Avera Medical Group Willcockson Eye Associates, Yankton: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1003585548
- Legal business name
- Sacred Heart Health Services
- Registered trading name
- Avera Medical Group Willcockson Eye Associates
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 415 W 3RD St
Yankton, SD 57078-4201 - Phone on the record
- (605) 665-9638
- NPI issued
- September 8, 2021
- Record last updated by the practice
- January 7, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Yankton, SD
- County
- Yankton County
- Parent organization
- Sacred Heart Health Services
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- 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 Sacred Heart Health Services and registered Avera Medical Group Willcockson Eye Associates 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, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. CMS records this location as a subpart of Sacred Heart Health Services, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. 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 refreshed in January 2025, putting it among the 2 of 4 Yankton records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Yankton holds 4 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 1 of them optometry and 3 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 57078. 1 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Willcockson Eye Associates, P.C. in Yankton, 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 South Dakota 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Willcockson Eye Associates, P.C. | Ophthalmology | August 2011 |
Nearest registered practices
7 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Yankton metro itself there are 4, 3 of them elsewhere in Yankton. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willcockson Eye Associates, P.C. | Yankton | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (605) 665-9638 |
| Meridian Eye Care PC | Yankton | Optometry | 1.7 mi | (605) 665-8688 |
| Sacred Heart Health Services | Yankton | Ophthalmology | 4.0 mi | (605) 668-8000 |
| Filips Eye Clinic PC | Hartington | Optometry | 18.5 mi | (402) 254-2020 |
| Prairie Eye Clinic | Vermillion | Optometry | 24.2 mi | (605) 624-2020 |
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 Avera Medical Group Willcockson Eye Associates. 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 1 optometry practices on the Yankton page if you only need a prescription.