Heaton Eye Associates, Gun Barrel City: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1144115742
- Legal business name
- Charles L. Heaton, MD, PA
- Registered trading name
- Heaton Eye Associates
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 2415 W Main St
Gun Barrel City, TX 75156-3639 - Phone on the record
- (903) 526-0444
- NPI issued
- June 12, 2025
- Record last updated by the practice
- July 29, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Athens, TX
- County
- Henderson County
- Parent organization
- Charles L. Heaton, MD, PA
- 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 Charles L. Heaton, MD, PA and registered Heaton 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 Charles L. Heaton, MD, PA, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. The entry was refreshed in July 2025, putting it among the 1 of 3 Athens records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Gun Barrel City holds 2 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 1 of them optometry and 1 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 75156. 1 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Better Optics Inc in Gun Barrel City, 1.2 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 Texas boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
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 Athens metro itself there are 3, 1 of them elsewhere in Gun Barrel City. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Optics Inc | Gun Barrel City | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (903) 880-4393 |
| Matthew D Parker, OD | Kaufman | Optometry | 17.4 mi | (972) 932-4004 |
| Nettune Eye Associates | Athens | Optometry | 20.4 mi | (903) 675-5300 |
| Corsicana Envision Eyecare PA | Corsicana | Optometry | 24.6 mi | (903) 872-5681 |
| First Eye Care Corsicanna | Corsicana | Optometry | 24.8 mi | (903) 872-2561 |
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 Heaton 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 2 optometry practices on the Athens page if you only need a prescription.