Regents of the University of California, San Diego: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1699877621
- Legal business name
- Regents of the University of California
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist; Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management; Optometrist, Low Vision Rehabilitation; Optometrist, Pediatrics
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 200 W Arbor Dr
San Diego, CA 92103-9000 - Phone on the record
- (800) 926-8273
- NPI issued
- September 1, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- April 25, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
- County
- San Diego County
- Locations under this name
- 4 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management and Optometrist, Low Vision Rehabilitation, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 4 locations nationally are registered under the same name, so pricing and policies are likely to be set at group level rather than at this office. The entry was refreshed in April 2024, 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 Diego holds 172 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 124 of them optometry and 48 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 92103. 12 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Khan Vision Specialists in San Diego, 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
357 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, 171 of them elsewhere in San Diego. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khan Vision Specialists | San Diego | Glaucoma | 0.2 mi | (619) 501-9050 |
| Andrew Cu-Unjieng, M.D. | San Diego | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (619) 297-9131 |
| Nora El-Khatib MD Inc. | San Diego | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (215) 327-6317 |
| Invision Eye Care - Optometry | San Diego | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (619) 295-4194 |
| Eyecare of San Diego | San Diego | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (619) 296-8525 |
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 University of California. 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.