East-West Eye Institute A Medical Corporation, Gardena: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1083890701
- Legal business name
- East-West Eye Institute A Medical Corporation
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist; Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Specialist; Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist; Ophthalmology, Cornea and External Diseases Specialist; Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 879 W 190TH St Ste 100
Gardena, CA 90248-4223 - Phone on the record
- (310) 329-9975
- NPI issued
- January 11, 2008
- Record last updated by the practice
- November 9, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Locations under this name
- 7 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Specialist and Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 7 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 November 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 305 of 1,867 records were updated in 2024 or later and 1,085 predate 2020.
For local context: Gardena holds 15 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 11 of them optometry and 4 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 90248. 6 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Firstsight Vision Services, Inc. in Torrance, 0.7 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
1,318 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, 14 of them elsewhere in Gardena. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firstsight Vision Services, Inc. | Torrance | Optometry | 0.7 mi | (310) 212-6139 |
| Yoshioka Optometry Inc | Gardena | Optometry | 1.1 mi | (310) 769-1642 |
| Richard J. Miyamoto, O.d | Gardena | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (310) 538-3937 |
| Michael Kobayashi, OD Professional Corporation | Gardena | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (310) 719-2020 |
| Kenzo Otsuji Optometric Corp | Gardena | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (310) 719-2020 |
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 East-West Eye Institute A Medical Corporation. 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.