Michigan Eye Institute, Flint: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1316008774
- Legal business name
- Mei Operations, PLLC
- Registered trading name
- Michigan Eye Institute
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 4499 Town Center Pkwy
Flint, MI 48532-3425 - Phone on the record
- (810) 733-7111
- NPI issued
- December 12, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- July 21, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Flint, MI
- County
- Genesee County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Mei Operations, PLLC and registered Michigan Eye Institute 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 July 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 10 of 75 records were updated in 2024 or later and 49 predate 2020.
For local context: Flint holds 31 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 21 of them optometry and 10 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 48532. 8 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Michigan Eye Institute Optical in Flint, 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 Michigan boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Also registered at this address
2 other organizations hold an NPI at the same street address. Shared suites and multi-specialty buildings are common, and it is worth knowing which entity you are actually booking with.
| Organization | Registered as | Record updated |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan Eye Institute Optical | Optometry | October 2008 |
| Lansing Ophthalmology | Ophthalmology | August 2024 |
Nearest registered practices
105 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Flint metro itself there are 75, 30 of them elsewhere in Flint. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan Eye Institute Optical | Flint | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (810) 733-7111 |
| Lansing Ophthalmology | Flint | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (517) 337-1668 |
| Premier Eye Specialists PLLC | Flint | Glaucoma | 0.1 mi | (810) 820-8230 |
| Daniel J Ryan MD PC | Flint | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (810) 733-1214 |
| Michigan Retina-Vitreous Institute | Flint | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (810) 732-6231 |
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 Michigan Eye Institute, 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 Michigan Eye Institute 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 59 optometry practices on the Flint page if you only need a prescription.