Bay Eye Associates, Traverse City: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1467653246
- Legal business name
- Arkin Eye Center PC
- Registered trading name
- Bay Eye Associates
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist; Ophthalmology, Cornea and External Diseases Specialist
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 10161 E Pickwick CT, Suite C
Traverse City, MI 49684-5239 - Phone on the record
- (231) 935-0630
- NPI issued
- May 30, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- January 20, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Traverse City, MI
- County
- Leelanau County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Arkin Eye Center PC and registered Bay Eye Associates 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 and Ophthalmology, Cornea and External Diseases Specialist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in January 2026, putting it among the 5 of 32 Traverse City records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Traverse City holds 27 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 20 of them optometry and 7 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 49684. 9 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Cedar Run Eye Center in Traverse City, 2.2 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 Michigan boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
30 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Traverse City metro itself there are 32, 26 of them elsewhere in Traverse City. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Run Eye Center | Traverse City | Optometry | 2.2 mi | (231) 929-3888 |
| Traverse City Eye | Traverse City | Ophthalmology | 2.2 mi | (231) 935-8101 |
| Scarbrough Family Eyecare | Traverse City | Optometry | 2.3 mi | (231) 947-8667 |
| Reed Optometric, PC | Traverse City | Optometry | 2.3 mi | (231) 947-8667 |
| Traverse City Eye Consultants P C | Traverse City | Ophthalmology | 2.4 mi | (231) 935-8101 |
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 Bay Eye Associates. 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 24 optometry practices on the Traverse City page if you only need a prescription.