Georgia Center for Sight, Athens: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1245257757
- Legal business name
- Jing Dong M.D. P.C.
- Registered trading name
- Georgia Center for Sight
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 651 S Milledge Ave
Athens, GA 30605-1250 - Phone on the record
- (706) 546-9290
- NPI issued
- July 17, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- February 28, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Athens-Clarke County, GA
- County
- Clarke County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Jing Dong M.D. P.C. and registered Georgia Center for Sight as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. 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 last refreshed in February 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 5 of 22 records were updated in 2024 or later and 9 predate 2020.
For local context: Athens holds 16 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 11 of them optometry and 5 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 30605. 2 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Five Points Eye Care Center in Athens, 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 Georgia boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
38 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Athens-Clarke County metro itself there are 22, 15 of them elsewhere in Athens. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points Eye Care Center | Athens | Optometry | 0.1 mi | (706) 543-2020 |
| Thomas Edward Arey | Athens | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (706) 549-7047 |
| Thomas Eye Center | Athens | Optometry | 0.7 mi | (706) 549-7757 |
| Thomas Eye Center | Athens | Optometry | 0.7 mi | (706) 549-7757 |
| Jenkins Vision Care | Athens | Optometry | 1.1 mi | (706) 353-2520 |
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 Georgia Center for Sight. 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 15 optometry practices on the Athens-Clarke County page if you only need a prescription.