Nova Southeastern University, Inc, North Miami Beach: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1225277650
- Legal business name
- Nova Southeastern University, Inc
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Practice location
- 16855 NE 2ND Ave Ste N302
North Miami Beach, FL 33162-1744 - Phone on the record
- (954) 262-4200
- NPI issued
- February 9, 2009
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 14, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- County
- Miami-Dade County
- Parent organization
- Nova Southeastern University, Inc
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Locations under this name
- 6 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
CMS records this location as a subpart of Nova Southeastern University, Inc, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. 6 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 August 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 238 of 1,225 records were updated in 2024 or later and 723 predate 2020.
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. 8 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Dr. Stern's Visual Health Center 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| John Puglisi MD PA | North Miami Beach | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (305) 651-4300 |
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 optometry practice like this
The NPI registry holds no prices, so nothing here is a quote from Nova Southeastern University, Inc. Based on this site's own price research, an independent optometry practice typically charges $120 to $200 for an exam without insurance, against a national average of about $136 and roughly $25 once a vision plan pays its share.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses, since that takes a visit to $150 to $370. A comprehensive exam is $100 to $250. If price is the deciding factor, the 1,225 practices on the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach page give you the full local field to call around.