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Question · by cedar_rapids_owl · Member since Sep 2026 · 1 post · 7w7 weeks ago
Eye care center in Cedar Rapids, IA
4.8 · 1,800 reviewsOpen today until 5 PMOpen until 5
In 1992, we founded Iowa Eye Center to offer patients a Cedar Rapids eye doctor that provides the best possible eye care. All of our eye doctors are skilled, board-certified ophthalmologists, providing comprehensive eye care at an affordable cost. Our mission as medical professionals is to preserve the health of your eyes and to help you see your world the best you can. We offer the highest level of expertise, the latest technology and a superior standard of patient-centered care.
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What Iowa Eye offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
Iowa Eye lists 10 services on its website. Here's each one, with how many reviews mention each.
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Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 18, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
What reviews, press and directories say about Iowa Eye.
4.8from 1,800 reviews on Google
Iowa Eye Center stands out for its prompt emergency care and highly regarded doctors like Dr. Litchfield and Dr. Hall. Patients describe a welcoming atmosphere at Iowa Eye Center, with efficient scheduling and attentive care. Dr. Litchfield's quick response to an emergency situation and Dr. Hall's thoroughness in addressing patient concerns highlight the clinic's commitment to quality eye care.
Listed on 2 of the 2 directories AI reads.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
Signal and how much it countsIowa Eye
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
Iowa Eye, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Iowa Eye, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Iowa Eye. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Eye care centers in Cedar Rapids, IA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 28, 2026.
Published July 10, 2026 · Updated October 28, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Iowa Eye Center is an eye care center in Cedar Rapids, IA. Its AI Score is 67 of 100, which is good.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 1650 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (319) 362-3937 |
| Rating | 4.8 across 1,800 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 28, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 1650 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | In 1992, we founded Iowa Eye Center to offer patients a Cedar Rapids eye doctor that provides the best possible eye care. All of our eye doctors are skilled, board-certified ophthalmologists, providing comprehensive eye care at an affordable cost. Our mission as medical professionals is to preserve the health of your eyes and to help you see your world the best you can. We offer the highest level of expertise, the latest technology and a superior standard of patient-centered care. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Iowa Eye Center | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (319) 362-3937 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Cataracts | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Contacts | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | December eyeglasses sale | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Fall eyeglasses sale 2022 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Glasses | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Glaucoma | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Irritated eyes | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lasik questions answered | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Macular degeneration | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sunglasses | From their website | Business website |
| Links | https://facebook.com/iaeyecenter | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | Website | http://www.iowaeyecenter.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
These are the 10 services Iowa Eye offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.
| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December eyeglasses sale | From their website | |||
| Fall eyeglasses sale 2022 | From their website | |||
| Glasses | From their website | |||
| Contacts | From their website | |||
| Macular degeneration | From their website | |||
| Cataracts | From their website | |||
| Sunglasses | From their website | |||
| Glaucoma | From their website | |||
| Irritated eyes | From their website | |||
| LASIK questions answered | From their website |
Address: 1650 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, USA. Phone: (319) 362-3937. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "In 1992, we founded Iowa Eye Center to offer patients a Cedar Rapids eye doctor that provides the best possible eye care. All of our eye doctors are skilled, board-certified ophthalmologists, providing comprehensive eye care at an affordable cost. Our mission as medical professionals is to preserve the health of your eyes and to help you see your world the best you can. We offer the highest level of expertise, the latest technology and a superior standard of patient-centered care."
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Captains fish and chicken | Falafel restaurant | 2 min walk |
| 1st Ave & Park Ct | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
| 1st Ave & 16th St (Hy-Vee) | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
| B Ave & 17th St | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
| 17th St & B Ave | Transit station | 3 min walk |
| B Ave & 17th St | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
4.8 average across 1,800 reviews: Google 1,800. (Confirmed, read July 10, 2026.)
(AI guess, from 1,800 reviews.)
Listed on 2 of the 2 directories we checked.
| Directory | Listed |
|---|---|
| Apple Maps | Listed |
| Yelp | Listed |
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Eye care centers on the registry run 19 to 73. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Iowa Eye scores 67. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Iowa Eye |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 100 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Good |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 67 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Good |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 83 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 57 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 44 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 63 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Eye Center | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://www.iowaeyecenter.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa | City | #city | City Iowa Eye is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Cedar Rapids, linked to the lists and towns around it.
This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.
Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.
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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.
