Upmc Children's Specialists-Ophthalmology, Harrisburg: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1861164030
- Legal business name
- Pinnacle Health Medical Services
- Registered trading name
- Upmc Children's Specialists-Ophthalmology
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 111 S Front St
Harrisburg, PA 17101-2010 - Phone on the record
- (717) 782-5223
- NPI issued
- October 5, 2021
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 23, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
- County
- Dauphin County
- Locations under this name
- 2 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Pinnacle Health Medical Services and registered Upmc Children's Specialists-Ophthalmology 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 Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 2 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 August 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 9 of 73 records were updated in 2024 or later and 45 predate 2020.
For local context: Harrisburg holds 24 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 16 of them optometry and 8 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 17101. 20 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Premier Eye Care Group, Inc in Harrisburg, 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 Pennsylvania boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
129 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro itself there are 73, 23 of them elsewhere in Harrisburg. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Eye Care Group, Inc | Harrisburg | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (717) 232-0843 |
| Central Pennsylvania Eye and Ear | Harrisburg | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (717) 236-2753 |
| Susquehanna Retina Center | Lemoyne | Retina | 1.2 mi | (717) 798-4096 |
| Kline Health Center-Ophthalmology | Harrisburg | Ophthalmology | 2.1 mi | (717) 782-2100 |
| Pennsylvania Retina Specialists PC | Camp Hill | Ophthalmology | 2.2 mi | (717) 761-8688 |
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 Upmc Children's Specialists-Ophthalmology. 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 47 optometry practices on the Harrisburg-Carlisle page if you only need a prescription.