Regents of the Univ of Ca, Sacramento: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1629061882
- Legal business name
- Regents of the Univ of Ca
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 4860 Y St
Sacramento, CA 95817-2307 - Phone on the record
- (916) 734-6967
- NPI issued
- August 23, 2005
- Record last updated by the practice
- May 16, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
- County
- Sacramento County
- Duplicate registrations at this address
- 1 additional NPI for the same name and address, folded into this record
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
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 May 2025, putting it among the 51 of 276 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Sacramento holds 89 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 67 of them optometry and 22 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 95817. 1 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Richard F Zipf MD Medical Corp in Sacramento, 1.0 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
249 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro itself there are 276, 88 of them elsewhere in Sacramento. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard F Zipf MD Medical Corp | Sacramento | Ophthalmology | 1.0 mi | (916) 487-9198 |
| Retinal Consultants Medical Group, Inc. | Sacramento | Ophthalmology | 1.2 mi | (916) 454-4861 |
| Vitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc. | Sacramento | Ophthalmology | 1.2 mi | (916) 453-5450 |
| Eyes of East Sacramento | Sacramento | Optometry | 1.3 mi | (916) 246-8111 |
| Medical Vision Technology Ophthalmology Medical Group Inc. | Sacramento | Ophthalmology | 1.4 mi | (916) 731-8040 |
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 Regents of the Univ of Ca. 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 226 optometry practices on the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom page if you only need a prescription.