South Atlantic Retina, Jacksonville: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1033092366
- Legal business name
- South Atlantic Retina PLLC
- Registered trading name
- South Atlantic Retina
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist (207WX0107X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 3627 University Blvd S Ste 605
Jacksonville, FL 32216-7401 - Phone on the record
- (904) 658-0176
- NPI issued
- July 25, 2025
- Record last updated by the practice
- May 27, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Jacksonville, FL
- County
- Duval County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name South Atlantic Retina PLLC and registered South Atlantic Retina as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. Beyond the primary code the record carries Ophthalmology, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in May 2026, putting it among the 32 of 234 Jacksonville records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Jacksonville holds 149 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 116 of them optometry and 33 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 32216. 147 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Eugene B Wolchok MD PA in Jacksonville, 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 Florida boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
215 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Jacksonville metro itself there are 234, 148 of them elsewhere in Jacksonville. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene B Wolchok MD PA | Jacksonville | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (904) 739-0606 |
| Donald A. Barnhorst Jr. MD PA | Jacksonville | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (904) 722-3937 |
| North Florida Eye Surgeons, LLC | Jacksonville | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (904) 722-3937 |
| Charles N. Howell, Jr. PA | Jacksonville | Corneal and contact lens management | 1.3 mi | (904) 725-2300 |
| Castillo Muniz Eye Associates Inc | Jacksonville | Optometry | 1.6 mi | (904) 737-7377 |
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 South Atlantic Retina. 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 184 optometry practices on the Jacksonville page if you only need a prescription.