Berkeley Eye Center, 21502 Merchants Way Ste A, Katy: NPI Registry Record
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1417970500
- Legal business name
- Berkeley Eye Institute, PLLC
- Registered trading name
- Berkeley Eye Center
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 21502 Merchants Way Ste A
Katy, TX 77449-2515 - Phone on the record
- (281) 579-6777
- NPI issued
- July 26, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- March 31, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- County
- Harris County
- Locations under this name
- 27 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Berkeley Eye Institute, PLLC and registered Berkeley Eye Center 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. 27 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 last refreshed in March 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 221 of 1,122 records were updated in 2024 or later and 621 predate 2020.
For local context: Katy holds 78 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 73 of them optometry and 5 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 77449. 1 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is E&C Eyecare in Katy, 0.6 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
714 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro itself there are 1,122, 77 of them elsewhere in Katy. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E&C Eyecare | Katy | Optometry | 0.6 mi | (281) 392-7010 |
| Eyes Over Texas Eye Care, P.A. | Katy | Ophthalmology | 0.7 mi | (281) 398-0747 |
| Ocular Oasis | Katy | Optometry | 0.9 mi | (281) 395-0049 |
| Dorsey C. Blair O.D.,pllc | Katy | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (281) 392-9020 |
| Dorsey C.blair OD PC | Katy | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (281) 392-9020 |
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 Berkeley Eye Center, 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 Berkeley Eye Center 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 958 optometry practices on the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands page if you only need a prescription.