Mid South Retina Associates, LLC, Blytheville: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1316973076
- Legal business name
- Mid South Retina Associates, LLC
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 529 N 10TH St
Blytheville, AR 72315-1974 - Phone on the record
- (870) 762-1942
- NPI issued
- June 24, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- February 28, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Blytheville, AR
- County
- Mississippi County
- Parent organization
- Mid-South Retina Associates, LLC
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Locations under this name
- 10 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
CMS records this location as a subpart of Mid-South Retina Associates, LLC, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. 10 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 February 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 0 of 6 records were updated in 2024 or later and 3 predate 2020.
For local context: Blytheville holds 4 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 3 of them optometry and 1 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 72315. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is R Dean Gurley OD PA in Blytheville, 0.3 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 Arkansas boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
11 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Blytheville metro itself there are 6, 3 of them elsewhere in Blytheville. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Dean Gurley OD PA | Blytheville | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (870) 762-2297 |
| Scott Johnson Visioncare, P.A. | Blytheville | Optometry | 0.4 mi | (870) 763-0760 |
| Clear Vision Eye Care PC | Blytheville | Optometry | 2.4 mi | (870) 762-0711 |
| Arkansas Eye Site | Osceola | Optometry | 16.9 mi | (870) 563-3596 |
| Wells Family Eyecare PA | Manila | Optometry | 16.9 mi | (870) 570-0400 |
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 Mid South Retina Associates, LLC. 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 5 optometry practices on the Blytheville page if you only need a prescription.