St Lukes Cataract & Laser Institute, Tarpon Springs: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1154316628
- Legal business name
- St Lukes Cataract & Laser Institute
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 3 additional taxonomy codes outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 43309 US Highway 19 N
Tarpon Springs, FL 34689-6221 - Phone on the record
- (727) 943-3111
- NPI issued
- September 12, 2005
- Record last updated by the practice
- March 25, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
- County
- Pinellas County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in March 2025, putting it among the 126 of 536 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Tarpon Springs holds 6 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 4 of them optometry and 2 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 34689. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is St Lukes Surgical Center Inc in Tarpon Springs, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| St Lukes Surgical Center Inc | Ophthalmology | January 2010 |
Nearest registered practices
396 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro itself there are 536, 5 of them elsewhere in Tarpon Springs. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Lukes Surgical Center Inc | Tarpon Springs | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (727) 943-3111 |
| Lazenby & Heath Md's PA | Holiday | Ophthalmology | 0.7 mi | (727) 934-5705 |
| Dr. Sandra Stroud OD PA | Tarpon Springs | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (727) 937-6551 |
| Precision Optical PA | Tarpon Springs | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (727) 937-6551 |
| America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses | Tarpon Springs | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (727) 485-1008 |
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 St Lukes Cataract & Laser Institute, 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 St Lukes Cataract & Laser Institute 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 381 optometry practices on the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater page if you only need a prescription.