Unity Eye Centers - Columbus, Columbus: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1285284273
- Legal business name
- Unity Eye Centers Inc
- Registered trading name
- Unity Eye Centers - Columbus
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Practice location
- 605 23RD St
Columbus, NE 68601-2767 - Phone on the record
- (402) 564-0545
- NPI issued
- September 12, 2019
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 5, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Columbus, NE
- County
- Platte County
- Parent organization
- Unity Eye Centers Inc
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Locations under this name
- 6 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Unity Eye Centers Inc and registered Unity Eye Centers - Columbus as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. CMS records this location as a subpart of Unity Eye Centers Inc, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. 6 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 August 2026, putting it among the 1 of 8 Columbus records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Columbus holds 7 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 7 of them optometry and 0 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 68601. 6 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Cody M. Lay O.D. P.C. in Columbus, 0.9 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 Nebraska boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
8 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Columbus metro itself there are 8, 6 of them elsewhere in Columbus. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody M. Lay O.D. P.C. | Columbus | Optometry | 0.9 mi | (402) 564-0474 |
| Eyecare Associates of Columbus PC | Columbus | Optometry | 1.6 mi | (402) 564-0545 |
| Optometric Center of Columbus, P.C. | Columbus | Optometry | 2.1 mi | (402) 564-2020 |
| Larry E Malicky OD PC | Columbus | Optometry | 2.4 mi | (402) 980-4787 |
| Eye Physicians, P.C. | Columbus | Optometry | 2.6 mi | (402) 563-3688 |
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 optometry practice like this
The NPI registry holds no prices, so nothing here is a quote from Unity Eye Centers - Columbus. Based on this site's own price research, an independent optometry practice typically charges $120 to $200 for an exam without insurance, against a national average of about $136 and roughly $25 once a vision plan pays its share.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses, since that takes a visit to $150 to $370. A comprehensive exam is $100 to $250. If price is the deciding factor, the 8 practices on the Columbus page give you the full local field to call around.