Ku Ophthalmic Foundation, Kansas City: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1578775151
- Legal business name
- Kansas University Physicians Inc
- Registered trading name
- Ku Ophthalmic Foundation
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 4000 Cambridge St
Kansas City, KS 66160-8501 - Phone on the record
- (913) 588-1227
- NPI issued
- May 4, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- March 24, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Kansas City, MO-KS
- County
- Wyandotte County
- Parent organization
- Kansas University Physicians Inc
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Kansas University Physicians Inc and registered Ku Ophthalmic Foundation as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. CMS records this location as a subpart of Kansas University Physicians Inc, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. The entry was refreshed in March 2026, putting it among the 14 of 146 Kansas City records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Kansas City holds 9 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 7 of them optometry and 2 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 66160. 2 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Rosedale Vision Center, L.L.C. in Kansas City, 0.6 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 Kansas boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
249 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Kansas City metro itself there are 146, 8 of them elsewhere in Kansas City. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedale Vision Center, L.L.C. | Kansas City | Optometry | 0.6 mi | (913) 432-3937 |
| Westport Eyecare LLC | Kansas City | Optometry | 0.7 mi | (816) 753-2020 |
| Tauber Eye Center LLC | Kansas City | Ophthalmology | 1.1 mi | (816) 531-9100 |
| Precision Optics | Kansas City | Optometry | 1.1 mi | (816) 756-3577 |
| Gerhard W Cibis MD PC | Kansas City | Optometry | 1.4 mi | (816) 561-0306 |
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 Ku Ophthalmic Foundation. 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 122 optometry practices on the Kansas City page if you only need a prescription.