Lappen Eye Care-South Inc, Mc Murray: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1427728245
- Legal business name
- Lappen Eye Care-South Inc
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 3055 Washington Rd Ste 304
Mc Murray, PA 15317-3279 - Phone on the record
- (724) 941-2309
- NPI issued
- September 14, 2021
- Record last updated by the practice
- February 23, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Pittsburgh, PA
- County
- Washington County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Ophthalmology, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was last refreshed in February 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 43 of 396 records were updated in 2024 or later and 246 predate 2020.
For local context: Mc Murray holds 5 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 4 of them optometry and 1 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 15317. 4 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Red Apple Reading Center in Mc Murray, 0.0 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
260 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Pittsburgh metro itself there are 396, 4 of them elsewhere in Mc Murray. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Apple Reading Center | Mc Murray | Vision therapy | 0.0 mi | (724) 942-7323 |
| Onevision Health & Wellness, PC | McMurray | Optometry | 0.6 mi | (724) 941-3456 |
| Red Apple Reading Center LLC | Canonsburg | Vision therapy | 0.6 mi | (412) 478-8278 |
| Advanced Vision Care LLC | Bethel Park | Optometry | 2.0 mi | (412) 835-7474 |
| Advanced Vision Care Associates, LLC | Bethel Park | Optometry | 2.0 mi | (412) 835-7474 |
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 Lappen Eye Care-South Inc, and independent optometry practices do not publish fee schedules. Customers report paying $120 to $200 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 Lappen Eye Care-South Inc for its self-pay price.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses (the median published contact-lens fee is $129). A comprehensive exam is $80 to $120 at the middle half of stores that print a price. If price is the deciding factor, the 396 practices on the Pittsburgh page give you the full local field to call around.