Retina Vitreous Consultants, Livingston: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1154485464
- Legal business name
- Livingston Vitreo Retinal Associates, PA
- Registered trading name
- Retina Vitreous Consultants
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 349 E Northfield Rd, Suite 100
Livingston, NJ 07039-4802 - Phone on the record
- (973) 716-0123
- NPI issued
- December 21, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- April 3, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- County
- Essex County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Livingston Vitreo Retinal Associates, PA and registered Retina Vitreous Consultants as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was last refreshed in April 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 172 of 1,029 records were updated in 2024 or later and 628 predate 2020.
For local context: Livingston holds 15 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 9 of them optometry and 6 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 07039. 2 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Vision Therapeutics, L.L.C. in Livingston, 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 New Jersey boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
2,151 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro itself there are 1,029, 14 of them elsewhere in Livingston. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision Therapeutics, L.L.C. | Livingston | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (973) 992-0998 |
| The Glaucoma Care Center of New Jersey Inc | Livingston | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (973) 992-8000 |
| Tian Xia MD PA | Livingston | Retina | 0.0 mi | (973) 716-0123 |
| Pediatric Eye Associates | Livingston | Pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus | 0.1 mi | (973) 422-1230 |
| Associates in Ophthalmology, LLC | Livingston | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (973) 992-5200 |
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 Vitreous Consultants, 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 Vitreous Consultants 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 722 optometry practices on the New York-Newark-Jersey City page if you only need a prescription.