Great Lakes Eye Institute, Saginaw: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1063680791
- Legal business name
- Great Lakes Eye Institute
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 2393 Schust Rd
Saginaw, MI 48603-1334 - Phone on the record
- (989) 793-2820
- NPI issued
- February 15, 2008
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 29, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Saginaw, MI
- County
- Saginaw County
- Locations under this name
- 5 registered nationally
- Duplicate registrations at this address
- 2 additional NPIs for the same name and address, folded into this record
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 5 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 September 2025, putting it among the 5 of 26 Saginaw records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Saginaw holds 17 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 12 of them optometry and 5 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 48603. 8 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is West Point Optical Group in Saginaw, 0.5 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.
Nearest registered practices
55 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Saginaw metro itself there are 26, 16 of them elsewhere in Saginaw. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Point Optical Group | Saginaw | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (989) 793-8267 |
| Michigan Physicians Eyecare Group, P.C. | Saginaw | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (561) 275-2020 |
| Eye Care Specialists of Michigan, PLLC | Saginaw | Ophthalmology | 0.9 mi | (989) 791-2020 |
| Envision Eye Care PLLC | Saginaw | Ophthalmology | 0.9 mi | (989) 799-2020 |
| Envision Eye Care PLLC | Saginaw | Optometry | 0.9 mi | (989) 799-2020 |
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 Great Lakes Eye Institute. 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 20 optometry practices on the Saginaw page if you only need a prescription.