Arizona Eye Specialist, Mesa: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1841521697
- Legal business name
- Associated Ophthalmologist, Ltd
- Registered trading name
- Arizona Eye Specialist
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 2855 E Brown Rd Ste 10
Mesa, AZ 85213-4215 - Phone on the record
- (480) 994-5012
- NPI issued
- January 19, 2010
- Record last updated by the practice
- April 27, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
- County
- Maricopa County
- Locations under this name
- 4 registered nationally
- Former legal name
- Associated Ophthalmologist, LTD
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Associated Ophthalmologist, Ltd and registered Arizona Eye Specialist as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 4 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 last refreshed in April 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 185 of 607 records were updated in 2024 or later and 291 predate 2020.
For local context: Mesa holds 78 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 63 of them optometry and 15 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 85213. 35 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Sharper Vision Eyecare, P.C. in Mesa, 0.9 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 Arizona boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
432 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro itself there are 607, 77 of them elsewhere in Mesa. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharper Vision Eyecare, P.C. | Mesa | Optometry | 0.9 mi | (480) 218-0663 |
| Invision Medical LLC | Mesa | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (480) 892-8400 |
| Riviera Opticare Inc. | Mesa | Optometry | 1.3 mi | (480) 827-9184 |
| Nationwide Vision | Mesa | Optometry | 1.5 mi | (480) 844-7097 |
| James L. Abbott, OD, PC | Mesa | Optometry | 1.5 mi | (480) 844-2286 |
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 Arizona Eye Specialist. 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 489 optometry practices on the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler page if you only need a prescription.