Elevate Glaucoma Specialists, Columbus: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1730076027
- Legal business name
- Underpressuremd LLC
- Registered trading name
- Elevate Glaucoma Specialists
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 1240 Brookstone Centre Pkwy
Columbus, GA 31904-2954 - Phone on the record
- (706) 323-8127
- NPI issued
- June 19, 2025
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 8, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Columbus, GA-AL
- County
- Muscogee County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Underpressuremd LLC and registered Elevate Glaucoma Specialists 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 September 2025, putting it among the 5 of 30 Columbus records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Columbus holds 25 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 15 of them optometry and 10 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 31904. 24 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is North Columbus Eye Center, PC in Columbus, 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 Georgia 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Retina of Auburn & Metro-Columbus | Ophthalmology | July 2016 |
Nearest registered practices
37 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Columbus metro itself there are 30, 24 of them elsewhere in Columbus. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Columbus Eye Center, PC | Columbus | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (706) 323-8127 |
| Retina of Auburn & Metro-Columbus | Columbus | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (307) 797-2666 |
| 20/20 Eyecare | Columbus | Optometry | 1.3 mi | (706) 507-3937 |
| American Eye Care LLC | Columbus | Optometry | 1.3 mi | (706) 653-6202 |
| Myeyedr. | Columbus | Optometry | 1.3 mi | (706) 653-6200 |
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 Elevate Glaucoma Specialists, 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 Elevate Glaucoma Specialists 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 20 optometry practices on the Columbus page if you only need a prescription.