Great Lakes Retina, PLLC, Arlington Heights: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1629878079
- Legal business name
- Great Lakes Retina, PLLC
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist
- Practice location
- 3438 N Old Arlington Heights Rd
Arlington Heights, IL 60004-1552 - Phone on the record
- (847) 551-0049
- NPI issued
- March 15, 2025
- Record last updated by the practice
- March 15, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- County
- Cook County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist, 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 195 of 1,321 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Arlington Heights holds 23 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 14 of them optometry and 9 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 60004. 21 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Drs. Jessen Wesley and Assoc in Arlington Heights, 0.3 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 Illinois boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
845 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro itself there are 1,321, 22 of them elsewhere in Arlington Heights. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drs. Jessen Wesley and Assoc | Arlington Heights | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (847) 398-0800 |
| Dr Neil W Margolis OD PC | Arlington Heights | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (847) 255-1040 |
| Reenvision Eyecare, S.C. | Buffalo Grove | Cornea and external disease | 0.7 mi | (847) 541-4878 |
| Alan Optical PLLC | Buffalo Grove | Optometry | 0.7 mi | (847) 459-9119 |
| Alan Optical | Buffalo Grove | Optometry | 0.7 mi | (847) 459-9119 |
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 Great Lakes Retina, PLLC. 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 1,037 optometry practices on the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin page if you only need a prescription.