University Eye Surgeons, Huntington: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1003810557
- Legal business name
- University Physicians & Surgeons, Inc.
- Registered trading name
- University Eye Surgeons
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 1616 13TH Ave, Suite 2B
Huntington, WV 25701-3840 - Phone on the record
- (304) 697-0393
- NPI issued
- June 10, 2005
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 11, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
- County
- Cabell County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name University Physicians & Surgeons, Inc. and registered University Eye Surgeons 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 Ophthalmology, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in September 2025, putting it among the 3 of 24 Huntington-Ashland records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Huntington holds 13 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 9 of them optometry and 4 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 25701. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Huntington Eye Associates Inc. in Huntington, 0.1 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 West Virginia boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
41 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Huntington-Ashland metro itself there are 24, 12 of them elsewhere in Huntington. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Eye Associates Inc. | Huntington | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (304) 529-2800 |
| Joseph F Faust MD PLLC | Huntington | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (304) 529-2800 |
| Eye Care Inc | Huntington | Ophthalmology | 0.7 mi | (304) 522-8311 |
| Huntington Ophthalmology Professional Corp | Huntington | Ophthalmology | 0.7 mi | (304) 522-8311 |
| Cook Eye Center Inc | Huntington | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (304) 522-1802 |
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 University Eye Surgeons. 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 24 practices on the Huntington-Ashland page give you the full local field to call around.