Penn Highlands Elk, Saint Marys: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1811610298
- Legal business name
- Elk Regional Health Center
- Registered trading name
- Penn Highlands Elk
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 765 Johnsonburg Rd
Saint Marys, PA 15857-3417 - Phone on the record
- (814) 781-3435
- NPI issued
- September 21, 2022
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 21, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- St. Marys, PA
- County
- Elk County
- Parent organization
- Penn Highlands Healthcare
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Elk Regional Health Center and registered Penn Highlands Elk as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. CMS records this location as a subpart of Penn Highlands Healthcare, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. The entry was last refreshed in September 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 1 of 8 records were updated in 2024 or later and 5 predate 2020.
For local context: Saint Marys holds 6 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 4 of them optometry and 2 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 15857. 4 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Elk County Eye Clinic in Saint Marys, 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.
Also registered at this address
1 other organization holds an NPI at the same street address. Shared suites and multi-specialty buildings are common, and it is worth knowing which entity you are actually booking with.
| Organization | Registered as | Record updated |
|---|---|---|
| Elk County Eye Clinic | Ophthalmology | September 2017 |
Nearest registered practices
17 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the St. Marys metro itself there are 8, 5 of them elsewhere in Saint Marys. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk County Eye Clinic | Saint Marys | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (814) 781-3435 |
| Karl W Wolfe,od | Saint Marys | Optometry | 1.8 mi | (814) 781-3384 |
| Krainz Family Optometry, Inc. | Saint Marys | Optometry | 1.8 mi | (814) 781-3384 |
| Housler Family Eye Care Inc | Saint Marys | Optometry | 1.8 mi | (814) 335-5905 |
| Fatula Family Eyecare | Saint Marys | Optometry | 2.7 mi | (814) 781-1064 |
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 Penn Highlands Elk, 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 Penn Highlands Elk 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 6 optometry practices on the St. Marys page if you only need a prescription.