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# Iowa Eye Center, Cedar Rapids IA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ia/cedar-rapids/iowa-eye-center-cedar-rapids-ia. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-28. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ia/cedar-rapids/iowa-eye-center-cedar-rapids-ia ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Iowa Eye Center is an eye care center in Cedar Rapids, IA. Its AI Score is 67 of 100, which is good. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Eye care center | | Address | 1650 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, USA | | Hours | Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun | | Phone | (319) 362-3937 | | Rating | 4.8 across 1,800 reviews on Google | | Updated | October 28, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 1650 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | In 1992, we founded Iowa Eye Center to offer patients a Cedar Rapids eye doctor that provides the best possible eye care. All of our eye doctors are skilled, board-certified ophthalmologists, providing comprehensive eye care at an affordable cost. Our mission as medical professionals is to preserve the health of your eyes and to help you see your world the best you can. We offer the highest level of expertise, the latest technology and a superior standard of patient-centered care. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Iowa Eye Center | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (319) 362-3937 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Cataracts | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Contacts | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | December eyeglasses sale | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Fall eyeglasses sale 2022 | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Glasses | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Glaucoma | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Irritated eyes | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Lasik questions answered | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Macular degeneration | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Sunglasses | From their website | Business website | | Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/iaeyecenter | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | http://www.iowaeyecenter.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices These are the 10 services Iowa Eye offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | December eyeglasses sale | | | | From their website | | Fall eyeglasses sale 2022 | | | | From their website | | Glasses | | | | From their website | | Contacts | | | | From their website | | Macular degeneration | | | | From their website | | Cataracts | | | | From their website | | Sunglasses | | | | From their website | | Glaucoma | | | | From their website | | Irritated eyes | | | | From their website | | LASIK questions answered | | | | From their website | ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Iowa Eye Address: 1650 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, USA. Phone: (319) 362-3937. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "In 1992, we founded Iowa Eye Center to offer patients a Cedar Rapids eye doctor that provides the best possible eye care. All of our eye doctors are skilled, board-certified ophthalmologists, providing comprehensive eye care at an affordable cost. Our mission as medical professionals is to preserve the health of your eyes and to help you see your world the best you can. We offer the highest level of expertise, the latest technology and a superior standard of patient-centered care." ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Captains fish and chicken | Falafel restaurant | 2 min walk | | 1st Ave & Park Ct | Bus stop | 3 min walk | | 1st Ave & 16th St (Hy-Vee) | Bus stop | 3 min walk | | B Ave & 17th St | Bus stop | 3 min walk | | 17th St & B Ave | Transit station | 3 min walk | | B Ave & 17th St | Bus stop | 3 min walk | ## Reputation 4.8 average across 1,800 reviews: Google 1,800. (Confirmed, read July 10, 2026.) (AI guess, from 1,800 reviews.) ### What people like - Efficient appointment scheduling - Friendly and professional staff ### What people do not like - Long wait times reported by some patients ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Listed on 2 of the 2 directories we checked. | Directory | Listed | | --- | --- | | Apple Maps | Listed | | Yelp | Listed | ## Questions people ask ### services here, what do people go in for? ### where does this place post updates ### prices round here, anyone got a number ### bad experiences at Iowa Eye, anyone? ### anything good on 1st to kill time near this place? ### Somewhere to park near Iowa Eye? ### planning a Saturday visit, is that a wasted trip ### best ophthalmology clinic in Cedar Rapids ### membership, worth it or not ### anywhere cheaper than Iowa Eye in Cedar Rapids that is still good? ### is Cedar Rapids Eye any better ### do I need to book this place or can I just turn up? ### what does Iowa Eye actually get right? ### Why do people rate Iowa Eye? ### numbing at Iowa Eye, do you have to ask for it? ### medical staff here, or is it techs? ### Are the hours on Google right for Iowa Eye in Cedar Rapids? ## The AI Score: 67 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Eye care centers on the registry run 19 to 73. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Iowa Eye scores 67. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Iowa Eye | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 100 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Good | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 67 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Good | | Reviews & response | 12 | 83 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 57 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 44 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 63 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Iowa Eye | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Iowa Eye Center | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://www.iowaeyecenter.com/ | Subject of this page | | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | City | #city | | City Iowa Eye is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Cedar Rapids, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best eye care centers in Cedar Rapids: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/cedar-rapids/eye-care-center - Best businesses in Cedar Rapids: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/cedar-rapids ### Nearby - /waterloo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/waterloo - /west-des-moines: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/west-des-moines - /marshalltown: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/marshalltown ### Every list - Every leaderboard in Iowa: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJwRtgk1bx5IcRU0JTwXjPy6k (accessed Jul 10, 2026) - [2] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/services/cataracts/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [3] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/optical-center/contacts/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [4] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/december-eyeglasses-sale/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [5] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/fall-eyeglasses-sale-2022/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [6] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/optical-center/glasses/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [7] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/services/glaucoma/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [8] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/services/irritated-eyes/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [9] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/ilasik/lasik-questions-answered/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [10] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/services/macular-degeneration/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [11] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/sunglasses/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Eye care centers in Cedar Rapids, IA · Editorial</p>
<h2>Iowa Eye Center, Cedar Rapids IA: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 28, 2026.</p>
<p>Published July 10, 2026 · Updated October 28, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
</header>
