Anu Gupta Desai, M.D., LLC, Lafayette: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1427425883
- Legal business name
- Anu Gupta Desai, M.D., LLC
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 155 Hospital Dr., Ste 300
Lafayette, LA 70503 - Phone on the record
- (337) 235-6263
- NPI issued
- September 1, 2015
- Record last updated by the practice
- June 29, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Lafayette, LA
- County
- Lafayette Parish
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The entry was last refreshed in June 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 8 of 42 records were updated in 2024 or later and 25 predate 2020.
For local context: Lafayette holds 29 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 17 of them optometry and 12 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 70503. 18 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Maria Bidros MD Apmc in Lafayette, 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 Louisiana boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
52 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Lafayette metro itself there are 42, 28 of them elsewhere in Lafayette. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Bidros MD Apmc | Lafayette | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (337) 534-8000 |
| David H Fisher Jr Inc the Vision Clinic | Lafayette | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (337) 237-2110 |
| Sanders Vision Center | Lafayette | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (337) 984-9941 |
| Mary F. Summers, M.D., Apm LLC | Lafayette | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (337) 233-3368 |
| Louisiana Retina Consultants, LLC | Lafayette | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (337) 264-1011 |
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 Anu Gupta Desai, M.D., LLC, 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 Anu Gupta Desai, M.D., LLC 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 26 optometry practices on the Lafayette page if you only need a prescription.