Romero:ophthalmology, Katy: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1093904773
- Legal business name
- Fernando A Romero MD PA
- Registered trading name
- Romero:ophthalmology
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 701 S Fry Rd, Suite 120
Katy, TX 77450-2255 - Phone on the record
- (281) 492-8982
- NPI issued
- October 18, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 20, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- County
- Harris County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Fernando A Romero MD PA and registered Romero:ophthalmology 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 August 2025, putting it among the 221 of 1,122 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Katy holds 78 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 73 of them optometry and 5 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 77450. 11 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses in Houston, 0.8 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
732 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses | Houston | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (832) 739-6001 |
| Moderneyes Optometry, PLLC | Houston | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (832) 484-0993 |
| Diab Vision Centers-Katy, PC | Houston | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (713) 942-7733 |
| J&J Vision PLLC | Houston | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (281) 398-2805 |
| Eyeland Vision | Katy | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (281) 492-6262 |
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 Romero:ophthalmology, 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 Romero:ophthalmology 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.