<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Iowa Eye Center is an eye care center in Cedar Rapids, IA. Its AI Score is 67 of 100, which is good.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Type</td><td>Eye care center</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>1650 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(319) 362-3937</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.8 across 1,800 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>October 28, 2026</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>1650 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>In 1992, we founded Iowa Eye Center to offer patients a Cedar Rapids eye doctor that provides the best possible eye care. All of our eye doctors are skilled, board-certified ophthalmologists, providing comprehensive eye care at an affordable cost. Our mission as medical professionals is to preserve the health of your eyes and to help you see your world the best you can. We offer the highest level of expertise, the latest technology and a superior standard of patient-centered care.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Iowa Eye Center</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(319) 362-3937</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>8:00 AM to 4:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Cataracts</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Contacts</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>December eyeglasses sale</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Fall eyeglasses sale 2022</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Glasses</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Glaucoma</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Irritated eyes</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Lasik questions answered</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Macular degeneration</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sunglasses</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://facebook.com/iaeyecenter</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>http://www.iowaeyecenter.com/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<p>These are the 10 services Iowa Eye offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Service</th><th scope="col">Price</th><th scope="col">Price mark</th><th scope="col">Price evidence</th><th scope="col">Service mark</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>December eyeglasses sale</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fall eyeglasses sale 2022</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Glasses</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Contacts</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Macular degeneration</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cataracts</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sunglasses</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Glaucoma</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Irritated eyes</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>LASIK questions answered</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h4>Known for</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-iowa-eye">
<h3>Visiting Iowa Eye</h3>
<p>Address: 1650 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, USA. Phone: (319) 362-3937. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "In 1992, we founded Iowa Eye Center to offer patients a Cedar Rapids eye doctor that provides the best possible eye care. All of our eye doctors are skilled, board-certified ophthalmologists, providing comprehensive eye care at an affordable cost. Our mission as medical professionals is to preserve the health of your eyes and to help you see your world the best you can. We offer the highest level of expertise, the latest technology and a superior standard of patient-centered care."</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Captains fish and chicken</td><td>Falafel restaurant</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>1st Ave & Park Ct</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>1st Ave & 16th St (Hy-Vee)</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>B Ave & 17th St</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>17th St & B Ave</td><td>Transit station</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>B Ave & 17th St</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.8 average across 1,800 reviews: Google 1,800. (Confirmed, read July 10, 2026.)</p>
<p> (AI guess, from 1,800 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Efficient appointment scheduling</li>
<li>Friendly and professional staff</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Long wait times reported by some patients</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
<p>Listed on 2 of the 2 directories we checked.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Directory</th><th scope="col">Listed</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Apple Maps</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yelp</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>services here, what do people go in for?</h4>
<h4>where does this place post updates</h4>
<h4>prices round here, anyone got a number</h4>
<h4>bad experiences at Iowa Eye, anyone?</h4>
<h4>anything good on 1st to kill time near this place?</h4>
<h4>Somewhere to park near Iowa Eye?</h4>
<h4>planning a Saturday visit, is that a wasted trip</h4>
<h4>best ophthalmology clinic in Cedar Rapids</h4>
<h4>membership, worth it or not</h4>
<h4>anywhere cheaper than Iowa Eye in Cedar Rapids that is still good?</h4>
<h4>is Cedar Rapids Eye any better</h4>
<h4>do I need to book this place or can I just turn up?</h4>
<h4>what does Iowa Eye actually get right?</h4>
<h4>Why do people rate Iowa Eye?</h4>
<h4>numbing at Iowa Eye, do you have to ask for it?</h4>
<h4>medical staff here, or is it techs?</h4>
<h4>Are the hours on Google right for Iowa Eye in Cedar Rapids?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 67 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Eye care centers on the registry run 19 to 73. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Iowa Eye scores 67. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Iowa Eye</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>100</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>40</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>67</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>83</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>57</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>44</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>63</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
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<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery</p>
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<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Iowa Eye</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Iowa Eye Center</td><td>MedicalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>http://www.iowaeyecenter.com/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cedar Rapids, Iowa</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Iowa Eye is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Cedar Rapids, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best eye care centers in Cedar Rapids: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/cedar-rapids/eye-care-center</li>
<li>Best businesses in Cedar Rapids: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/cedar-rapids</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/waterloo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/waterloo</li>
<li>/west-des-moines: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/west-des-moines</li>
<li>/marshalltown: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/marshalltown</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in Iowa: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-references">
<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJwRtgk1bx5IcRU0JTwXjPy6k (accessed Jul 10, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/services/cataracts/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[3] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/optical-center/contacts/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[4] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/december-eyeglasses-sale/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[5] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/fall-eyeglasses-sale-2022/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[6] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/optical-center/glasses/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[7] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/services/glaucoma/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[8] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/services/irritated-eyes/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[9] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/ilasik/lasik-questions-answered/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[10] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/services/macular-degeneration/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[11] iowaeyecenter.com, https://iowaeyecenter.com/sunglasses/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
</ul>
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</html>This is the evidence for every fact on this page, across Locals, Services, Team, Visit, Reputation and Updates. Each reference names the fact, the source, what kind of source it is, and the date it was checked, with a link and an archived copy so anyone can verify it. Visitor references are dated firsthand accounts. AI guesses record what an AI engine said on that date, not what is true.