California Vision Institute, Irvine: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1750143681
- Legal business name
- Jimmy K. Lee, M.D. Inc.
- Registered trading name
- California Vision Institute
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology, Cornea and External Diseases Specialist (207WX0120X)
- Practice location
- 139 Oceano
Irvine, CA 92602-1865 - Phone on the record
- (949) 878-3258
- NPI issued
- January 25, 2024
- Record last updated by the practice
- April 11, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- County
- Orange County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Jimmy K. Lee, M.D. Inc. and registered California Vision Institute as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was refreshed in April 2026, putting it among the 305 of 1,867 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Irvine holds 52 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 39 of them optometry and 13 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 92602. 49 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Visual Paradise Optometry, Inc. in Irvine, 0.5 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 California boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
871 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro itself there are 1,867, 51 of them elsewhere in Irvine. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Paradise Optometry, Inc. | Irvine | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (714) 368-0183 |
| Family Optometry of Irvine | Irvine | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (714) 730-2020 |
| Optometry Corner | Irvine | Optometry | 1.7 mi | (714) 730-9580 |
| Lui & Mai Optometry Partnership | Irvine | Optometry | 1.7 mi | (714) 709-9580 |
| Northpark Optometry Inc. | Irvine | Optometry | 1.8 mi | (714) 505-0555 |
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 California Vision Institute. 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 1,244 optometry practices on the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim page if you only need a prescription.