Gulf Coast Retina Center, Sarasota: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1518212760
- Legal business name
- Tampa Bay Retina, PA
- Registered trading name
- Gulf Coast Retina Center
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist (207WX0107X)
- Practice location
- 1961 Floyd St, Suite B
Sarasota, FL 34239 - Phone on the record
- (941) 312-2769
- NPI issued
- July 13, 2012
- Record last updated by the practice
- July 14, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
- County
- Sarasota County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Tampa Bay Retina, PA and registered Gulf Coast Retina Center as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was last refreshed in July 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 38 of 142 records were updated in 2024 or later and 75 predate 2020.
For local context: Sarasota holds 62 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 39 of them optometry and 23 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 34239. 36 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Michael Lamensdorf MD PA in Sarasota, 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
139 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 142, 61 of them elsewhere in Sarasota. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Lamensdorf MD PA | Sarasota | Optometry | 0.1 mi | (941) 957-4978 |
| Marion L Coats MD PA | Sarasota | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (941) 952-0703 |
| Strom Eye Center PA | Sarasota | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (941) 365-9700 |
| David P Campbell MD Facs PLLC | Sarasota | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (941) 955-6363 |
| Paul A. Breault OD, PA | Sarasota | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (941) 957-3319 |
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 Gulf Coast Retina Center. 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 97 optometry practices on the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota page if you only need a prescription.