Ark-La-Tex Retina Consultants, LLC, Shreveport: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1023143518
- Legal business name
- Wilson B. Baber MD LLC
- Registered trading name
- Ark-La-Tex Retina Consultants, LLC
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 1455 E Bert Koun Loop Ste 207
Shreveport, LA 71105-5634 - Phone on the record
- (318) 221-3403
- NPI issued
- February 23, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- February 7, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
- County
- Caddo Parish
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Wilson B. Baber MD LLC and registered Ark-La-Tex Retina Consultants, LLC as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was last refreshed in February 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 10 of 46 records were updated in 2024 or later and 31 predate 2020.
For local context: Shreveport holds 27 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 11 of them optometry and 16 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 71105. 10 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Highland Clinic, A Prof Med Corp in Shreveport, 0.2 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
41 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Shreveport-Bossier City metro itself there are 46, 26 of them elsewhere in Shreveport. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Clinic, A Prof Med Corp | Shreveport | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (318) 222-8402 |
| Chris Shelby MD and Willis-Knighton Medical Center | Shreveport | Ophthalmology | 0.6 mi | (318) 212-3937 |
| Regional Retina | Shreveport | Ophthalmology | 0.8 mi | (318) 798-6699 |
| Kelly Optometry, A Professional Corporation | Shreveport | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (318) 798-2568 |
| Kelly Eye Care, L.L.C. | Shreveport | Optometry | 1.1 mi | (318) 797-6155 |
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 Ark-La-Tex Retina Consultants, LLC. 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 22 optometry practices on the Shreveport-Bossier City page if you only need a prescription.