Eyecentric, Sarasota: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1518837715
- Legal business name
- Medikwa, Inc
- Registered trading name
- Eyecentric
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 306 Whitfield Ave
Sarasota, FL 34243-1526 - Phone on the record
- (941) 921-7745
- NPI issued
- November 11, 2025
- Record last updated by the practice
- January 29, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
- County
- Manatee County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Medikwa, Inc and registered Eyecentric as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was refreshed in January 2026, putting it among the 41 of 144 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Sarasota holds 64 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 40 of them optometry and 24 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 34243. 60 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Bayshore Eye Care in Bradenton, 2.5 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
149 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota metro itself there are 144, 63 of them elsewhere in Sarasota. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Eye Care | Bradenton | Optometry | 2.5 mi | (941) 751-4668 |
| Manatee Optometry | Bradenton | Optometry | 2.6 mi | (941) 567-4675 |
| Truvision | Sarasota | Optometry | 2.6 mi | (727) 453-2260 |
| See Inc | Sarasota | Optometry | 2.6 mi | (941) 866-6588 |
| Jonathan A Adler MD PA | Bradenton | Ophthalmology | 2.7 mi | (941) 753-0220 |
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 Eyecentric, and ophthalmology practices do not publish fee schedules. Customers report paying $150 to $300 or more at this kind of practice without insurance, which is a reported band rather than a published price. The nearest published figure is $95, the median starting fee across the 1,280 US retail optical stores that print one (30 September 2026), and Medicare pays $149.64 for a comprehensive new-patient exam (CPT 92004). Ask Eyecentric for its self-pay price.
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 98 optometry practices on the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota page if you only need a prescription.