Lexington Health Eye Care Associates, West Columbia: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1891444121
- Legal business name
- Lexington Health, Inc
- Registered trading name
- Lexington Health Eye Care Associates
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 2728 Sunset Blvd Ste 106
West Columbia, SC 29169-4836 - Phone on the record
- (803) 791-2000
- NPI issued
- March 23, 2022
- Record last updated by the practice
- July 20, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Columbia, SC
- County
- Lexington County
- Parent organization
- Lexington Health, Inc
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Lexington Health, Inc and registered Lexington Health Eye Care Associates as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. CMS records this location as a subpart of Lexington Health, Inc, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. The entry was refreshed in July 2026, putting it among the 19 of 103 Columbia records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: West Columbia holds 5 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 3 of them optometry and 2 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 29169. 3 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Palmetto Retina Center LLC in West Columbia, 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 South Carolina boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
94 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Columbia metro itself there are 103, 4 of them elsewhere in West Columbia. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto Retina Center LLC | West Columbia | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (803) 931-0077 |
| Vision Therapy Institute | West Columbia | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (803) 732-4099 |
| America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses | West Columbia | Optometry | 1.8 mi | (803) 704-7583 |
| Midlands Vision Associates, PC | Columbia | Optometry | 1.9 mi | (803) 750-4949 |
| In Focus Eye Care Inc. | Columbia | Optometry | 1.9 mi | (803) 790-1849 |
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 Lexington Health Eye Care Associates. 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 78 optometry practices on the Columbia page if you only need a prescription.