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Gulfport, MS - NPI registry record

Southern Vision Center, Gulfport: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context

Southern Vision Center holds NPI 1073299244, registered with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as an ophthalmology organization under taxonomy code 207W00000X (Ophthalmology). The practice location on the record is 351 Cowan Rd, Gulfport, MS 39507, inside the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan statistical area area. The NPI was issued in June 2023, 3 years ago, and the practice last updated its own entry in July 2025.

What the registry record says

NPI number
1073299244
Legal business name
Southern Vision Center Gulfport LLC
Registered trading name
Southern Vision Center
Primary registered specialty
Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
Practice location
351 Cowan Rd
Gulfport, MS 39507-2019
Phone on the record
(228) 896-1120
NPI issued
June 23, 2023
Record last updated by the practice
July 2, 2025
Registry status
NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
County
Harrison County
Location precision
Street address matched by the US Census geocoder

Reading this record

The practice bills under the legal name Southern Vision Center Gulfport LLC and registered Southern Vision Center as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was refreshed in July 2025, putting it among the 6 of 42 Gulfport-Biloxi records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.

For local context: Gulfport holds 11 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 6 of them optometry and 5 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 39507. 9 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Hogan Eye Clinic, P. A. in Gulfport, 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 Mississippi boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.

Also registered at this address

1 other organization holds 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.

OrganizationRegistered asRecord updated
Hogan Eye Clinic, P. A.OphthalmologyMarch 2023

Nearest registered practices

37 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Gulfport-Biloxi metro itself there are 42, 10 of them elsewhere in Gulfport. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.

PracticeCityRegistered asDistancePhone on record
Hogan Eye Clinic, P. A.GulfportOphthalmology0.0 mi(228) 896-1120
Dapremont Eye Specialists' PAGulfportOphthalmology1.0 mi(228) 896-8050
Gulfport Precision Vision IncGulfportOptometry1.0 mi(228) 896-8619
Gulf Coast VisionGulfportOptometry1.5 mi(601) 382-4365
Restore Oculoplastics Gulf CoastGulfportOculoplastic and reconstructive surgery1.7 mi(228) 231-9477

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 Southern Vision Center. 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 30 optometry practices on the Gulfport-Biloxi page if you only need a prescription.

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Source and provenance. CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), NPI data dissemination file, August 2026 (August 2026, published August 2026 file). CMS NPI downloadable files. Licence: US federal public data, FOIA-disclosable, no charge; CMS deactivated-NPI display guidance honoured. NPI registry records from the CMS NPPES monthly file. An NPI is a billing identifier, not a licence: CMS does not verify that the holder is licensed or credentialed. Registry contact details are self-reported and are often years out of date. This directory lists organizations only. Individual practitioner records are never published here.

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Updated 2026-07-06