Specs, Lawrence: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1417376559
- Legal business name
- Sunflower Pediatric Eye Care & Strabismus LLC
- Registered trading name
- Specs
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist (207WX0110X)
- Practice location
- 1421 Oread West St Ste A
Lawrence, KS 66049-3844 - Phone on the record
- (785) 856-7732
- NPI issued
- April 15, 2014
- Record last updated by the practice
- April 23, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Lawrence, KS
- County
- Douglas County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Sunflower Pediatric Eye Care & Strabismus LLC and registered Specs 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 April 2026, putting it among the 2 of 22 Lawrence records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Lawrence holds 21 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 15 of them optometry and 6 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 66049. 13 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Limestone Eye Care LLC in Lawrence, 1.3 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 Kansas boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
65 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Lawrence metro itself there are 22, 20 of them elsewhere in Lawrence. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Eye Care LLC | Lawrence | Optometry | 1.3 mi | (785) 842-1242 |
| Cokingtin Eye Center PA | Lawrence | Ophthalmology | 2.0 mi | (913) 491-3737 |
| Lawrence Family Vision Clinic P A | Lawrence | Optometry | 2.0 mi | (785) 749-2020 |
| Sabates Eye Centers, PA | Lawrence | Ophthalmology | 2.4 mi | (913) 261-2020 |
| Flory Optometry, PA | Lawrence | Optometry | 2.5 mi | (785) 749-1010 |
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 Specs. 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 16 optometry practices on the Lawrence page if you only need a prescription.