Marr-Kirkland Eye Center, College Station: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1114069580
- Legal business name
- Whm Eye Associates, P.A.
- Registered trading name
- Marr-Kirkland Eye Center
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 3030 University Dr E Ste 100
College Station, TX 77845-6147 - Phone on the record
- (979) 776-7564
- NPI issued
- February 13, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- July 29, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- College Station-Bryan, TX
- County
- Brazos County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Whm Eye Associates, P.A. and registered Marr-Kirkland Eye Center as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was refreshed in July 2026, putting it among the 4 of 31 College Station-Bryan records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: College Station holds 24 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 23 of them optometry and 1 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 77845. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Myeyedr. in Bryan, 0.5 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
31 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the College Station-Bryan metro itself there are 31, 23 of them elsewhere in College Station. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myeyedr. | Bryan | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (979) 731-8446 |
| Bcs Eye Associates, Inc. | Bryan | Glaucoma | 0.5 mi | (979) 255-3738 |
| Texas Regional Eye Center | Bryan | Ophthalmology | 0.7 mi | (979) 774-0498 |
| America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses | College Station | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (979) 431-6053 |
| Brazos Valley Eyecare PLLC | College Station | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (979) 693-7528 |
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 Marr-Kirkland Eye Center. 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 27 optometry practices on the College Station-Bryan page if you only need a prescription.