Lvpg Ophthalmology - Emrick Blvd, Bethlehem: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1659289965
- Legal business name
- Lehigh Valley Specialty Physician Group
- Registered trading name
- Lvpg Ophthalmology - Emrick Blvd
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 3100 Emrick Blvd
Bethlehem, PA 18020-8061 - Phone on the record
- (484) 273-4390
- NPI issued
- August 28, 2026
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 28, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS November 2026
- Metro area
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
- County
- Northampton County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Lehigh Valley Specialty Physician Group and registered Lvpg Ophthalmology - Emrick Blvd 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 August 2026, putting it among the 10 of 96 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Bethlehem holds 18 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 9 of them optometry and 9 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 18020. 17 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Alpha Optical Bethlehem, LLC in Easton, 1.0 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 Pennsylvania boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
153 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro itself there are 96, 17 of them elsewhere in Bethlehem. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Optical Bethlehem, LLC | Easton | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (610) 866-1000 |
| St. Luke's Opthalmology Associates | Easton | Ophthalmology | 1.1 mi | (610) 691-3335 |
| Crystal Vision Center | Bethlehem | Optometry | 1.8 mi | (610) 865-9900 |
| Palmer Eye Associates | Easton | Optometry | 2.1 mi | (610) 253-0750 |
| Marshalls Creek Vision Center | Easton | Optometry | 2.1 mi | (610) 258-4372 |
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 Lvpg Ophthalmology - Emrick Blvd, 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 Lvpg Ophthalmology - Emrick Blvd 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 67 optometry practices on the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton page if you only need a prescription.