Michael B. Allee OD PC, Knoxville: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1659538171
- Legal business name
- Michael B. Allee OD PC
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 4722 Western Ave
Knoxville, TN 37921-3303 - Phone on the record
- (865) 588-1886
- NPI issued
- May 21, 2008
- Record last updated by the practice
- May 28, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Knoxville, TN
- County
- Knox County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The entry was refreshed in May 2024, putting it among the 16 of 95 Knoxville records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Knoxville holds 59 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 48 of them optometry and 11 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 37921. 30 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Complete Vision Care PLLC in Knoxville, 2.1 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 Tennessee boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
87 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Knoxville metro itself there are 95, 58 of them elsewhere in Knoxville. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Vision Care PLLC | Knoxville | Optometry | 2.1 mi | (865) 409-2242 |
| Eyes on Knoxville PLLC | Knoxville | Optometry | 2.1 mi | (864) 409-2242 |
| Devinevision | Knoxville | Optometry | 2.3 mi | (865) 356-9475 |
| Campbell Cunningham Taylor PC | Knoxville | Optometry | 2.3 mi | (865) 584-0905 |
| Low Vision Center, Inc. | Knoxville | Low vision rehabilitation | 2.3 mi | (865) 522-2449 |
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 Michael B. Allee OD PC. 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 95 practices on the Knoxville page give you the full local field to call around.