Coastal Skin and Eye Institute, Inc., Encinitas: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1083273684
- Legal business name
- Coastal Skin and Eye Institute, Inc.
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 477 N El Camino Real Ste C300
Encinitas, CA 92024-1356 - Phone on the record
- (760) 257-5550
- NPI issued
- June 7, 2019
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 13, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
- County
- San Diego County
- Parent organization
- Coastal Skin & Eye Institute, Inc.
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
CMS records this location as a subpart of Coastal Skin & Eye Institute, Inc., meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. The entry was refreshed in August 2025, putting it among the 83 of 446 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Encinitas holds 13 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 6 of them optometry and 7 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 92024. 12 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Eyecare Solutions Inc in Encinitas, 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
362 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro itself there are 446, 12 of them elsewhere in Encinitas. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eyecare Solutions Inc | Encinitas | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (760) 631-3500 |
| Kaestner Medical Corporation | Encinitas | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (760) 942-9225 |
| Eyecare Solutions Inc | Encinitas | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (760) 631-3500 |
| Retina San Diego | Encinitas | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (760) 300-3270 |
| San Diego Eyelid Specialists, Inc. | Encinitas | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (858) 432-2700 |
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 Coastal Skin and Eye Institute, Inc., 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 Coastal Skin and Eye Institute, Inc. 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 308 optometry practices on the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad page if you only need a prescription.