Sterling Optical, West Chester: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1699826487
- Legal business name
- La Optics II Inc
- Registered trading name
- Sterling Optical
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 2 additional taxonomy codes outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 40 E Gay St
West Chester, PA 19380-3145 - Phone on the record
- (610) 692-9289
- NPI issued
- January 16, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 11, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- County
- Chester County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name La Optics II Inc and registered Sterling Optical 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, Corneal and Contact Management, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in September 2025, putting it among the 78 of 589 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: West Chester holds 17 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 14 of them optometry and 3 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 19380. 6 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Precision Eye Care West Chester in West Chester, 0.1 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
440 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro itself there are 589, 16 of them elsewhere in West Chester. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precision Eye Care West Chester | West Chester | Optometry | 0.1 mi | (412) 979-3344 |
| Silver Sight LLC | West Chester | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (412) 260-4103 |
| Mudgil Eye Associates PC | West Chester | Ophthalmology | 0.8 mi | (610) 429-3004 |
| Vistarr Laser & Vision Centers | West Chester | Ophthalmology | 1.1 mi | (610) 692-8100 |
| Chester County Opticians | West Chester | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (610) 692-8300 |
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 optometry practice like this
The NPI registry holds no prices, so nothing here is a quote from Sterling Optical. Based on this site's own price research, an independent optometry practice typically charges $120 to $200 for an exam without insurance, against a national average of about $136 and roughly $25 once a vision plan pays its share.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses, since that takes a visit to $150 to $370. A comprehensive exam is $100 to $250. If price is the deciding factor, the 589 practices on the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington page give you the full local field to call around.