Katz Eye Center, Port St Lucie: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1700202918
- Legal business name
- Alexander Katz, MD, PA
- Registered trading name
- Katz Eye Center
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 260 NW Peacock Blvd Ste 201
Port St Lucie, FL 34986-2349 - Phone on the record
- (561) 797-4652
- NPI issued
- March 12, 2014
- Record last updated by the practice
- November 29, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Port St. Lucie, FL
- County
- St. Lucie County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Alexander Katz, MD, PA and registered Katz Eye 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 November 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 17 of 61 records were updated in 2024 or later and 32 predate 2020.
For local context: Port St Lucie holds 16 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 12 of them optometry and 4 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 34986. 9 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Gulfstream Eye PLLC in Port Saint Lucie, 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
78 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Port St. Lucie metro itself there are 61, 15 of them elsewhere in Port St Lucie. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulfstream Eye PLLC | Port Saint Lucie | Oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery | 0.0 mi | (772) 448-4865 |
| Envision Eyecare & Optique | Port St Lucie | Optometry | 0.9 mi | (772) 621-8777 |
| Daniel M Durante OD PA | Port St Lucie | Optometry | 0.9 mi | (772) 323-0960 |
| St. Lucie Eye Associates, M.D., P.A. | Port St. Lucie | Ophthalmology | 0.9 mi | (772) 461-2020 |
| America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses | Port St Lucie | Optometry | 3.3 mi | (772) 301-6831 |
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 Katz Eye Center, 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 Katz Eye Center 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 43 optometry practices on the Port St. Lucie page if you only need a prescription.