Orange Ivy Retina, Irvine: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1053010975
- Legal business name
- Wei Gui, MD, A Medical Corporation
- Registered trading name
- Orange Ivy Retina
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist (207WX0107X)
- Practice location
- 18 Endeavor Ste 202
Irvine, CA 92618-3181 - Phone on the record
- (949) 228-9981
- NPI issued
- February 28, 2023
- Record last updated by the practice
- February 28, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 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 Wei Gui, MD, A Medical Corporation and registered Orange Ivy Retina 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 February 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 325 of 1,876 records were updated in 2024 or later and 1,079 predate 2020.
For local context: Irvine holds 52 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 39 of them optometry and 13 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 92618. 44 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is William Chen M.D. Inc. in Irvine, 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 California boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
768 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 1,876, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Chen M.D. Inc. | Irvine | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (949) 585-5188 |
| Irvine Eye Center | Irvine | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (949) 333-5566 |
| Matthew Wang OD, Inc | Irvine | Optometry | 0.1 mi | (949) 733-3390 |
| Irvine Eye Medical Group | Irvine | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (949) 753-1163 |
| Barbara Shang M D Inc | Irvine | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (949) 726-1888 |
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 Orange Ivy Retina, and ophthalmology practices do not publish fee schedules. Customers report paying $150 to $300 or more at this kind of practice without insurance, which is a reported band rather than a published price. The nearest published figure is $95, the median starting fee across the 1,280 US retail optical stores that print one (30 September 2026), and Medicare pays $149.64 for a comprehensive new-patient exam (CPT 92004). Ask Orange Ivy Retina for its self-pay price.
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 1,249 optometry practices on the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim page if you only need a prescription.