Retina of Coastal Carolina, PLLC, Wilmington: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1326089442
- Legal business name
- Retina of Coastal Carolina, PLLC
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist; Ophthalmology, Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Disease
- Practice location
- 1801 New Hanover Medical Park Dr
Wilmington, NC 28403-5351 - Phone on the record
- (910) 254-2023
- NPI issued
- June 9, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- June 2, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Wilmington, NC
- County
- New Hanover County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist and Ophthalmology, Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Disease, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in June 2026, putting it among the 12 of 69 Wilmington records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Wilmington holds 48 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 32 of them optometry and 16 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 28403. 5 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Wilmington Eye, P.A. in Wilmington, 0.1 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
62 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Wilmington metro itself there are 69, 47 of them elsewhere in Wilmington. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington Eye, P.A. | Wilmington | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (910) 763-3601 |
| Carolina Glaucoma PA | Wilmington | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (910) 341-0011 |
| Live Oak Ophthalmology, PC | Wilmington | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (910) 251-8200 |
| Cape Fear Cataract and Cornea, P.A. | Wilmington | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (843) 822-5496 |
| Coastal Cape Fear Eye Associates, PA | Wilmington | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (910) 762-0057 |
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 of Coastal Carolina, PLLC. 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 51 optometry practices on the Wilmington page if you only need a prescription.