Valley Eye Center Surgical Med Grp, Van Nuys: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1659378313
- Legal business name
- George M. Rajacich, M.D., Inc.
- Registered trading name
- Valley Eye Center Surgical Med Grp
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 14624 Sherman Way Ste 508
Van Nuys, CA 91405-2289 - Phone on the record
- (818) 787-2020
- NPI issued
- July 7, 2005
- Record last updated by the practice
- June 22, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name George M. Rajacich, M.D., Inc. and registered Valley Eye Center Surgical Med Grp 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. The entry was refreshed in June 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: Van Nuys holds 15 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 8 of them optometry and 7 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 91405. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is California Eye Center Optometry Inc in Van Nuys, 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
905 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 Van Nuys. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Eye Center Optometry Inc | Van Nuys | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (818) 780-2020 |
| Lux Eye & Retina - Ophthalmology Specialists of the Valley | Van Nuys | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (818) 336-1471 |
| A. de la Pena MD, Amg, Inc. | Van Nuys | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (818) 988-1111 |
| Valley Optometric Associates | Van Nuys | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (818) 786-0796 |
| De la Pena Eye Clinic, Amg, Inc | Van Nuys | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (818) 988-1111 |
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 Valley Eye Center Surgical Med Grp. 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.