San Luis Obispo Eye Associates, A Medical Group Inc, Templeton: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1366409898
- Legal business name
- San Luis Obispo Eye Associates, A Medical Group 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
- 234 Heather CT, Suite 102
Templeton, CA 93465-8765 - Phone on the record
- (805) 434-5970
- NPI issued
- April 27, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- July 22, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- Locations under this name
- 2 registered nationally
- 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. 2 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 last refreshed in July 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 12 of 51 records were updated in 2024 or later and 28 predate 2020.
For local context: Templeton holds 5 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 1 of them optometry and 4 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 93465. 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 Retina Consultants in Templeton, 0.1 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
37 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 Luis Obispo-Paso Robles metro itself there are 51, 4 of them elsewhere in Templeton. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Retina Consultants | Templeton | Retina | 0.1 mi | (805) 434-5450 |
| Pacific Eye Surgeons, A California Professional Medical Corporation | Templeton | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (805) 434-5450 |
| Central Coast Vision and Learning | Templeton | Vision therapy | 0.1 mi | (805) 239-7488 |
| Sani Eye Center Inc. | Templeton | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (805) 434-2533 |
| California Retina Consultants | Paso Robles | Retina | 4.4 mi | (805) 237-1610 |
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 San Luis Obispo Eye Associates, A Medical Group 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 27 optometry practices on the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles page if you only need a prescription.