Azman Eye Care Specialists, Baltimore: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1891856357
- Legal business name
- Dr Irwin Azman & Dr Thomas Azman ODS PA
- Registered trading name
- Azman Eye Care Specialists
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management
- Practice location
- 1427 Clarkview Rd Ste 200
Baltimore, MD 21209-2100 - Phone on the record
- (410) 561-8050
- NPI issued
- December 12, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 27, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- County
- Baltimore County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Dr Irwin Azman & Dr Thomas Azman ODS PA and registered Azman Eye Care Specialists 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, Corneal and Contact Management, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in August 2024, putting it among the 201 of 497 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Baltimore holds 137 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 78 of them optometry and 59 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 21209. 20 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is The Retina Care Center in Baltimore, 0.4 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 Maryland boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
446 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro itself there are 497, 136 of them elsewhere in Baltimore. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Retina Care Center | Baltimore | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (410) 377-7611 |
| Total Retina LLC | Baltimore | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (410) 377-9004 |
| Alan L. Robin, MD PA | Baltimore | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (410) 377-2422 |
| Mid-Atlantic Glaucoma Experts, LLC | Baltimore | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (410) 377-2422 |
| The Retina Group of Washington, PLLC | Baltimore | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (410) 377-7611 |
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 Azman Eye Care Specialists. 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 315 optometry practices on the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson page if you only need a prescription.