Chippewa Valley Eye Clinic Ltd, Eau Claire: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1306838487
- Legal business name
- Chippewa Valley Eye Clinic Ltd
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 2715 Damon St
Eau Claire, WI 54701-2634 - Phone on the record
- (715) 834-8471
- NPI issued
- August 16, 2005
- Record last updated by the practice
- June 18, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Eau Claire, WI
- County
- Eau Claire County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in June 2024, putting it among the 2 of 15 Eau Claire records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Eau Claire holds 8 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 5 of them optometry and 3 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 54701. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Espy Specs SC in Eau Claire, 0.2 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 Wisconsin boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
15 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Eau Claire metro itself there are 15, 7 of them elsewhere in Eau Claire. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espy Specs SC | Eau Claire | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (715) 318-0906 |
| Vision World | Eau Claire | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (715) 834-8404 |
| Harveye Care, LLC | Eau Claire | Ophthalmology | 1.3 mi | (715) 797-8310 |
| Mergenthaler Eye Care, LLC | Eau Claire | Optometry | 1.4 mi | (715) 838-0462 |
| Hubbell Eye Clinic, S.C. | Eau Claire | Optometry | 1.8 mi | (715) 832-7489 |
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 Chippewa Valley Eye Clinic Ltd, and ophthalmology practices do not publish fee schedules. Customers report paying $150 to $300 or more at this kind of practice without insurance, which is a reported band rather than a published price. The nearest published figure is $95, the median starting fee across the 1,280 US retail optical stores that print one (30 September 2026), and Medicare pays $149.64 for a comprehensive new-patient exam (CPT 92004). Ask Chippewa Valley Eye Clinic Ltd for its self-pay price.
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 12 optometry practices on the Eau Claire page if you only need a prescription.