Virginia Eye Institute, 400 Westhampton Sta, Richmond: NPI Registry Record
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1669480448
- Legal business name
- Eye Surgeons of Richmond, Inc.
- Registered trading name
- Virginia Eye Institute
- 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
- 400 Westhampton Sta
Richmond, VA 23226-3330 - Phone on the record
- (804) 287-4200
- NPI issued
- August 4, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- January 18, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Richmond, VA
- County
- Richmond city
- Locations under this name
- 6 registered nationally
- Duplicate registrations at this address
- 1 additional NPI for the same name and address, folded into this record
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Eye Surgeons of Richmond, Inc. and registered Virginia Eye Institute 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. 6 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 January 2024, putting it among the 19 of 149 Richmond records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Richmond holds 60 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 47 of them optometry and 13 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 23226. 3 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Peter H Goldmann MD PC in Richmond, 1.7 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
138 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Richmond metro itself there are 149, 59 of them elsewhere in Richmond. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter H Goldmann MD PC | Richmond | Ophthalmology | 1.7 mi | (804) 285-1722 |
| Patterson Eye Clinic Optometrists PC | Richmond | Optometry | 1.7 mi | (804) 285-7638 |
| Richmond Eye & Ear Health Care | Richmond | Low vision rehabilitation | 2.0 mi | (804) 545-9435 |
| Retina Vitreous Consultants | Richmond | Ophthalmology | 2.0 mi | (804) 363-8948 |
| Sheridan Rop Services of Virginia, Inc. | Richmond | Ophthalmology | 2.0 mi | (804) 289-4951 |
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 Virginia Eye Institute. 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 127 optometry practices on the Richmond page if you only need a prescription.