Milwaukee Eye Care Associates S.C., Milwaukee: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1609869858
- Legal business name
- Milwaukee Eye Care Associates S.C.
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 1684 N Prospect Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53202-2408 - Phone on the record
- (414) 271-2020
- NPI issued
- August 23, 2005
- Record last updated by the practice
- April 14, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
- County
- Milwaukee County
- Locations under this name
- 2 registered nationally
- 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. 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 April 2026, putting it among the 49 of 168 Milwaukee-Waukesha records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Milwaukee holds 31 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 19 of them optometry and 12 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 53202. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Fancy Seeing You, LLC in Milwaukee, 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 Wisconsin boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
176 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro itself there are 168, 30 of them elsewhere in Milwaukee. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fancy Seeing You, LLC | Milwaukee | Optometry | 0.1 mi | (414) 221-7055 |
| Opitx on Downer | Milwaukee | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (414) 964-3125 |
| Wisconsin Vision, LLC | Milwaukee | Optometry | 1.5 mi | (414) 539-3524 |
| Karen S. Shimshak MD SC | Glendale | Ophthalmology | 1.8 mi | (414) 271-7200 |
| Harry A. Easom, M.D., S.C. | Glendale | Ophthalmology | 1.8 mi | (414) 271-7200 |
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 Milwaukee Eye Care Associates S.C.. 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha page if you only need a prescription.