Heaton Eye Associates, Tyler: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1528127172
- Legal business name
- Charles L. Heaton , M.D. P.A.
- Registered trading name
- Heaton Eye Associates
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 3355 Earl Campbell Pkwy
Tyler, TX 75701-8435 - Phone on the record
- (903) 526-0444
- NPI issued
- December 8, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 27, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Tyler, TX
- County
- Smith County
- Locations under this name
- 2 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Charles L. Heaton , M.D. P.A. 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. 2 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 refreshed in August 2025, putting it among the 7 of 25 Tyler records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Tyler holds 25 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 19 of them optometry and 6 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 75701. 5 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Dr Ronald N Smith Optometrist Inc in Tyler, 2.3 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
24 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Tyler metro itself there are 25, 24 of them elsewhere in Tyler. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Ronald N Smith Optometrist Inc | Tyler | Corneal and contact lens management | 2.3 mi | (903) 597-9020 |
| Rmo Eyecare | Tyler | Optometry | 2.3 mi | (903) 593-2345 |
| Vision Source of Tyler | Tyler | Optometry | 2.7 mi | (903) 561-8686 |
| Vision Source of Tyler | Tyler | Optometry | 2.7 mi | (903) 561-8686 |
| Todays Vision | Tyler | Corneal and contact lens management | 2.7 mi | (903) 534-8349 |
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 19 optometry practices on the Tyler page if you only need a prescription.