Retina Center PC, Saint Louis: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1861539694
- Legal business name
- Retina Center PC
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist
- Practice location
- 11710 Old Ballas Rd, Suite 102
Saint Louis, MO 63141-7076 - Phone on the record
- (314) 569-2020
- NPI issued
- January 31, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- January 24, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- St. Louis, MO-IL
- County
- St. Louis County
- Locations under this name
- 3 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 3 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 January 2024, putting it among the 36 of 315 St. Louis records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Saint Louis holds 111 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 83 of them optometry and 28 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 63141. 32 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Missouri Eye Associates LLC in Saint Louis, 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 Missouri 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.
| Organization | Registered as | Record updated |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri Eye Associates LLC | Ophthalmology | September 2010 |
Nearest registered practices
319 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the St. Louis metro itself there are 315, 110 of them elsewhere in Saint Louis. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Eye Associates LLC | Saint Louis | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (314) 569-2020 |
| LASIK-1 of St. Louis, LLC | Creve Coeur | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (314) 432-7393 |
| Mulqueeny Eye Centers LLC | Saint Louis | Optometry | 0.1 mi | (314) 542-3600 |
| Ophthalmology West, Inc. | Saint Louis | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (314) 432-7010 |
| Hill Vision Services LLC | Creve Coeur | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (314) 567-7771 |
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 Retina Center PC, 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 Retina Center PC 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 254 optometry practices on the St. Louis page if you only need a prescription.