Lewis-Gale Physicians, LLC, Radford: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1184728503
- Legal business name
- Lewis-Gale Physicians, LLC
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 614 E Main St
Radford, VA 24141-1786 - Phone on the record
- (540) 639-2723
- NPI issued
- September 8, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 11, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- County
- Radford city
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The entry was refreshed in September 2025, putting it among the 3 of 23 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Radford holds 1 registered eye care practice in this snapshot, 0 of them optometry and 1 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 24141. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is C. Houston Teaters, OD, PC in Fairlawn, 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 Virginia boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
23 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro itself there are 23. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Houston Teaters, OD, PC | Fairlawn | Optometry | 2.3 mi | (540) 633-0006 |
| Infinity Eye Care, PLLC | Fairlawn | Optometry | 2.3 mi | (540) 731-1010 |
| Optometric World | Christiansburg | Optometry | 6.8 mi | (540) 382-5511 |
| Optometric Associates | Christiansburg | Optometry | 6.8 mi | (540) 382-5511 |
| Carroll W Poovey Jr Optometrist | Christiansburg | Optometry | 6.9 mi | (540) 381-3366 |
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 Lewis-Gale Physicians, LLC. 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 18 optometry practices on the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford page if you only need a prescription.