USA Ophthalmology, 1601 Center St Ste 1S, Mobile: NPI Registry Record
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1477914950
- Legal business name
- University of South Alabama
- Registered trading name
- USA Ophthalmology
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 1601 Center St Ste 1S
Mobile, AL 36604-1541 - Phone on the record
- (251) 410-5437
- NPI issued
- March 11, 2016
- Record last updated by the practice
- July 21, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Mobile, AL
- County
- Mobile County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name University of South Alabama and registered USA Ophthalmology as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was last refreshed in July 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 3 of 40 records were updated in 2024 or later and 27 predate 2020.
For local context: Mobile holds 33 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 21 of them optometry and 12 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 36604. 21 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is USA Ophthalmology in Mobile, 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.
Nearest registered practices
57 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Mobile metro itself there are 40, 32 of them elsewhere in Mobile. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA Ophthalmology | Mobile | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (251) 410-5437 |
| Hadley Medical Center | Mobile | Optometry | 1.5 mi | (251) 450-8055 |
| Mobile Bay Vision, LLC | Mobile | Optometry | 1.8 mi | (251) 433-7717 |
| Premier Health Management, Inc. | Mobile | Ophthalmology | 1.9 mi | (251) 473-1900 |
| Barking, Inc. | Mobile | Optometry | 2.1 mi | (251) 438-1153 |
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 USA Ophthalmology. 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 28 optometry practices on the Mobile page if you only need a prescription.