Inlet Eye Associates, Murrells Inlet: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1457986267
- Legal business name
- Seaside Eye Associates South LLC
- Registered trading name
- Inlet Eye Associates
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Practice location
- 640 Morse Ave Unit 11
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576-5116 - Phone on the record
- (843) 357-8096
- NPI issued
- March 12, 2020
- Record last updated by the practice
- May 6, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Murrells Inlet, SC
- County
- Georgetown County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Seaside Eye Associates South LLC and registered Inlet Eye Associates as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was refreshed in May 2026, putting it among the 4 of 18 Murrells Inlet records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Murrells Inlet holds 6 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 2 of them optometry and 4 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 29576. 4 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Grand Strand Retina PC in Murrells Inlet, 2.0 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 South Carolina boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
53 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Murrells Inlet metro itself there are 18, 5 of them elsewhere in Murrells Inlet. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Strand Retina PC | Murrells Inlet | Ophthalmology | 2.0 mi | (843) 651-3937 |
| Coastal Eye Group, P.C. | Murrells Inlet | Ophthalmology | 2.1 mi | (843) 652-3937 |
| Lowcountry Vision Care, LLC | Pawleys Island | Optometry | 2.4 mi | (843) 235-2536 |
| Atlantic Eye Associates | Murrells Inlet | Ophthalmology | 2.4 mi | (843) 651-8200 |
| Atlantic Eye Associates | Murrells Inlet | Optometry | 2.4 mi | (843) 651-8200 |
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 optometry practice like this
The NPI registry holds no prices, so nothing here is a quote from Inlet Eye Associates, and independent optometry practices do not publish fee schedules. Customers report paying $120 to $200 at this kind of practice without insurance, which is a reported band rather than a published price. The nearest published figure is $95, the median starting fee across the 1,280 US retail optical stores that print one (30 September 2026), and Medicare pays $149.64 for a comprehensive new-patient exam (CPT 92004). Ask Inlet Eye Associates for its self-pay price.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses (the median published contact-lens fee is $129). A comprehensive exam is $80 to $120 at the middle half of stores that print a price. If price is the deciding factor, the 18 practices on the Murrells Inlet page give you the full local field to call around.