Chara Vision LLC, New Braunfels: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1679498604
- Legal business name
- Chara Vision LLC
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management; Optometrist, Sports Vision
- Practice location
- 135 Creekside Way
New Braunfels, TX 78130-6248 - Phone on the record
- (830) 946-1255
- NPI issued
- August 11, 2026
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 11, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS September 2026
- Metro area
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- County
- Comal County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management and Optometrist, Sports Vision, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in August 2026, putting it among the 70 of 328 San Antonio-New Braunfels records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: New Braunfels holds 22 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 18 of them optometry and 4 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 78130. 21 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Everyone Eyecare, P.C. in New Braunfels, 0.0 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.
Also registered at this address
1 other organization holds an NPI at the same street address. Shared suites and multi-specialty buildings are common, and it is worth knowing which entity you are actually booking with.
| Organization | Registered as | Record updated |
|---|---|---|
| Everyone Eyecare, P.C. | Optometry | March 2023 |
Nearest registered practices
104 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro itself there are 328, 21 of them elsewhere in New Braunfels. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone Eyecare, P.C. | New Braunfels | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (830) 357-0736 |
| Local Eyes Optometry PLLC | New Braunfels | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (830) 627-9272 |
| Eye Care New Braunfels | New Braunfels | Optometry | 0.9 mi | (210) 317-6464 |
| Generations Retina | New Braunfels | Ophthalmology | 1.0 mi | (830) 302-4700 |
| Elevated Eye Care | New Braunfels | Optometry | 1.3 mi | (830) 221-9358 |
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 Chara Vision LLC. 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 328 practices on the San Antonio-New Braunfels page give you the full local field to call around.