Tift Regional Ophthalmology, Tifton: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1790280857
- Legal business name
- Tift Regional Health System Inc
- Registered trading name
- Tift Regional Ophthalmology
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 1803 Old Ocilla Road
Tifton, GA 31794 - Phone on the record
- (229) 386-2181
- NPI issued
- March 29, 2018
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 3, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Tifton, GA
- County
- Tift County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Tift Regional Health System Inc and registered Tift Regional Ophthalmology 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 2 of 7 Tifton records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Tifton holds 7 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 3 of them optometry and 4 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 31794. 5 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Tifton Ophthalmology in Tifton, 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.
Nearest registered practices
10 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Tifton metro itself there are 7, 6 of them elsewhere in Tifton. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tifton Ophthalmology | Tifton | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (229) 386-2181 |
| Tifton Ophthalmology Associates. PC | Tifton | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (229) 386-2181 |
| Vision Source Tifton | Tifton | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (229) 382-4765 |
| South Georgia Eye Partners PC | Tifton | Ophthalmology | 1.0 mi | (229) 391-4180 |
| America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses | Tifton | Optometry | 3.2 mi | (229) 479-7378 |
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 Tift Regional Ophthalmology. 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 3 optometry practices on the Tifton page if you only need a prescription.