Carolina Eye Associates PA, 106 Farm Brook Dr Ste B, Lumberton: NPI Registry Record
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1346182375
- Legal business name
- Carolina Eye Associates Inc
- Registered trading name
- Carolina Eye Associates PA
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 106 Farm Brook Dr Ste B
Lumberton, NC 28358-2178 - Phone on the record
- (910) 738-4856
- NPI issued
- April 8, 2026
- Record last updated by the practice
- April 8, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS September 2026
- Metro area
- Lumberton, NC
- County
- Robeson County
- Locations under this name
- 15 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Carolina Eye Associates Inc and registered Carolina Eye Associates PA as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. 15 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 April 2026, putting it among the 4 of 12 Lumberton records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Lumberton holds 7 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 3 of them optometry and 4 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 28358. 6 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Elizabeth A Windley O.D. PLLC in Lumberton, 0.4 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 North Carolina boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
24 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Lumberton metro itself there are 12, 6 of them elsewhere in Lumberton. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth A Windley O.D. PLLC | Lumberton | Optometry | 0.4 mi | (910) 608-2030 |
| Eyecarecenter OD PA | Lumberton | Optometry | 0.7 mi | (636) 200-4393 |
| Donald R. Whaley, M.D. PC | Lumberton | Ophthalmology | 0.8 mi | (910) 738-7857 |
| Southeastern Eye Clinic | Lumberton | Ophthalmology | 1.4 mi | (910) 671-1981 |
| Carolina Eye Associates PA | Lumberton | Ophthalmology | 2.3 mi | (910) 370-0100 |
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 Carolina Eye Associates PA. 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 8 optometry practices on the Lumberton page if you only need a prescription.