Mid Atlantic Retina, Tamaqua: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1770734451
- Legal business name
- Retinovitreous Associates, Ltd
- Registered trading name
- Mid Atlantic Retina
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 37 Medical Crossing Rd
Tamaqua, PA 18252-5565 - Phone on the record
- (570) 386-5926
- NPI issued
- October 1, 2008
- Record last updated by the practice
- June 26, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Pottsville, PA
- County
- Schuylkill County
- Locations under this name
- 3 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Retinovitreous Associates, Ltd and registered Mid Atlantic Retina as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. 3 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 June 2025, putting it among the 3 of 14 Pottsville records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Tamaqua holds 4 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 0 of them optometry and 4 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 18252. 3 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Houser Newman Associates in Tamaqua, 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 Pennsylvania boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Also registered at this address
2 other organizations hold an NPI at the same street address. Shared suites and multi-specialty buildings are common, and it is worth knowing which entity you are actually booking with.
| Organization | Registered as | Record updated |
|---|---|---|
| Spaeth, Katz, Myers PC | Ophthalmology | July 2007 |
| Ophthalmic Partners of Pennsylvania, PC | Ophthalmology | March 2008 |
Nearest registered practices
76 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Pottsville metro itself there are 14, 3 of them elsewhere in Tamaqua. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houser Newman Associates | Tamaqua | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (570) 386-5926 |
| Spaeth, Katz, Myers PC | Tamaqua | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (215) 928-3239 |
| Ophthalmic Partners of Pennsylvania, PC | Tamaqua | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (570) 386-5926 |
| Joseph Serniak, O.D. P.C. | Andreas | Corneal and contact lens management | 1.9 mi | (570) 386-4168 |
| Eyeland Optical | Lehighton | Optometry | 11.5 mi | (610) 379-9445 |
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 Mid Atlantic Retina. 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 7 optometry practices on the Pottsville page if you only need a prescription.