Optics Unlimited, 2800 1ST Ave, Lake Charles: NPI Registry Record
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1407391469
- Legal business name
- Optics Unlimited Inc
- Registered trading name
- Optics Unlimited
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 2800 1ST Ave, Suite A
Lake Charles, LA 70601 - Phone on the record
- (337) 310-0767
- NPI issued
- December 30, 2016
- Record last updated by the practice
- May 21, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Lake Charles, LA
- County
- Calcasieu Parish
- Locations under this name
- 6 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Optics Unlimited Inc and registered Optics Unlimited as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 6 locations nationally are registered under the same name, so pricing and policies are likely to be set at group level rather than at this office. The entry was refreshed in May 2025, putting it among the 8 of 19 Lake Charles records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Lake Charles holds 12 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 7 of them optometry and 5 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 70601. 7 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Complete Family Eye Care LLC in Lake Charles, 1.4 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
14 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Lake Charles metro itself there are 19, 11 of them elsewhere in Lake Charles. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Family Eye Care LLC | Lake Charles | Optometry | 1.4 mi | (337) 366-0905 |
| Visionworks | Lake Charles | Optometry | 1.5 mi | (337) 474-3395 |
| Daniel B. Smith, an Optometry Corporation | Lake Charles | Optometry | 1.9 mi | (337) 502-4550 |
| Boreing Vision Clinic Inc | Lake Charles | Vision therapy | 2.5 mi | (337) 474-6161 |
| Falgoust Eye Medical and Surgical | Lake Charles | Ophthalmology | 3.4 mi | (337) 477-0963 |
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 Optics Unlimited. 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 12 optometry practices on the Lake Charles page if you only need a prescription.