Palmetto Eye Institute, Summerville: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1114280526
- Legal business name
- Palmetto Cataract and Eye Specialists, LLC
- Registered trading name
- Palmetto Eye Institute
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 515 Carnes Crossing Blvd, Suite C
Summerville, SC 29486 - Phone on the record
- (843) 259-2002
- NPI issued
- June 20, 2012
- Record last updated by the practice
- March 7, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Charleston-North Charleston, SC
- County
- Berkeley County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Palmetto Cataract and Eye Specialists, LLC and registered Palmetto Eye Institute as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was last refreshed in March 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 16 of 137 records were updated in 2024 or later and 84 predate 2020.
For local context: Summerville holds 23 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 21 of them optometry and 2 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 29486. 9 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Myeyedr Optometry of South Carolina, LLC in Summerville, 0.2 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 South Carolina boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
132 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Charleston-North Charleston metro itself there are 137, 22 of them elsewhere in Summerville. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myeyedr Optometry of South Carolina, LLC | Summerville | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (843) 502-7705 |
| Daniel D Coyle OD | Summerville | Optometry | 2.3 mi | (843) 821-0261 |
| Coastal Vision Care LLC | Goose Creek | Optometry | 3.0 mi | (843) 863-1215 |
| Lowcountry Eye Care | Summerville | Optometry | 3.4 mi | (843) 797-1264 |
| America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses | Summerville | Optometry | 3.4 mi | (854) 220-1241 |
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 Palmetto Eye Institute. 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 107 optometry practices on the Charleston-North Charleston page if you only need a prescription.