North County Eye Center, Inc., San Marcos: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1184797169
- Legal business name
- North County Eye Center, Inc.
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 838 Nordahl Rd Ste 220
San Marcos, CA 92069-3595 - Phone on the record
- (760) 738-9985
- NPI issued
- November 16, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- November 21, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
- County
- San Diego County
- 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 November 2025, putting it among the 80 of 444 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: San Marcos holds 12 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 8 of them optometry and 4 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 92069. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Firstsight Vision Services, Inc. in San Marcos, 0.2 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
281 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 444, 11 of them elsewhere in San Marcos. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firstsight Vision Services, Inc. | San Marcos | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (760) 839-5161 |
| New View Optometry | San Marcos | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (760) 839-5161 |
| Acuity Eye Group | Escondido | Ophthalmology | 1.2 mi | (607) 435-8727 |
| Debra L. McIntyre, O.D., A Professional Optometric Corporation | Escondido | Optometry | 1.5 mi | (760) 741-2125 |
| Escondido Optical | Escondido | Ophthalmology | 1.5 mi | (760) 746-3937 |
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 North County Eye Center, Inc.. 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 306 optometry practices on the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad page if you only need a prescription.