Children's Surgical Associates Ltd, 3500 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia: NPI Registry Record
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1861578908
- Legal business name
- Children's Surgical Associates Ltd
- Registered trading name
- Children's Surgical Associates Ltd
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 3500 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4395 - Phone on the record
- (215) 590-2791
- NPI issued
- October 31, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- May 28, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- County
- Philadelphia County
- Locations under this name
- 2 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
2 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 2026, putting it among the 78 of 589 Philadelphia-Camden-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: Philadelphia holds 143 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 97 of them optometry and 46 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 19104. 47 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Children's Surgical Associates, Ltd in Philadelphia, 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 Pennsylvania boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
688 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro itself there are 589, 142 of them elsewhere in Philadelphia. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Surgical Associates, Ltd | Philadelphia | Optometry | 0.1 mi | (215) 590-2791 |
| University of Penn-Medical Group | Philadelphia | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (215) 614-4100 |
| Univ of Penn-Scheie Eye Institute | Philadelphia | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (215) 662-3203 |
| Chriseyes Inc | Philadelphia | Optometry | 0.4 mi | (215) 386-5953 |
| Grays Eye Care LLC | Philadelphia | Optometry | 0.6 mi | (215) 964-9605 |
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 Children's Surgical Associates Ltd. 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 420 optometry practices on the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington page if you only need a prescription.