University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1952282816
- Legal business name
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 1720 University Blvd
Birmingham, AL 35233-1816 - Phone on the record
- (770) 315-9300
- NPI issued
- September 9, 2025
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 9, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Birmingham, AL
- County
- Jefferson County
- Parent organization
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Locations under this name
- 3 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
CMS records this location as a subpart of University of Alabama at Birmingham, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. 3 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 September 2025, putting it among the 26 of 230 Birmingham records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Birmingham holds 94 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 62 of them optometry and 32 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 35233. 92 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Callahan Eye Hospital in Birmingham, 0.0 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 Alabama boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Also registered at this address
1 other organization holds an NPI at the same street address. Shared suites and multi-specialty buildings are common, and it is worth knowing which entity you are actually booking with.
| Organization | Registered as | Record updated |
|---|---|---|
| Callahan Eye Hospital | Ophthalmology | November 2017 |
Nearest registered practices
196 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Birmingham metro itself there are 230, 93 of them elsewhere in Birmingham. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callahan Eye Hospital | Birmingham | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (205) 325-8100 |
| Uab Eye Care | Birmingham | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (205) 975-2020 |
| University of Alabama Ophthalmology Services Foundation | Birmingham | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (205) 325-8620 |
| Retina Consultants of Alabama P.C. | Birmingham | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (205) 918-0047 |
| Michael A Callahan MD & Associates PC | Birmingham | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (205) 933-6888 |
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 University of Alabama at Birmingham. 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 184 optometry practices on the Birmingham page if you only need a prescription.