Sierra Nevada Eye Center, Carson City: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1215504196
- Legal business name
- Retina Consultants of Nevada LLP
- Registered trading name
- Sierra Nevada Eye Center
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist; Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist
- Practice location
- 3475 Gs Richards Blvd Ste 130
Carson City, NV 89703-8462 - Phone on the record
- (775) 841-2000
- NPI issued
- June 8, 2021
- Record last updated by the practice
- October 9, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Carson City, NV
- County
- Carson City
- Parent organization
- Retina Consultants of Nevada LLP
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Locations under this name
- 4 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Retina Consultants of Nevada LLP and registered Sierra Nevada Eye Center 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, Retina Specialist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. CMS records this location as a subpart of Retina Consultants of Nevada LLP, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. 4 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 last refreshed in October 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 4 of 16 records were updated in 2024 or later and 6 predate 2020.
For local context: Carson City holds 16 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 13 of them optometry and 3 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 89703. 14 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Michael J Fischer, MD Ltd in Carson City, 0.2 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 Nevada boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
101 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Carson City metro itself there are 16, 15 of them elsewhere in Carson City. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael J Fischer, MD Ltd | Carson City | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (775) 882-2988 |
| Stephen S Palazzolo | Carson City | Optometry | 0.3 mi | (775) 882-3937 |
| Advanced Sierra Eyecare, Inc. | Carson City | Optometry | 0.4 mi | (775) 884-2020 |
| Vision Consultants | Carson City | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (775) 841-4646 |
| See Center | Carson City | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (775) 887-8866 |
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 Sierra Nevada Eye 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 13 optometry practices on the Carson City page if you only need a prescription.