Miami Eye Specialists, North Miami Beach: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1194424184
- Legal business name
- Retina Macula Specialists of Miami LLC
- Registered trading name
- Miami Eye Specialists
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 182 NE 168TH St
North Miami Beach, FL 33162-3412 - Phone on the record
- (305) 655-0411
- NPI issued
- February 28, 2023
- Record last updated by the practice
- December 17, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- County
- Miami-Dade County
- Parent organization
- Retina Macula Specialists of Miami LLC
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Locations under this name
- 18 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Retina Macula Specialists of Miami LLC and registered Miami Eye Specialists as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. CMS records this location as a subpart of Retina Macula Specialists of Miami LLC, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. 18 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 December 2025, putting it among the 238 of 1,225 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: North Miami Beach holds 25 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 19 of them optometry and 6 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 33162. 22 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is John Puglisi MD PA in North Miami Beach, 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 Florida boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Also registered at this address
1 other organization holds an NPI at the same street address. Shared suites and multi-specialty buildings are common, and it is worth knowing which entity you are actually booking with.
| Organization | Registered as | Record updated |
|---|---|---|
| John Puglisi MD PA | Ophthalmology | September 2020 |
Nearest registered practices
871 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro itself there are 1,225, 24 of them elsewhere in North Miami Beach. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Puglisi MD PA | North Miami Beach | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (305) 651-4300 |
| Retina Associates of Miami | North Miami Beach | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (305) 655-0411 |
| Retina Macula Specialists of Miami LLC | North Miami Beach | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (305) 655-0411 |
| Dr. Stern's Visual Health Center | North Miami Beach | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (305) 654-8810 |
| South Florida Vision Services, Inc. | North Miami Beach | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (305) 654-8810 |
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 Miami Eye Specialists. 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 906 optometry practices on the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach page if you only need a prescription.