Midwest Eye Center, 8270 Pine Rd, Cincinnati: NPI Registry Record
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1376142182
- Legal business name
- Tri-State Centers for Sight Inc
- Registered trading name
- Midwest Eye Center
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 8270 Pine Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45236-1900 - Phone on the record
- (513) 791-5999
- NPI issued
- October 22, 2020
- Record last updated by the practice
- May 20, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- County
- Hamilton County
- Locations under this name
- 37 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Tri-State Centers for Sight Inc and registered Midwest Eye Center as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. 37 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 May 2024, putting it among the 36 of 234 Cincinnati records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Cincinnati holds 131 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 92 of them optometry and 39 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 45236. 116 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Blink Beyond Vision LLC in Cincinnati, 0.6 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 Ohio boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
279 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Cincinnati metro itself there are 234, 130 of them elsewhere in Cincinnati. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blink Beyond Vision LLC | Cincinnati | Optometry | 0.6 mi | (513) 788-7430 |
| Dr. Deborah A. Valido & Associates | Cincinnati | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (513) 793-1059 |
| North Star Eye Associates | Cincinnati | Ophthalmology | 0.8 mi | (513) 354-5827 |
| Columbus Eye Associates, P.C. Inc | Cincinnati | Ophthalmology | 0.8 mi | (513) 354-5827 |
| Dr. Tonya D. Lindsell and Associates, LLC | Cincinnati | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (513) 793-5970 |
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 Midwest 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 184 optometry practices on the Cincinnati page if you only need a prescription.