City holds 115 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 80 of them optometry and 35 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 73120. 2 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Look See Eye Care in Oklahoma City, 0.3 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 Oklahoma boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
205 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Oklahoma City metro itself there are 247, 114 of them elsewhere in Oklahoma City. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Look See Eye Care | Oklahoma City | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (405) 751-0075 |
| Samuel C. Oliphant, Inc | Oklahoma City | Optometry | 0.4 mi | (405) 751-7727 |
| Donald P Maxwell Jr MD PLLC | Oklahoma City | Ophthalmology | 0.9 mi | (405) 752-0717 |
| F C Lawrence II MD PC | Oklahoma City | Ophthalmology | 0.9 mi | (405) 752-0717 |
| Darin R. Haivala, MD, PLLC | Oklahoma City | Ophthalmology | 0.9 mi | (405) 752-0717 |
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 Hummel 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 Oklahoma City page if you only need a prescription.